
21 Sep 2025
Bards of Bradford Installation (Doodlewall)
Discover the people's poetry of Bradford and add your own Doodles!
As part of our summer Bards of Bradford Project, Travelling Poet Nabeela Ahmed has been gathering poetry from across Laisterdyke, Wyke and Holme Wood and we are delighted to share some of it via our exciting poetry Doodlewall, created by Doodlejam. Come and add your own Doodles!
About the poet
Nabeela Ahmed
Nabeela Ahmed is a writer, multilingual poet and spoken word artist. Her poetry manuscript will be published in 2025 by Yaffle Press. She published her novella, Despite our Differences, in 2018. She delivers readings and creative writing in schools, libraries, museums, for First Story, the National Literacy Trust, online and at various festivals including The Brontes and Jaag. She has compiled two anthologies from these sessions. Her poems have featured in collaboration with artwork and photography atgalleries such as Salts Mills and Trapezium Arts. She hosts Bradford Writes, which platforms local published writers and is responsible for organising the first public Pahari Mushaira in Britain through Intercultured Festival. She has featured on Word of Mouth with Michael Rosen on Radio 4 and her project, The Pahari-Pothwari Literature Project has been selected to deliver new writing for City of Culture Bradford 2025.
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