Poets Liberation Front: April Salon

Shareefa Energy is a working-class Indian award-winning poet, writer, producer, storyteller, activist, educator, holistic creative practitioner, community organiser and creative campaigner, based in Leicester and London. 

She is the author of the poetry collection Galaxy Walk, endorsed by the late Benjamin Zephaniah. Her poetry has featured on BBC's The One Show, Channel 4, ITV, i-D magazine. She was lead facilitator and performed poetry for The Freedom Theatre's first Feminist Theatre Festival 2022 in Jenin Refugee Camp in the West Bank. She also facilitated poetry writing workshops at An-Najah University in Nablus in 2011.

Shareefa has performed at the Flamenco Festival, Poetry Meets Hip-Hop in Berlin amongst various festivals. She's collaborated with filmmakers, musicians, scientists, Flamenco dancers amongst others, to create impactful poetic storytelling. Shareefa facilitates creative writing, poetry, storytelling, performance and anti-racism workshops internationally, from Palestine to Trinidad with schools, universities, academics, in prisons and immigration detention centres, with survivors of domestic violence and with those impacted by state violence. She has facilitated projects to support the self esteem of women and girls and advocates for the empowerment of migrant women. Her work ranges from advocating for holistic health utilising nature, to not shying away from the inequalities which exist overseas and on our doorsteps. www.shareefaenergy.com