I.A. Podcast

Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities (#IDPD)! 

In this podcast episode, I interview Rikki Poynter who is a public speaker, writer, content creator, and streamer. She is an advocate for accessibility for those with disabilities. She speaks about her deafness, body positivity, chronic pain, mental health, child abuse awareness, bisexuality, and so much more. She began her YouTube career in July 2010, eventually, she spoke about being deaf. She is known to be a strong advocate of providing proper closed captioning on YouTube. She formed the closed captioning campaign called #NoMoreCRAPtions to bring awareness about accessibility for the deaf community.

http://www.rikkipoynter.com/

Poem: Strength by Jay Besemer

Deaf American Poetry - An Anthology

Recommended articles to read:

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In this podcast episode, I speak about the current military coup that has been happening in Sudan and still is going on to bring more awareness. Please check out the links below for up-to-date accurate information. Feel free to ask me any questions about this and on how to help. Take care!    

The poem I read in this episode: "Home" by Sadig

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I have been getting this question a lot and thought to just speak about it on here. Also, to share how much poetry, writing, and reading (along with music) has impacted me personally. Happy writing! 

Resources: 

Submittable 

Where to Submit - Entropy 

Check out the digital Sudanese Poetics Archive.  

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Gladys Shahtou, also known as the Sudanese food ambassador, is the founder and chef of Sambuxa NYC. This is a food business located in New York City that serves sweet and savory Sudanese samosas, along with other tasty options. Gladys has been cooking since she was eight years old alongside her mother and grandmother. When she moved to America from Switzerland, she noticed the lack of representation in Sudanese cuisine, so she saw the opportunity to do something about this while incorporating her other passion in politics as well. 

Check out her website and menu:

WEBSITE: https://samosanyc.com/

MENU: https://samosanyc.com/menu-margot

SHOP:

https://sambuxanyc.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SAMBUXANYC

BLOG

FACEBOOK

TWITTER

INSTAGRAM

YouTube

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In this episode, I speak with Mohamed Ahmed who is Osman Ahmed’s older brother. Osman, a British-Sudanese 18 year old, was murdered by the Sudanese army. We discuss the injustice happening in Sudan and ways to make a better change for the future of Sudan. Please check out the links below to learn more about what's happening and to bring awareness to others.   

Petition: British gov: condemn the killing of 18 year old British medical student in Sudan

Write to them

INSTAGRAM @justiceforosman

INSTAGRAM @wvymo 

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Nihal Mubarak is a Sudanese-American poet, storyteller, and educator who obtained her MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. Currently, she teaches college level English and creative writing. Nihal’s writings include important themes, such as home-life, African diaspora, and social justice. Check out her poetry and fiction works in the Sudanese Poetics Archive, Arkana Magazine, Solidago, The Gordian Review, Copper Nickel, Mizna, and on her social media.

Attend her upcoming class/workshop:

“Writing Through Grief: Personal Essay Intensive - Remote!” (August 4 - 25, 2021)

Sudanese Poetics Archive

Arkana Magazine – Border Speak

TWITTER - @nihal_mubarak

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In this episode, I talk about my Youtube channel, how I started, and food justice. This is a little behind the scenes about my channel and some of my goals so far.

INSTAGRAM: @iafoodreviewsofficial

YouTube Channel: I.A. Food Reviews

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The mission of the Sudan Art and Design Library is to provide free and open access to materials and services to people of different ages and backgrounds.

.إن مهمة مكتبة السودان للفنون و التصميم هي توفير وصول مجاني و مفتوح لمواد و خدمات لأشخاص من أعمار و خلفيات مختلفة

Check out our website for more information:

sudanartanddesignlibrary.com

VOLUNTEER WITH US! / !تطوع معنا

DONATE / يتبرع

Feel free to contact us at:

[email protected]

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Happy National Poetry Month! 

In this episode, I introduce you all to Matthew Sage. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing-Poetry and a Master of Fine Arts in Writing. He’s done various creative works and currently runs an intermedia platform called Cached Media. He was my instructor at Northeastern Illinois University for the course Writing in CMT (WIP) then later my research mentor for the McNair Scholars Program, assisting in my research project called the digital Sudanese Poetics Archive (iapoetry.com). 

www.iapoetry.com

www.naswithnotepads.com

Check out Matthew Sage's works:

www.matthewjsage.com

www.cached.media

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