Learn from world, lean on self, says Namal Siddiqui, star of many talents

Namal Siddiqui is a spoken word poetess, creative writer and mountaineer. After working in advertising and tech start-ups for over a decade in the UAE, she went on to pursue a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from Birmingham City University.

She now works as Community Events Manager at Emirates Literature Foundation Dubai, focusing on the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature special events and year-long programme curation, while continuing to write poetry and non-fiction.

She has performed at Expo 2020 Dubai, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature and the Global Citizen Festival. A third-culture kid, born and raised in the UAE with roots in Pakistan, Siddiqui has written poetry since childhood. Her writings delve on the subjects of identity, migration and nature. She speaks to Gulf Today

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