Dhaqan Collective (Fozia Ismail, Ayan Cilmi)

In this Provocations presentation, Fozia Ismail and Ayan Cilmi present the work of Dhaqan Collective, a Somali feminist art collective using multisensory storytelling to imagine futures for empowering Somali communities in the UK and East Africa, amid ongoing threats to Somali cultural heritage.

Recorded at the Multisensory Storytelling Summit, an event hosted by UWE Bristol’s Digital Cultures Research Centre on 22nd May 2025.