She Recites #006 - “The female seeker; I’m here for Allah too!”- Sukina Pilgrim part 1

Sukina Pilgrim is a Poet, Spoken-Word artist, Playwright, Workshop Facilitator  and co-founder of Muslim female Hip Hop duo, Poetic Pilgrimage, from Bristol, UK. 

 

She has facilitated creative writing workshops across the world empowering communities to use the written word as a tool for dialogue and as a means for accessing their authentic voice. She has launched a workshop series called The Art of Speaking from the Heart and that she has delivered around the world.

 

She has played an intrinsic role within the British Muslim creative communities as a performer and events organiser. Her work has been featured on the BBC News, World Service and Asian Network, ITV, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera and has been written about in the Huffington Post, Daily Mail, The Voice and many other international media outlets. In March 2015 Al Jazeera screened a documentary about her group called Hip Hop Hijabis.  

 

Sukina made her theatre debut in 2016 in a production called Malcolm X at the Royal Flemish Theatre in Brussels which was critically acclaimed and She wrote her first play called Afropean Human Being that premiered at the same theatre in February 2020.  

 

In 2017 she delivered a Tedx Talk on the healing potential of poetry.  Sukina holds a she holds a BA (Hons) Degree in English Literature and Caribbean Studies and is currently pursuing an MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes.

 

Sukina has also been appointed a muqadimah of the Tijani Tariqah and has a deep connection to Madinah Bay, a hub of spirituality in Senegal, West Africa, where she makes regular visits.

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Quote of the Pod: "What does it mean to be a seeker? What does it mean to be a female seeker? That's a whole different experience. Knowing when to be assertive and to say, "I'm here for Allah too!" ...and when to retreat, and realise that Allah will Give to you....To go to a community where you are validated, as a woman, as a seeker, it is really important." 

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