afaq
afaq is a Philadelphia based daughter, with grandmother tendencies. Assembled in Yemen (from Sudanese parts).
afaq considers herself a global citizen of her own country. She is an international award-winning poet, a museum exhibiting photographer, an activist, and an educator who seeks to love the world until it loves her back.
She has collaborated with and shared her activism-based art with Netflix, PEN America, Beautycon Media, Poetry Out Loud, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Barnes Foundation, and several universities including Temple, University of the Arts, New York University, Colombia University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Continuously targeted and previously arrested for her activism, afaq uses her art, experiences, and the violence she has witnessed to combat injustice while spreading messages of empathy and change.
Awarded Grants
2019
Leeway Transformation Award (LTA)
Overview
afaq is a Philadelphia based daughter, with grandmother tendencies. Assembled in Yemen (from Sudanese parts).
afaq considers herself a global citizen of her own country. She is an international award-winning poet, a museum exhibiting photographer, an activist, and an educator who seeks to love the world until it loves her back.
She has collaborated with and shared her activism-based art with Netflix, PEN America, Beautycon Media, Poetry Out Loud, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Barnes Foundation, and several universities including Temple, University of the Arts, New York University, Colombia University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Continuously targeted and previously arrested for her activism, afaq uses her art, experiences, and the violence she has witnessed to combat injustice while spreading messages of empathy and change.
