MACFEST 2024: Celebrating Poetry and International Mother Language Day

Tue, February 27, 2024 (10:00 am - 11:30 am)

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Join for an exciting event with young people from the UK and around the world, on a literary and poetic journey.

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Join for an exciting event with young people from the UK on a literary and poetic journey as we celebrate International Mother Language Day! Young poets will recite or perform their poetry in English or their mother tongue.

Professor Yaron will introduce the main language communities, with a focus on the language of the city’s Muslim populations. He will discuss how information on languages is compiled, what functions languages have, and what multilingual spaces exist in the city.

They will be introduced by their teachers or headteachers.

Amal Mohammad Yousaf and Donia Fellag from Whalley Range 11–18 High School
Aledvina Mane and Pakeeza Maryam from Hopwood Hall College.

Kunza Khan is from the University of Salford.

Kaya Askander and Daaniya Faisal from Withington Girls School.

Ayesha Nadeem, Hasna Raza, and Huneza Ali from Levenshulme High School

Mukhtar Omar Mukhlis, King Edward’s School, Birmingham.
Kamal Sddiq from KD Grammar School for Boys.

Hosted by: Miss Donna Johnson and Mr. Neil A. Johnson, co-headteachers of Levenshulme High School, Manchester.

Presented by: Yaron Matras is a linguist specializing in multilingualism and minority languages. He founded and led the multilingual Manchester program.

Chief Guest: John Claughton, former Chief Master of King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and co-founder of WoLLoW, World of Languages, Languages of the World.