{"id":3184,"date":"2022-12-24T20:22:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T18:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samirhymes.com\/?page_id=3184"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:41:59","slug":"clients-and-projects-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/samirhymes.com\/?page_id=3184","title":{"rendered":"Clients & Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Freelance Creative & Project Management professional offering a number of services for a range of clients.<\/p>

\u00a0See below some of the things I get up to.<\/p>

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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. <\/p>\n

TV Performances<\/strong>: Sky Arts, ITV News London, ITV West Country, Islam Channel, Takbeer TV<\/p>\n

Market Performances<\/strong>: Buck Street, Rathbone, Queen\u2019s, Inverness Street,Shepards Bush<\/p>\n

Festival Performances<\/strong>:  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 (2023,2025,2026) Glastonbury (2023) Farrago (2023) Kind Fest (2023) 12th International Video Poetry Festival Athens (2025) International Video Poetry Festival Portugal (2025) <\/span> International Poetry Festival London (2026) 21st Century Poetry Festival Bali (2026) Festival Inverze (2026)<\/span><\/p>\n

Venues include<\/strong>: Old Trafford Stadium, Westfield London, BOXPARK Wembley\/Croydon, Backyard Comedy Club, Roundhouse,  Rich Mix, Fiddler\u2019s Elbow, Soho House, Hootananny, Upstairs at the Ritzy, Brixton Studios, Brixton Jamm, Tiny Brixton, Black Cultural Archives, Theatre Peckham,  Omnibus Theatre, 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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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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.\u00a0Engagements include<\/strong>: Poetry, Black History, Islamophobia, Women Issues, Mental Health Awareness, Self-Harm, Book Launches & Corporate Celebrations.<\/p>

Read what West Sussex Mind had to say about Sami’s contribution at a recent conference here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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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<\/a> as part of well-being programme for the Ort Gallery in Birmingham. \u00a0She also runs workshops on request in schools, as part of festivals and corporate programmes.\u00a0 For example, she worked with some students at Stratford Academy school for International Women’s Day<\/a>.\u00a0 Get in touch with your requirements.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sami has also been commissioned by individuals to ghostwrite and organisations to write and perform poetry for events , corporate and community projects.\u00a0 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 <\/a>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<\/a> . From that, 1.8 Billion Strong <\/i><\/a>was born and debuted at Glastonbury Festival 2023.<\/div>
March 2023 saw VCCP’s DEI Collective win Talent Management Team of the Year.<\/a> Sami was commissioned to write and record a short script which captured the team’s mission. \u00a0The video and article can be viewed\u00a0<\/span>here<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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