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Zohab Zee Khan, a much-acclaimed Australian slam poet again visited KWS and amazed Year 9 with his poetic and comic talents. Zohab is a fourth-generation Pakistani-Australian who grew up in Yenda, near Griffith. Zohab’s powerful performance poetry tackles issues such as identity politics, racism, sexism, bullying and violence. His work is very thought provoking, and his positive messages of tolerance, love, respect and resilience resonated with the students.

Here is what some students had to say about the performance:

“I enjoyed his show so much. It was funny, amazing and happy. I have never heard such an amazing speaker.”  Taylah

“I really liked Zohab’s ability to talk about his feelings and insecurities openly to a crowd of people.”  Henry

 

“Everyone was interested in what he was doing the whole way through. No one lost interest; everyone was engaged” Nick

 

“’Zohab means loser’ is what he was told at a young age. ‘Zohab means warrior’ he said he taught himself to believe, but I believe Zohab means influential LEGEND!”  Liam

 

“My first impression was that he looked like a typical overseas person…I ended up leaving the Performance Theatre inspired and having a better understanding of poetry slam…Zohab Zee Khan was a really cool and inspiring person.”  Saxon

 

“…generally when teachers say you have to go to a performance you often expect it to be boring, but this is the best performance I’ve seen.”  Chanel

 

“The poetry that he spoke was about people being together and being respected no matter their skin tone, religion, gender or look. He talked about techniques such as metaphors and alliteration and it could be seen that he really enjoyed it and he made us really enjoy it.”  Will

 

“I believe his performance was best suited to my age group, as we are all going through changes and are starting to make our own decisions and opinions on the people and world around us. He also taught us his strategies on dealing with bullying and discrimination.”  Charlotte

Mrs Antonia Suthers 

English