Artists & Poet
Born in Italy, but of Egyptian heritage, Alisha Ahmed [she/they] is a fat, queer non-binary, autistic, immigrant of colour now living in Wales with their spouse and two cats.
They spent the last two decades years writing about her experiences at the intersection of the systems of power from an intimist perspective, which have been collected in over three thousand pages of writings that borrow from poetry and diary style to keep an account of emotions rather than events.
Over the last few years, Alisha has taken their writings to spoken word performances, bringing excerpts from their diary that demonstrate the curiosity of a neuro divergent mind trying to make its way through the quagmire of neurotypical societal expectations.
Their artistic practice is eclectic including written poetry, spoken word, collage work, always steeped in Intersectional theory, which can be seen in their online content which also includes Educational Video essays that, beginning from common pop and media culture, aim to share with people ways to develop Media Literacy and Critical Thinking.
