Rumi: The Universe in Ecstatic Motion – Sukina Pilgrim

Poet in the City · Interview with Sukina Pilgrim at Poet in the City’s Rumi – The Universe in Motion event

Sukina Pilgrim is a Spoken-Word and Hip-Hop artist, Workshop Facilitator and Event Organiser. She makes up one half of the Muslim female Hip Hop duo, Poetic Pilgrimage and has performed across the UK, Europe, the USA, North and South Africa with her group sharing their tool for dialogue and engagement. Her work has been featured on the BBC News, World Service and Asian Network, ITV, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera and has been written about in the Huffington Post, Daily Mail, The Voice and many other international media outlets. In March 2015 Al Jazeera screened a documentary about her group called Hip Hop Hijabis.

This interview was conducted on 11th February 2019 at Wilton’s Music Hall by Penny Hughes at Rumi: The Universe in Ecstatic Motion.