Nahid is a Sudanese artist and activist with a background in theater, music, education, and human rights work.
Nahid talks about her current experience caretaking for her grandmother and how skills from working with children transfer to elder care.
She also discusses her childhood experience of displacement, moving from Sudan to Yemen and then Western Massachusetts following her father’s persecution and torture for his human rights advocacy under the Bashir regime.
Nahid recounts her early experiences in the arts, being introduced to political theater at an early age, and then being one of the few people of color and “not queer” students at her performing arts high school.
She also talks about the turns her adult life has taken, falling in love with her current partner, embracing queerness, embracing risk taking, and leaving a stable teaching job to become a touring artist.
Some of Nahid’s current work includes:
– Working with Group Against Torture in Sudan, collecting testimony from torture survivors for legal advocacy
– Fundraising for Sunduq al Sudan, supporting mutual aid and emergency response in Sudan
– Creating a toolkit around trauma informed activities for children in Sudan
– Making music with Al Sarah and the Nubatones (check out their new single and new album coming soon) + MESAFA
– Acting in a film for the first time!
To support the work Nahid is doing, please visit www.sunduqalsudan.org and my linktree which has all other important links https://linktr.ee/nahid_a_e
Clarissa Bitar is an accomplished Palestinian oud musician and composer hailing from Los Angeles, California. With a background in Music and a specialization in Ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara, Clarissa’s musical journey has been enriched by training under esteemed Arab oudists such as Simon Shaheen, Charbel Rouhana, and Bassam Saba. Their performances have graced stages across the United States and internationally.