Esraa Husain (any pronouns)

Diverse voices to be highlighted at film event to mark Refugee Festival Scotland

Poets line up for special Refugee Festival Scotland event - What's On Glasgow

Javad Daraei: Two Dead Films and One Still Alive - Refugee Festival Scotland 2025 - The Cameo - Edinbrugh

Building Solidarity & Kinship: Short Film Screenings + Panel Discussion (Glasgow) - Refugee Festival Scotland - Kelvin Hall Cinema

Building Solidarity & Kinship: Short Film Screenings + Panel Discussion (Inverness) - Refugee Festival Scotland - Eden Court - Inverness

Building Solidarity & Kinship: Literary Performances + Community Meal (June 2025) - Refugee Festival Scotland - Listen Gallery - Glaagow

Flowers in the Fire Conversation at Refugee Festival Scotland (June 2025) - LUX Scotland - Eden Court - Inverness

Working professionally as an artist in Scotland (May 2025) - Scottish Refugee Council - Online

ReQuinha w/ Special Guests: Refugee Scotland Festival Preview (May 2025) - Radio Buena Vida - Glasgow

Curating Community Interview (May 2025) - Migrations Issue - The Skinny Magazine

Building Solidarity & Kinship: Creative Conversations with Aminatta Forna x U Belong Glasgow (June 2025) - Refugee Festival Scotland - University of Glasgow - Online

Building Solidarity & Kinship: Movement Performances + Wellbeing Walk (June 215) - Refugee Festival Scotland - Scottish Refugee Council - Pollokshaws Burgh Hall and Pollok Country Park

Contributors Poetry Readings (Nov. 2025) - SINK launch: Unthemed - Centre for the Critical Reimagining of Human Rights and The Centre for Poetic Innovation - St Andrews University - Scotland

Resistance = Solidarity = (Platonic) Love Radio Show (Nov 2025) - Book Week Scotland 2025 - Scottish BPOC Writers Network

Poetry performance and writing workshop (Oct. 2025) - Eachdraidh Na Tìre – SQIFF - Glasgow

Readings - Wet Grain Launch Party (Sept 2025) - Mount Florida Books - Glasgow

Readings (Nov. 2024) - Future Creatives - School of Culture and Creative Arts - University of Glasgow

Poetry Reading (Oct. 2024) - Blossoming Wilt – SQIFF 2024 - CCA Glasgow

Mutual Feelings: A Reading on Body and Place (Oct. 2023) - Civic Soup x Fruitmarket Gallery - Edinburgh/in person

Queer Futures of Colour (Feb. 2023) - Aberdeen Performing Arts - Aberdeen/in person

Poetry Reading (Jan. 2023) - SHRILL - Glasgow/in person

Winter Showcase: Scottish Black Writers Group x Asian Writers Group (Dec 2022) - Scottish BPOC Writing Network - online

BUT WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM? Spoken-word performance (Aug. 2022) - The New Mythology: Alternative Stories from Scotland - Blunt Knife Co. - Edinburgh/in person

Spoken-word performance (June 2022) - Taking Up Space - Bonjour Glasgow/in person

The Words We Are: Performance Poetry (Oct. 2021) - Edinburgh Multicultural Festival - Edinburgh/in person

‘August’ (Dec. 2020) - Mixtape: Writers of Colour Audio Anthology - Scottish BAME Writers Network - Scotland/online

Poetry LGBT open mic (Jul. 2020) - Poetry LGBT London/online

Spoken-word performance (Dec. 2019) - Poetry Inn Deep - Glasgow

Transgender Day of Remembrance Reading (Nov. 2019) - GULGBTQ+ Student Association - University of Glasgow

Spring Edition Performance Night (Apr. 2019) - Hysteria Aberdeen

Performance night (Oct. 2017) - English Literature Society - University of Aberdeen

Literary open mic night (Apr. 2017) - Aberdeen Arts and Theatre Centre

‘A Stranger Here and There: On Mapping Belonging’ (Nov. 2025) - SINK Magazine: Unthemed: An Anthology of Refugee Writing and Art

‘My Heart is Weighted’ (Oct 2025) - The Other Side of Hope: Journeys in Refugee and Immigrant Literature - Volume 5

‘On the Violence of Survival’ (July 2025) - Lumpen #15: Migration - Class Work Project

On ‘Belonging: Natural Histories of Place, Identity and Home’ by Amanda Thomson - The Bottle Imp

Love Bites: On Okra Stew article - The Skinny Magazine (Apr. 2022)

‘Step by Step’ travel writing - Elsewhere to Be: Stories from the Colony to the Tatras (Sep. 2021) - University of Aberdeen/in person

‘Damn Your Eyes’ short poems collection - Somewhere: For Us (Apr. 2021)

‘Weekend Thoughts’ poem - Hysteria Zine: LGBTQI History Month Edition (Feb. 2021) - Aberdeen

Maud Sulter: Passion by Deborah Cherry book review (Dec. 2020) - The Bottle Imp - University of Glasgow

‘22 Hours in Edinburgh’ photography poem - UniQueer Zine (Dec. 2020) - GULGBTQ+ Student Association - University of Glasgow

Photography in Closeness zine (Dec. 2020) - Sapphic Writers Collective Online

Highland Midges 1 - 0 Me: Adventures in the Highlands travel writing blog (Oct. 2020) - Scottish BAME Writers Network

‘Home, Home’ travel writing (2020) - Gutter Magazine

Photography in Calm After the Storm zine (Oct. 2020) - Sapphic Writers Collective Online

'What is it?' (March 2020) - UniQueer Zine - University of Glasgow

The Forbidden Grey Area article - Unootha Magazine (May 2019)

‘The Required Labels’ testimony (2018) - Kohl كحل Journal Press

‘Hinted memories’ (2018) - Sekka Magazine

‘Breakfast in July’ (Oct. 2018) - Unootha Magazine

‘The Nightmares of April’ (2017) - Causeway/Cabhsair Magazine - University of Aberdeen

A Living Archive: an interview with Esraa Husain on centring underrepresented voices in Scottish poetry with Eloise Birtwhistle (Oct. 2025) - Issue 6 Autumn - Wet Grain Poetry

Football v Transphobia: intersections of racism and transphobia in sport

Creative Network: BIPOC Community-Led Creatives Support Group (Dec. 2024) - Creative Lives - Scotland/ online

Out of Place, Out of Mind (Oct. 2024) - Counterpoints - Scottish Mental Health and Arts Festival - CCA Glasgow

How do we look after ourselves as queer leaders? (June 2024) - LGBTQ+ Community Leadership Gathering - Pride Outside CIC - Civic House - Glasgow

Queer and the Cost of Living Crisis (June 2024) - Porty Pride - Portobello Library - Edinburgh

QUEERY: Community Event on Queer Activism and Mental Health (Feb. 2024) - CAPS Independent Advocacy - Edinburgh

GYG present: Cracks of Resilience Creativity in the face of Systemic Racism (Aug. 2023) - Gallery of Modern Art - Glasgow/in person

Govanhill’s Stories Told Through Objects (Aug 2023) - Govanhill International Festival - The Community Newsroom/ in person

Kuwaiti Boom - FONDS: Objects Speak Louder Than Words Exhibition Launch (Aug. 2022) - The Greater Govanhill Community Magazine - New Phoenix Cinema/in person

Kuwaiti Boom - Govanhill Culture Collective Exhibition (Aug. 2022) - Street Level Photoworks/in person

Esraa Husain x Spotlight interview (Jul 2023) - We Are Here Scotland - July 2023

Community Session (Jun 2023) - Scottish Trans Conference: Care & Community - Dundee/hybrid: in person and online

Ringwood Panel: BIPOC Writing in Scotland (June 2023) - Glasgow Mela 2023 - Glasgow Life - Kelvingrove Park/in person

Making Space for POC Queer People (May 2023) - SQIFF - Macrobert Arts Centre - University of Stirling

Uncomfortable Conversations in Safe Spaces (May 2023) - We Are Here Scotland - Rise Up! Festival - Aberdeen Performing Arts

Belonging in the North Conversation (Oct. 2022) - Northern Stories Festival - Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022 - Lyth Arts Centre/online

Curating Discomfort Project - SGSAH Decolonial Methodologies Panel Discussion (Oct. 2022) - Postcolonial Fault-lines: Branching into the Unknown PGR Conference - University of Glasgow/online

Why Don’t Black and People of Colour Talk About Mental Health? (Jul. 2022) - We Are Here Scotland - Mental Health Arts Network Project - Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival/online

Hoop Dreams documentary (Jun. 2022) - Rainbow Glasgaroos - LEAP Sports Scotland’s Fortnight Festival - Glasgow/in person

Beyond the Screen conversation (Dec. 2023) - White Plastic Sky screening - Take One Action Festival - Glasgow Film Theatre

We Are Here, but We Are not the Same (May 2022) - We Are Here Scotland - Rise Up! Festival - Aberdeen Performing Arts/in person

Devolving Restitution (Dec. 2021) - Curating Discomfort Team - Hunterian Museum - University of Glasgow/online

Changing the Game film (Oct. 2021) - Trans Active Glasgow - LEAP Sports Scotland - Scottish Queer International Film Festival, Glasgow/in person

Trans and Non-binary Writers in Scotland (Aug. 2021) - FREE PRIDE - Glasgow/online

Creative Conversations Special Edition (Aug. 2021) - Moving the Centre PGR Conference: Toward Radical Futures - University of Glasgow/online

Queer, Aye! LGBTQIA+ Publishing (May 2021) - Society of Young Publisers Scotland/online

Transgender Day of Remembrance Conference (Nov. 2020) - GULGBTQ+ Student Association - University of Glasgow/online

Trans Food and Body Positivity (Nov. 2019) - Glasgow University Food and Body Society - University of Glasgow/in person

Poetry Workshop and Reading (Nov. 2025) - We Cant’s Keep Waiting: Take Action for Trans Healthcare - Scottish Trans - Eqaulity Network - The Pyramid at Anderston - Glasgow

On Screen & In Conversation: Exploring Immigration Heritage (Oct. 2025) - U Belong Glasgow x Scottish Civic Trust - GMAC Film - Glasgow

Afro-Scottish Poetry Event (July 2025) - Afro Scottish events x U Belong Glasgow

RRS x U Belong Glasgow: Carried Across: Art, Memory, and Exile (July 2025) - What Will Be the Cure? - Glasgow School of Art

U Belong Glasgow: Creative Safety in Industrial Spaces (June 2025) - Scottish Civic Trust - Britannia Panopticon

U Belong x Inside Voices (May 2025) - Anuraq - Glasgow/in person

Fighting Stereotypes with U Belong x Scot Civic Trust (Apr. 2025) - The Listen Gallery - Glasgow

Building Reclamation in Queer Heritage and Creativity + Community Meal (Feb. 2025) - U Belong Glasgow x The Scottish Civic Trust - The Listen Gallery

U Belong: Hear Me Out! Poetry and Spoken Word from Trans and Non-binary BPOC Creatives (Nov. 2024) - Scottish Trans Conference: Create & Change - Glasgow /hybrid: in person & online

U Belong Glasgow x Pride Outside LGBTQ+ Woodland Wellbeing Festival (Sep. 2023) - Glasgow

U Belong x LEAP Sports Festival Fortnight in Refugee Week Scotland (June 2024) - Glasgow Zine Library

Heritage, Power and Wellbeing in BPOC Storytelling in Scotland (June 2023) - U Belong Glasgow x Scottish Civic Trust - Transmission Gallery - Glasgow/hybrid: in person and online

SQIFF x U Belong Interview (May 2023)- Bing Newspaper - University of Stirling

Creative Conversation with Kokumo Rocks (Nov. 2021) - U Belong Glasgow x Glasgow Zine Library - Book Week Scotland Festival - Scottish Book Trust/online

Introducing U Belong Glasgow (Nov. 2021) - MORE: Migrants Organising for Rights & Empowerment - Glasgow/in person

Alternative Interviews: U Belong Glasgow (May 2021) - Daft Duo Comedy Show - Edinburgh/online

Creative Conversation with Prof Zoë Wicomb (Mar. 2021) - U Belong Glasgow x Glasgow Zine Library - University of Glasgow College of Arts/online

Week Feature: U Belong Glasgow (Mar. 2021) - Sapphic Writers Collective - Glasgow/online

U Belong Glasgow in See Me Represented zine (Jan. 2021 - See Me Proud - See Me Scotland/online