Worod Musawi lead the first of our innovative community workshops that aim to introduce the process of translating poetry and the work of the PTC.

Worod introduced a team of enthusiastic Arabic speakers to the poetry of Hazim al-Temimi, a leading poet from Iraq, who has been a contestant in the internationally renowned Prince of Poets competition. The group first heard al-Temimi reading his own poetry in a short online film, and then set about the task of translating the poem, ‘One Day'.

After two hours and lots of spirited debate, we created a literal translation. This translation will form the basis of a general Poetry Translation Workshop on Wednesday 15th June. We will then finish the translation process by creating a new poem in English.

The workshop was arranged in collaboration with the Humanitarian Dialogue Foundation, and with support from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.