Nisa-Nashim is proud to be delivering a unique creative project in celebration of HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, aimed at bringing together women of faith to explore our love of food, and how our recipes and cooking relate to our culture, heritage, upbringing, and familial and societal connections. The project will deliver four virtual creative writing sessions, followed by a family event in central London showcasing the project. This will be a celebration, with readings from participants, talks by inspirational guest speakers and the sharing of delicious food.
Workshop 1 Writing our Food Memories: introduction to the project, tips and tricks on writing. Poem prompts to inspire participants to write about early food memories. Sunday 24 July 10am-12 noon
Workshop 2 Generation to Generation: Family recipes, how we learned to cook, how our cooking changed from our mothers’ and grandmothers’? Wednesday 27 July 7pm-9pm
Workshop 3 Special Food/Dishes for Particular Festivals: Are the traditional dishes the same, or have they changed and taken on other influences? Parallels with social/cultural changes within our communities Monday 8 August 7pm-9pm
Workshop 4 Food and Culture in our Diasporas: Food requirements, mixing, integration etc. Fasting and feasting in Islam and Judaism. Hunger and poverty Wednesday 10 August 7pm-9pm
Celebration Event Presentation of work by participants reading from their work. Guest speaker from each religion talking about food – and sharing food together! Sunday 14 August 10:30-1pm Click to register