Farah Chamma
Palestinian poet
Farah Chamma (Arabic: فرح شمّا; born 6 April, 1994) is a Palestinian spoken-word poet currently based in the United Arab Emirates. Chamma speaks six languages including Arabic, English, and French. She started sharing her poems at the age of 16 amongst The Poeticians, a group of poets from the Middle East run by the Palestinian filmmaker and writer Hind Shoufani. She is currently working with Brazilian music producer, liev, on chamæleon, a spoken-word poetry and electronic music duo. In June 2024, she was invited by Spanish singer and composer Silvia Pérez Cruz to perform as a guest poet at the launch concert of her album Toda La Vida, un Día during the inauguration of the Festival Grec de Barcelona, alongside artists such as Damien Rice, Natalia Lafourcade, and Rita Payés.
Education and Career
Chamma was born in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates to a family from Safad and Nablus. At the age of eighteen, Chamma moved to Brazil and lived there for four months during which she learned the Portuguese language. She obtained her bachelor's degree in philosophy and sociology at Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi. She learned French in university as well as German and Spanish. In her final year at university, she moved to France.
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