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Rafeif Ismail is an award-winning emerging multilingual writer based in Boorloo, WA (colonially known as Perth).

Rafeif’s work explores the themes of home, belonging the so-called 'Australian' identity in the 21st century through the lens of a refugee and third culture youth of the Sudanese diaspora. Rafeif’s work has been published in anthologies and literary magazines across Australia and internationally, with a debut novel forthcoming.

Deeply committed to creating diverse works and spaces, Rafeif is the current managing director of Djed Press and a participant in the 2020 AFTRS Talent Camp.

Rafeif learned English by reading comic books and relearned her first language (Sudanese Arabic) through reading poetry. Rafeif saw Black Panther abo ...more

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	Growing Up African in Australia by Maxine Beneba Clarke (Editor), Magan Magan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ahmed Yussuf (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meet Me at the Intersection by Rebecca Lim (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ambelin Kwaymullina (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mimi Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unlimited Futures: speculative, visionary blak+black fiction by Rafeif Ismail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ellen Van Neerven (Editor), Tuesday Atzinger (Contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abrazando la revolución by S.L. Huang (Goodreads Author), Rae Carson, Malka Ann Older (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ways of Being Here by Rafeif Ismail (Goodreads Author), Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Tinashe Jakwa 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Autumn 2019 (Meanjin, #78.1) by Jonathan Green (Editor), Adolfo Aranjuez (Contributor), Katharine Murphy (Contributor) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Semejante a una revolución by Rafeif Ismail (Goodreads Author), Carla Bataller Estruch (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Australian Poetry Anthology, Volume 8 by Sarah Saleh (Editor), Melinda Smith (Editor), Rafeif Ismail (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“He called you beautiful, for a black girl and you kissed him. It would not be the last time someone would pay you a provisional compliment, nor the last time you accept it. Back then, you had not yet realized, that those who view your beauty conditionally, undoubtedly felt the same towards your humanity.”
― Rafeif Ismail, Meet Me at the Intersection

tags: beauty-standards, black-women-writers, humanity, race-and-racism

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“In this nation people assume they can write your story from beginning to end, and wait for you to fall into place on the stage that has been set, it is why every conversation scans like a hostage negotiation, with your humanity being the item that's up for deliberation.”
― Rafeif Ismail, Meet Me at the Intersection

tags: person-of-colour, politics-and-culture, race, racism-and-culture

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“You remember something about how the difference between the lifespan of a hummingbird and a whale is the speed of its heart; you can’t bring yourself to care. You’ve lived eternities for mayflies; maybe forever is only until a soul gives up.”
― Rafeif Ismail, Ways of Being Here

tags: depression-quotes, humanity-and-love, resilience

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