On Poetry, Art, and Protest in Sri Lanka: A Conversation with Imaad Majeed

<p>Join SWANA collective member Soraya Zarook as she hosts multidisciplinary artist Imaad Majeed to discuss their various projects and to call attention to some of the failures of the recent GotaGoGama protests in Sri Lanka.&nbsp;</p> <p><u><strong>To help ongoing relief efforts in Sri Lanka</strong></u>, please visit this<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LMM2-wGsGCl5-33t-1qVLCbzEWxwi3s-qXaCCW1v4lk/edit" target="_blank"> <u>Google doc</u></a> to donate to various organizations providing cooked food and dry rations to the most vulnerable communities, and<a href="https://longform.watchdog.team/data-projects/how-to-donate-to-the-sri-lankan-medical-crisis/how-to-donate-to-medicalcrisislk" target="_blank"> <u>this article</u></a> by open-source research collective, Watchdog, that details how to donate directly to the Ministry of Health and to hospitals.</p> <p><a href="https://imaadmajeed.com/" target="_blank"><u><strong>Imaad Majeed</strong></u></a> is Director and Curator of the trilingual performance platform "KACHA KACHA". They are one part of the artist collective "The Packet" and VJ/DJ of "Packet Radio" (SUPR FM). They are Project Coordinator and Co-Curator of Thattu Pattu, a platform for music from the fringes of Sri Lanka. Their poetry has been published in “CITY: A Journal of South Asian Literature”, as well as the local small-press chapbooks “Lime Plain Tea” and “Annasi &amp; Kadalagotu.” They are currently working on "KANNOORU", exploring Sri Lankan Sufi/Muslim identity, community, memory, erasure, ancestry and mysticism through sample-based music, a project supported by a grant from Experimenter's Generator Co-operative Art Production Fund. You can find them on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/imaadmajeed/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/imaadmajeed" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</p> <p>This show is hosted and produced by SWANA collective member Soraya Zarook, and edited by Ankine Antaram. SWANA Region Radio is run entirely by the volunteer efforts of our collect