Join us for the delayed launch of the fourteenth in Five Leaves’ series of debut poetry pamphlets by East Midlands writers.

Her evocative collection shifts from the Western lens traditionally cast upon British Muslim women to that of the British Muslim woman herself, observing and reimagining the Western city. These poems navigate cityscapes marked by colonial legacies, offering lyrical meditations on race, gender, religion, and spatial belonging. They challenge the dominant model of flânerie by foregrounding cultural and spiritual consciousness, presenting walking not just as an aesthetic but as political resistance and a spiritual practice. The Postcolonial Flâneuse is a timely poetic intervention that reframes how we read bodies, cities, and the everyday encounters that bind them.

Ramisha Rafique is a poet and academic. She holds a PhD from Nottingham Trent University, where her research project, The Ontology of The Postcolonial Flâneuse: Decolonisation in British Muslim Women’s Writing, explored the presence of this literary figure in the works on female Muslim writers. Across her practice, she is committed to amplifying underrepresented voices and reimagining how we engage with race, faith, and belonging in public and academic spaces.

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