About Us
Sukina Noor
Sukina Noor is a poet, spoken-word artist, workshop facilitator, event curator, and spiritual life coach. She has toured extensively across the UK, Europe, America, and Africa performing, leading poetry workshops, and delivering lectures.
Sukina’s creative writing workshops empower communities to use the written word as a tool for accessing their authenticity and tapping into the voice of the heart. Her workshops seek to explore the intersection between creativity and spirituality and healing and she has developed a series of poetry writing courses such as The Art of Speaking from the Heart, The Art of Writing Sacred Poetry, Poetry of Female Mystics, Poems, Prayers and Sacred Affirmations and more that she has delivered to international audiences.
Sukina was commissioned by The Royal Flemish Theatre (KVS) in Brussels to write her first play called Afropean //Human Being which premiered in 2020. Sukina is a TEDx speaker whose talk explored the therapeutic potential in th process of writing poetry.
Sukina holds a BA (Hons) Degree in English Literature and Caribbean Studies and an MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes where her research explored the spiritually therapeutic potential in Sufi poetry.
Sukina has amassed a loyal fan base due to her international performances, workshop facilitation, and social media presence; her debut poetry book Love and Longing: Yearning for the Face of God was released in June 2022 and her spoken word album will be released in the Spring of 2024.
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M. Nafisah Cabrera Estévez
Nafisah is a writer, story coach and co-founder of the Muslim Writers' Salon, a global community of Muslim writers offering courses, resources, networking and friendship to increase the representation of Muslim writers in all genres.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, via her Cuban immigrant parents, Nafisah lived in story while witnessing the world unfold around her. Reality was very different than the books she read in the library. There weren't any stories of Black and Brown girls growing up in Brooklyn, she started writing her own stories and dreamt of building libraries.
Nafisah has a BA in Latin American Studies from Bradford College and a MA in Writing and Consciousness from New College of California.
Nafisah's play Amor Cubano: In a Bottle, a Tube and a Small Packet (2007-2008) was produced in the Bay Area and NYC and toured the USA. Her writing and performances emerged in the NYC spoken word scene. Nafisah studied creative writing after moving to Oakland and lived there for 17 years.
She has been leading writing workshops for over 20 years, recently focusing on story coaching for writers of the global majority living in the west.
After a motherhood hiatus Nafisah is working on a series of essays for writers focusing on generational trauma, healing, transformations, writing and changing narratives.
Nafisah currently lives in Central Portugal with her two children and the stray cats on her terrace that welcome her food but not her petting.
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