Abeer

Poet.
Dabbles in awesomeness.
Inhale/Exile published by Seren
Shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2022

[Abeer @hijjabi]

Follow me @abeer_ameer77

But only if you want to obvs.

[@concordmoose.bsky.social @Concordmoose]

Hi @abeer_ameer77 I’ve just really enjoyed your two poems in @RialtoPoetry Number 99, both the searing portrait of the lasting impact of violence in ‘Spoilers’ and the loving tenderness of the mini teaspoons in ‘Missing’. Thank you!

[Abeer @hijjabi]

@Concordmoose @abeer_ameer77 @RialtoPoetry Oh, how lovely! Thanks so much. This means a lot!

[Literature Wales @LitWales]

Join @abeer_ameer77 for a workshop briefly exploring the connections between mindfulness and poetry, looking at how mindfulness practice, can allow writing, and in particular poetry, to flourish.

📅 Friday 2 December, 12.00 – 1.30 pm

💰 £12

👉 https://t.co/ygJqs89EJZ

[Literature Wales @LitWales]

📣📣 And the winner is...

Literature Wales is thrilled to announce that the WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 is The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed.

Huge congratulations to @thesailorsgirl and @VikingBooksUK @PenguinRandom on the triple crown!
https://t.co/xLjPs1d7BZ

[Literature Wales @LitWales]

Jeremy Dixon introduces his #WBOTY22 shortlisted collection A Voice Coming From Then, which deals with some serious themes through his personal experiences.

@HazardPressUK

[Literature Wales @LitWales]

Angela Gardner thanks her education in Wales and the love of poetry it inspired in her as she discusses her shortlisted work The Sorry Tale of the Mignonette – based on the true story of her relative.

@AngelaG09213497 #WBOTY22

[Literature Wales @LitWales]

Abeer Ameer @hijjabi shares her joy at being shortlisted for the English @BangorUni Poetry award for her debut collection Inhale/Exile, which mixes the personal and the political:

#WBOTY22

[Abeer @hijjabi]

@LlenCymru @prifysgolbangor @ArachnePress @SerenBooks @ShearsmanBooks @HazardPressUK @AngelaG09213497 @abeer_ameer77 🤩

[Literature Wales @LitWales]

#WBOTY22 📚

ENGLISH @BANGORUNI POETRY AWARD:

A Voice Coming From Then, @HazardPressUK (@ArachnePress) 

Inhale/Exile, @hijjabi (@SerenBooks) 

The Sorry Tale of the Mignonette, @AngelaG09213497 (@ShearsmanBooks)

[Abeer @hijjabi]

Mutanabbi Street
Baghdad, April 2022.

[Qamoosia @abeer_ameer77]

*Spoiler Alert*
My sister's summary of my poetry collection, Inhale / Exile, through the medium of emoticons:
😍🤩😘🤗🤯😲😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔💗💓💞🙏

Accurate, tbh.@SerenBooks