Rafeef Ziadah

Rafeef is a Palestinian spoken word artist and human rights activist based in London. Her performances of poems such as ‘We Teach Life, Sir’ and ‘Hadeel’ offer a moving blend of poetry and music. Rafeef has headlined prestigious venues internationally with powerful readings on war, exile, gender and racism.

Her album Three Generations is a deeply moving, powerful, personal remembrance of Palestine, Al-Nakba, exile, defiance, and survival, with live music accompaniment. It is also a beautiful testament to the human spirit, to ‘love and joy against skies of steel’.

‘We Teach Life’ is a powerful collection of spoken word which she brings to the stage with Australian guitarist Phil Monsour. Rafeef filled the Abbey Theatre Dublin in 2016 for the International Literary Festival Dublin.

‘Rafeef ’s poetry demands to be heard. She is powerful, emotional and political. Please see her perform. You cannot then be indifferent to the Palestinian cause’
Film-maker - Ken Loach.

‘The words that she says with such beauty and grace hit you right in the heart. They are more powerful than any weapon.’
Scholar and civil rights activist - Angela Davis