Juwairiah is a poet and educator. Her first collection ‘chai cannot be made in a kettle’ was birthed during the pandemic and written as part of her MA in Creative Writing and Education. The collection explores her identity as a British, Muslim, Indian woman living in London.
chai cannot be made in a kettle by Juwairiah
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In chai cannot be made in a kettle, Juwairiah speaks of belonging, straddling the gaps between cultures, outlooks and worldviews, and embracing the dissonance of her identity as a British, Muslim, Indian woman. Her verses explore the meaning of home as a multicultural and multilingual household. ‘Some mornings,/ I peep through the keyhole,/ watch her and her father converse in Swahili./ I do not understand their language so instead/ I watch her tongue dance.’
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