Amal Kassir (Arabic: امل قصير; born 1995) is an international award-winning spoken word poet۔
She gives tours around the United States, reciting poetry and has given TED talks. In her poetry, she reflects on how the Syrian civil war has affected her. During the 2009 Gaza war, she wrote a poem reflecting on its destruction. She sings in Arabic as well. After Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13769 in 2017, limiting immigration in 2017, she led protests against it.
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