World Poets' Tour 2008

Photos

  • Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi outside Dove Cottage in 2006
  • Sarah Maguire, Farzaneh Khojandi and Arzadash
  • Isabel Brittain and Deborah Bourne
  • Farzaneh Khojandi reads at the WPT launch party
  • Gaarriye at the WPT Launch Party
  • Corsino Fortes at the WPT Launch Party
  • Martin Orwin and Gaariye at the WPT launch party
  • Lies Craeynest and Sulaiman Addonia at the WPT Launch party at the October Gallery
  • Sarah Maguire and Ahmed Mukhtar at the World Poets' Tour launch party
  • Gaarriye and Sarah Maguire at the WPT Launch Party
  • Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sulaiman Addonia at the WPT Launch Party
  • Translators Lucy Rosenstein and Worod Musawi
  • Peter Jay and Stephen Watts
  • Ahmad Mukhtar at the WPT Launch Party
  • Travis Elborough, Photographer
  • Travis Elborough Displays the PTC Chapbooks
  • Gaarriye, Martin Orwin and Corsino Fortes at the WPT launch 2008
  • Farzaneh Khojandi on the train to Cardiff
  • Corsino Fortes and Eduarda Mota at the House of Lords
  • Owen Bennett-Jones and Sarah Maguire at the House of Lords
  • Hamid Ismailov at the House of Lords
  • Sarah Maguire and Corsino Fortes at the House of Lords
  • Victor Adebowale and Corsino Fortes at the House of Lords
  • Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire at the House of Lords
  • Victor Adebowale and Nogood Mohammed at the House of Lords
  • Four international poets with Clement Atlee at the House of Lords
  • Persian speakers from three different countries at the House of Lords
  • Gary McKeone at the House of Lords
  • Corsino Fortes reads at the House of Lords
  • Lord Adebowale welcomes everone to the House of Lords
  • Gaarriye with a group of young poets at the Bluecoat Arts Centre in Liverpool
  • Charles Beckett at the Bluecoat Arts Centre
  • W N Herbert at the Bluecoat Arts Centre
  • Some of the audience at the Bluecoat Arts Centre
  • Gaarriye with pupils from Shorefields School at the Bluecoat Arts Centre in Liverpool
  • Young Somali poets
  • Hussein Ali - 'Hanbase' - from the Somalifields poetry group reads at the Bluecoat
  • Gaarriye praises young poets
  • Young Somali poets and friends
  • Bill Herbert before his first reading with Gaarriye
  • Charles Beckett talking to Mohamed Ahmed
  • Gaarriye with Zakariya Hassan, Mohamed Ahmed and friend
  • Gaarriye's performance elicits great excitement in his audience
  • Gaarriye in full flight at the Bluecoat Arts Centre
  • Gaarriye signs copies of his chapbook after his Bluecoat reading
  • Bill closely observes Gaarriye's reading
  • Jane Davis
  • Margie Rayner with Charles Beckett and Bill Herbert
  • Bill and Gaarriye after their Bluecoat reading
  • Gaarriye with two young audience members at the Bluecoat Arts Centre
  • Sarah Maguire at SOAS
  • Corsino Fortes at the British Library
  • Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah
  • Jo Shapcott, Narguess Farzad and Farzaneh Khojandi
  • Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara at the British Library
  • Daniel Hahn and Sean O'Brien
  • The World Poets' Tour 2008 at the British Library
  • Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi at the British Library
  • Farzaneh Khojandi at the British Library
  • Martin Orwin, Gaarriye and W N Herbert
  • Jo Shapcott at the British Library
  • Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi at SOAS
  • Saddiq and Sarah outside Grasmere Church
  • Sarah, Saddiq and Charles in the Grasmere Graveyard
  • Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi relaxes in a bar in Grasmere
  • Corsino Fortes on a train to Oxford
  • Sabry Hafez at Dove Cottage
  • The audience at Dove Cottage
  • Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi at Dove Cottage
  • Audience members at Dove Cottage
  • Sarah Maguire at Dove Cottage
  • The audience at The Wordsworth Trust
  • Saddiq with his friends at The Wordsworth Trust
  • Sarah, Sabry and Saddiq at the Wordsworth Trust
  • Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi at the Jerwood Centre
  • Michael McGregor, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sabry Hafez
  • Saddiq's spirits remained undampened by the downpour
  • Saddiq and Sarah before their reading at the Wordsworth Trust
  • Saddiq smoking in the rain before his reading
  • A weather-proofed Sudanese baby
  • It never rains like this in Khartoum
  • Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi reads at the Wordsworth Trust
  • Dr Rahman thanks the PTC and the Wordsworth Trust
  • Michael McGregor thanks the PTC
  • Saddiq experiences the full force of a Lake District downpour
  • Gaarriye backstage at Litfest Lancaster
  • Choman Hardi at Litfest Lancaster

Video

  1. Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read Garden Statues

    18/10/2008

    Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read Garden Statues

  2. Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read In the Company of Michelangelo

    18/10/2008

    Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read In the Company of Michelangelo

  3. Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read Lamps

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    Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read Lamps

  4. Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read Only

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    Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read Only

  5. Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read Small Fox

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    Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read Small Fox

  6. Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read Theatre

    18/10/2008

    Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read Theatre

  7. Corsino Fortes and Sean O'Brien read Emigrant

    18/10/2008

    Corsino Fortes and Sean O'Brien read Emigrant

  8. Corsino Fortes and Sean O'Brien read Postcards from the High Seas

    18/10/2008

    Corsino Fortes and Sean O'Brien read Postcards from the High Seas

  9. Corsino Fortes and Sean O'Brien read The Caesarean of Three Continents

    18/10/2008

    Corsino Fortes and Sean O'Brien read The Caesarean of Three Continents

  10. Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read A Nightingale in the Cage of My Breast

    18/10/2008

    Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read A Nightingale in the Cage of My Breast

  11. Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read Behind the Mass of Green

    18/10/2008

    Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read Behind the Mass of Green

  12. Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read Flute Player

    18/10/2008

    Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read Flute Player

  13. Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read Forgotten by Time

    18/10/2008

    Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read Forgotten by Time

  14. Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read Spring Is Coming

    18/10/2008

    Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read Spring Is Coming

  15. Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read Stolen Apple

    18/10/2008

    Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read Stolen Apple

  16. Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read To the Shores

    18/10/2008

    Farzaneh Khojandi and Jo Shapcott read To the Shores

  17. Gaarriye reads 'Seer' in Somali

    18/10/2008

    Gaarriye reads 'Seer' in Somali

  18. Gaarriye reads 'Self-Misunderstood' in Somali

    18/10/2008

    Gaarriye reads 'Self-Misunderstood' in Somali

  19. Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'Can Someone Bring Me My Entire Being' by Noshi Gillani

    18/10/2008

    Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'Can Someone Bring Me My Entire Being' by Noshi Gillani

  20. Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'How Hard It Is to Manage Life' by Noshi Gillani

    18/10/2008

    Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'How Hard It Is to Manage Life' by Noshi Gillani

  21. Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'I Say Nothing Anywhere' by Noshi Gillani

    18/10/2008

    Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'I Say Nothing Anywhere' by Noshi Gillani

  22. Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'Last Conversation with the Sky' by Noshi Gillani

    18/10/2008

    Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'Last Conversation with the Sky' by Noshi Gillani

  23. Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'There Was a Heart that Burnt Out Light' by Noshi Gillani

    18/10/2008

    Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'There Was a Heart that Burnt Out Light' by Noshi Gillani

  24. Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'You Know Only Dreams' by Noshi Gillani

    18/10/2008

    Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah read 'You Know Only Dreams' by Noshi Gillani

  25. Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'Birds' by Kajal Ahmad

    18/10/2008

    Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'Birds' by Kajal Ahmad

  26. Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'Directions' by Kajal Ahmad

    18/10/2008

    Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'Directions' by Kajal Ahmad

  27. Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'Rain' by Kajal Ahmad

    18/10/2008

    Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'Rain' by Kajal Ahmad

  28. Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'Stone Is Better' by Kajal Ahmad

    18/10/2008

    Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'Stone Is Better' by Kajal Ahmad

  29. Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'The Fruit-Seller's Philosophy' by Kajal Ahmad

    18/10/2008

    Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'The Fruit-Seller's Philosophy' by Kajal Ahmad

  30. Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'The Letter' by Kajal Ahmad

    18/10/2008

    Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'The Letter' by Kajal Ahmad

  31. Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'The Lonely Earth' by Kajal Ahmad

    18/10/2008

    Mimi Khalvati and Mina Swara read 'The Lonely Earth' by Kajal Ahmad

  32. W N Herbert reads his translation of Seer

    18/10/2008

    W N Herbert reads his translation of Seer

  33. W N Herbert reads his translation of Self-Misunderstood

    18/10/2008

    W N Herbert reads his translation of Self-Misunderstood

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