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Where and When?
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Time: 4–8 pm
For: QTI*BIPoC (Queer, Trans, Inter*, Black, Indigenous and People of Color)

Lützowstr. 28, 10785 Berlin
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Hey QTI*ES ⋆˚࿔, we invite you to join us welcoming the spring season, waking up from hibernation, and to recharge our batteries together. Together with Queer Arab* Collective we have put together an afternoon with delicious food, performances and a bonfire ritual, where we can revitalise our energies together.  ✨🌷

Program

16:30 Vegan Food by Bad Apples Catering

17:30 Poetry Reading Session curated by Queer Arab* Collective

18:30 Fire Ritual & Guided Meditation by Ahmed

POETRY PERFORMERS

Rojin Namer (born 2002 in Damascus) is a Syrian-Kurdish poet and student based in Berlin, best known for her moving work with “The poetry Project”. Her writing frequently explores themes of loss, memory and language. Namer’s poetry has evolved from reflecting on her flight from Syria to a sharp, modern critique of identity and belonging in Europe. Namer describes her writing as a “silent resistance against forgetting”, a way to ensure she does not “completely fade away” in a foreign land. 

Ibrahim (he/they) is a trans SWANA writer and poet, and is an active community member in Berlin’s Queer Arab* Collective with an experience in leading QTI*BIPoC creative writing circles.

Yehya is an artist with a background in creative writing, wood sculpture carving, and farming.

Sherin Striewe is an educator, community organizer, DJ, and spoken word artist whose poetry centers intersectional justice, identity, and belonging. Their texts have been published in different magazines like Karussell or Texte nach Hanau. Alongside their artistic work, Sherin creates spaces for queer BIPoC FLINTA* communities, including founding the event series CCBB and Rage’N’Bounce. 

Matagumpay is a visual artist, writer, and performer making work about devotion and transition. He is the puzzler behind M’s Puzzle, the monthly crossword with Berlin-specific, queer-feminist and anti-imperialist clues. He is trans and Filipino raised in the US.

MEDITATION FACILITATOR

Ahmed is a Zen Buddhism practitioner with intensive practice and retreat experience. Ahmed is offering a meditation session dedicated to embodying new beginnings, intentional unwinding,collective breathing, and the vital practices of presence.

ACCESSIBILITY
The event will take place in the ground-floor hall at Villa Lützow as well as outside on the lawn, around a fire pit. There will also be a resting space where you can slow down and relax. The poetry will be performed in German, English, and Arabic spoken language.

Please take a Covid test beforehand and stay at home if you are experiencing even mild symptoms. There will be an air purifier in the room.

FOODIES
Sign up via our link to make sure we can prepare enough food for everyone (not obligatory though, you can also just show up)

We are very much looking forward to welcoming spring together with you.

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