Can writing be a political practice? How do you write in a way that serves liberation, the making of better worlds? 

Today Samantha and Bipasha are in conversation with Fabliha Yeaqub, a queer Bangladeshi writer, artist and community organiser based in so-called New York. We are talking about her journey with writing as catharsis and as rebellion, how it relates to her political work, and what it means to forge community connections amidst the individualist culture of the West. This episode is grounded in June Jordan's timeless words: I must become a menace to my enemies.

Connect with Fabliha’s work

Fabliha’s piece 'muslim girlhood is a knife. you kill us, and yet we will live forever’: https://fablihayeaqub.substack.com/p/muslim-girlhood-is-a-knife-you-kill

Website: https://www.fablihayeaqub.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fablihayeaqub/ 

Marigold Seeds Collective: https://www.instagram.com/marigoldseedscollective/ 

Amader Dawat: https://www.instagram.com/amaderdawat/ 

June Jordan’s I Must Become a Menace to my Enemies: https://poets.org/poem/i-must-become-menace-my-enemies 

This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Samantha Haran and Bipasha Roy, Audio editing by Bipasha Roy, Supervising Producer was Tanya Ali, Executive producer and final mixing by Shareeka Helaluddin