I use my words to raise the alarm on the conflicts of our t… - Emtithal Mahmoud

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I use my words to raise the alarm on the conflicts of our time...in the hopes that someone might hear something that moves them.

Emtithal Mahmoud

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Emtithal "Emi" Mahmoud (born 1992 or 1993 in Darfur, Sudan) is a Sudanese-American poet and activist, who won the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam championship. In 2018, she became UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, and in this capacity, has traveled to refugee camps in Kenya, Greece and Jordan, drawing wider attention to the situation of refugees.

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Don't talk about my flavor unless you know that my flavor is insurrection it is rebellion, resistance.

You don't know compromise until you have rebuilt your home for the third time.

Woman walks into a warzone and has warriors cowering at her feet.

I use my words to raise the alarm on the conflicts of our time...in the hopes that someone might hear something that moves them. - Emtithal Mahmoud

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