Fathima Zahra

Fathima Zahra is an Indian poet, performer, and facilitator based in London.

Zahra is an alum of the Roundhouse Poetry Collective, Barbican Young Poets, and BBC 1Xtra Words First. Her poems have won the Bridport Prize, the Asia House Poetry Slam, and the Wells Festival of Literature Young Poets Prize. She has performed her work at venues across the UK including the Hay Festival, the Latitude Festival, and the Last Word Festival.

Zahra's debut pamphlet, sargam / swargam (ignitionpress, 2021), was selected as the Poetry Book Society Winter Pamphlet Choice for 2021. She completed her MA in creative writing and education at Goldsmiths University of London, with distinction.