Kamil Mahmood is a Poet, Spoken word, and Visual Artist born and raised in Birmingham. His work explores identity, community, Islam, the British Pakistani diaspora, masculinity, and power dynamics. His debut collection, Mute Men, was published by Verve Poetry Press in 2019. He is co-founder of Gully Collective; a space connecting and supporting south Asian creatives. He was shortlisted for the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Prize in 2021.