Kadhem Khanjar

Kadhem Khanjar is a poet and performer from Iraq. Along with some friends, he set up a project called ‘the Culture Militia,’ a group that performs poetry in sites of destruction and death including blown-up cars, minefields, bombed out-houses, ambulances, ISIS cages, and mass graves. His poetry collection “Picnic with an Explosive Belt” was published in Arabic by Dar al-Maktutat in the Netherlands, and “We Fight for Fun” by Dar Daraj, Italy. Khanjar participated in various festivals and conferences in France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Turkey, and more.