Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

Poet, Educator, and Author of Postcolonial Banter, Tangled in Terror, Seeing for Ourselves, and the debut play Peanut Butter & Blueberries.

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  • ‘To read this expansive treasure of a book is to see everything differently.’

     — Sabrina Mahfouz, author of These Bodies of Water

  • ‘Moves the heart and provokes thought in equal measure.’

    — Preti Taneja, author of Aftermath

  • ‘A rare treat … we witness a profound thinker and remarkable poet at work.’

    — Arun Kundnani, author of What Is Antiracism?

  • ‘Utterly disruptive. With grace and vulnerability … Manzoor-Khan upends the conversation on representational politics.’

    — Waithera Sebatindira, author of Through an Addict’s Looking-Glass

  • “I have absolutely no idea how to describe this book... but just know that every single word spoke to my whole soul.”

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      Hana (5 stars)

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  • “a sun‑kissed love story tinged with tragedy… dialogue wonderfully captures the idiomatic tenor of everyday conversation between students… clearly a writer with real skill and ambition.”

     — The Telegraph

  • “Arrestingly unexpected… a two‑hander that doesn’t play out via rom-com rules… Manzoor‑Khan’s text carries salt and darting lyricism.”

    — The Guardian

  • “A rom-com that doesn’t require its characters to rebel against their culture, traditions or faith... a celebration of Muslim joy with nuance and authenticity.”

    — Amaliah

  • “Such a beautiful play. Just the kind of Muslim representation I was looking for. It was lovely to revisit and read the scenes that made me smile the most. And I may have shed a tear or two towards the end :’) I really hope we get to see another run, I’d love to watch it again.

    — Goodreads: Sim (December 11, 2024)

  • “love how halal yet intimate the relationship remains. so well done and it didn't feel like it lacked anything (both the performance and text). will be coming back to this one again and again for sure.”

    — Abir (August 29, 2024)

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  • “Courageously makes explicit the implicit unfreedoms of our society.”

     — Lowkey, rapper and activist

  • “This is the first time the breadth and depth of the Islamophobia we face has been collated in one place and analysed with such precision. It really feels like ‘our’ book.”

    — Moazzam Begg

  • “I am profoundly grateful to Suhaiymah Manzoor‑Khan for writing this book. It is brave. It is necessary. It is true. It is what we Muslims have been waiting for. A brilliant, powerful and moving account of Islamophobia…”

     — Nadine El‑Enany, author of (B)ordering Britain

  • “Conveys the trauma that is so often unspoken of in discussions of state enabled bigotry against Muslims, written with deep clarity.”

    — Sheikh Omar Suleiman

  • “A fearless writer who cuts through nonsense. Suhaiymah’s voice is one of the most exciting of her generation.”

    — Fatima Manji, Channel 4 News journalist

  • “A surgical, unflinching account of the forces that have converged to cast Muslims as a permanent threat while profiting off our marginalisation.”

    — Aamer Rahman, writer and comedian

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  • “Suhaiymah’s courage to challenge the dictatorship of prevailing orthodoxy in our political moment inspires and liberates all who read her work... you are holding a piece of history in your hands.”

    —Lowkey

  • “This is an at once brave and vulnerable, fierce and compassionate, angry and hopeful collection. From one of Britain’s most promising young voices, we get both sharp insights and an impassioned case for change. Read it.”

    — Dr Priyamvada Gopal

  • “Culture is crucial to revolution and we need poetry like this to light a fire under the racial status quo. Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan has written the lyrics of rebellion for this restless generation.”

     — Dr Kehinde Andrews

  • Suhaiymah’s poems are a balm for the soul but they’re also a call. A call to reject the labels the world gives Muslim people and Muslim women. Her poems make you cry and make you angry and just invoke so many feelings. … I’m sure Postcolonial Banter is going to be the book I return to again and again and again and find new meanings and feelings every time I read it.

    — Fatima Moosa

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Workshops & Public Education

  • “It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business.”

    Yosemite National Park, California

  • “It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business.”

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • “It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business.”

    Boston, Massachusetts

  • “It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business.”

    New York City, New York