REVOLUTION MUST MEAN LIFE
Gallery visit with Maysam Ghani and Youssef Mutawe
Sunday May 22nd, 2-4PM
Revolution Must Mean Life explores the power of the people and all the ways that they create cracks, breaks and fissures within an oppressive system. On a drop-in basis, visitors are invited to meet poet Maysam Ghani and video editor Youssef Mutawe at Whippersnapper Gallery and make or bring a poster relating to Palestinian liberation that will later be added to the exhibition walls.
MAYSAM GHANI
Maysam Ghani is a Muslim settler with Palestinian and Syrian roots, who was born and raised in Tkaronto (Toronto). Maysam is an aspiring educator, poet, and organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement (Toronto Chapter) where she is committed to seeking collective liberation. In her work, she has explored questions of settler colonialism, maternal lineages, food histories, and more. She is grounded in her community and seeks to nurture healing, justice, and generosity in her organizing. She has published pieces in the academic journal New Sociology: Journal of Critical Praxis (2020), in addition to the Queen’s Journal of Indigenous Studies (2019), Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Scholarship Anthology (2019), and Collective Reflections (2018). She was awarded 2nd place for the 2020 Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Anthology. She was a featured panelist at the international Palestine Writes Festival, speaking on a panel entitled “Architects of Our Narrative” for emerging Palestinian writers. She was a featured poet at the Canadian Spoken Word Festival in 2019 and has performed poetry in two productions of Down There. Catch her reciting poems at your local Palestine solidarity action!
