Freelance Creative & Project Management professional offering a number of services for a range of clients.

 See below some of the things I get up to.

 

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Spoken Word & Performance Poetry

Sami has had the pleasure of headlining and featuring at a number of popular open-mic/poetry nights, on TV, online, on radio, at festivals including Glastonbury, in intimate spaces, at schools/universities, and as a resident poet. 

TV Performances: Sky Arts, ITV News London, ITV West Country, Islam Channel, Takbeer TV

Market Performances: Buck Street, Rathbone, Queen’s, Inverness Street,Shepards Bush

Festival Performances:  Camden Inspire (2021,2022,2023 & 2024), Newham Unlocked (2021 & 2022), Walthamstow Wellbeing (2021),CBC Culture Fest (2022) Brixton & Harlem (2022) Last Word (2022) Brighton Fringe (2023) Glastonbury (2023) Farrago (2023) Kind Fest (2023) 12th International Video Poetry Festival Athens (2025)

Venues include: Old Trafford Stadium, Westfield London, BOXPARK Wembley/Croydon, Backyard Comedy Club, Roundhouse,  Rich Mix, Fiddler’s Elbow, Soho House, Hootananny, Upstairs at the Ritzy, Brixton Studios, Brixton Jamm, Tiny Brixton, Black Cultural Archives, Theatre Peckham, The Book Club, Stratford Picturehouse, Stratford Town Hall, Big Penny Social, Bingham Riverhouse, Old Street Gallery, Ort Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery, Sea Containers, Feel Good Club, White House Mcr , Next Door Records & many more.

Speaking Engagements

From preparing presentations and poetry for staff in the workplace to being on a panel at an event and on TV as a special guest to a conference as a speaker, Sami has received bookings from a number of individuals and organisations. Engagements include: Poetry, Black History, Islamophobia, Women Issues, Mental Health Awareness, Self-Harm, Book Launches & Corporate Celebrations.

Read what West Sussex Mind had to say about Sami’s contribution at a recent conference here.

Workshop Facilitation

Summer 2022 saw Sami take on Workshop Facilitation as a service. She ran a series of creative writing and performance workshops for young people in college and a poetry workshop on self-care as part of well-being programme for the Ort Gallery in Birmingham.  She also runs workshops on request in schools, as part of festivals and corporate programmes.  For example, she worked with some students at Stratford Academy school for International Women’s Day 2023.

Scriptwriting & Poetry Commissions

Sami has also been commissioned by individuals to ghostwrite and organisations to write and perform poetry for events , corporate and community projects.  Some examples include RSMP’s request to write a bespoke poem about a child refugee’s journey which was performed in Manchester United’s Old Trafford in June 2024. Also she was commissioned by PMNCH to write a poem about the health and wellbeing demands of young people for the 1.8 Billion Young People for Change Campaign . From that, 1.8 Billion Strong was born and debuted at Glastonbury Festival 2023.
March 2023 saw VCCP’s DEI Collective win Talent Management Team of the Year. Sami was commissioned to write and record a short script which captured the team’s mission.  The video and article can be viewed here
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Voiceover Artist

Need a poetic twist or powerful, evocative tone of voice? Sami has recorded voiceover for TV adverts, online videos, events and campaigns. Send over your briefs.

Project Management & Consultancy

Project Management professional with over 10 years of experience coordinating local and global cross-functional teams to deliver a range of media, digital, database, creative, technical, research, strategy, fundraising, charity and social work projects. 8 years and counting managing projects on Agency side, 1 year in the Public Sector and 1 year in International Development.