Asma Elbadawi

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Asma is a basketball player, spoken word poet and visual artist. Born in Sudan and raised in England, Asma’s dual cultural heritage deeply influences her creativity, paired with a focus on international development and female empowerment. Asma holds a BA Hons in Photography, Video and Digital Imaging as well as a Masters in Visual Arts.

At TEDxBradford 2019, Asma spoke about…

Finding a voice in words I couldn’t spell
At an early age it was clear that I couldn’t spell and could hardly grasp where the comma was meant to go in a sentence. With so many rules surrounding Academic writing. I turned to poetry to make sense of the world around me.

You can follow Asma on Twitter as @asmaelbadawi, on Instagram as @asmaelbadawi and

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