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A creative platform for global youth empowerment. We use poetry & photography to help participants discover & express their inner qualities. @kzusman

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At the House of Wisdom in Sharjah, students began with their own words—writing in response to the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish.

In collaboration with the UAEBBY, those words became the foundation for portrait.

Each portrait begins from within.
Something within them takes form.

An ongoing exploration of voice, identity, and expression.

For more info: www.superpowerofme.org .
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middleeastart taken in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates by @superpowerofmeproject

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THANK YOU NEW YORK TIMES!! Our super powered children are in the spotlight again, shining as the stars the are! and brilliantly. We have our second free children's workshop TOMORROW SATURDAY JULY 23 FROM 2-330 PM. And until September 30, you can come on out to see the full exhibit of our portraits and super power poems at the Dr. Ronald McNair Park, a NYC Park, located along Eastern Parkway and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn. The installation will be up thru end of September, and all the poems from the workshop will be on display at the Youth Wing of the Brooklyn Public Library, Central location.

We use the exhibit as a teaching tool to inspire the children for their own writing. The writing they complete in the workshop will be displayed in the Youth Wing of the Brooklyn Library. Workshop slots are limited. Register by RSVPing to hello@superpowerofme.org

A photography and poetry public art project created by the super powered children of NYC, and poet and photographer, Karen Zusman @kzusman

Please share!

With gratitude to
@leicawomenfotoproject @leicacamerausa @duggalnyc @nycparks
@nytimes

Link to online version:

https://www.nytimes.com/article/things-to-do-in-nyc.html (scroll down)

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This video captures a Super Power of Me writing workshop and portrait session hosted by UAE Board on Books for Young People and the House of Wisdom in Sharjah, UAE. This very special edition of Super Power of Me was invited into collaboration with The Dice Player, an exhibition at The House of Wisdom honoring the legendary Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.

Working in dialogue with Darwish’s themes of love, absence, exile, belonging, and becoming, 13 Arab youth were invited to explore who they are through image and language.

The workshop was held in collaboration with esteemed writers Maitha AlKhayaat and Sheikha AlMutairi, whose presence and guidance helped shape the space.

First we all toured the exhibit together. Next, each participant wrote a personal “superpower” poem/statement, then stepped in front of the camera to be seen—on their own terms.

What emerged was honesty, imagination, vulnerability… and a quiet, self-defined strength.

“My superpower is my ability to recognize my incompleteness.”

“Thinking of others makes the heart gentle.”

“How did I become this new me when she was the old me?”

This video, created byUAEBBY and House of Wisdom, offers a glimpse into that process—voices, presence, and the courage of self-expression.

It’s rooted in the real migrations of childhood, the movement of dreams across oceans, borders, and languages.

More to come…✨✨✨ taken in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates by @superpowerofmeproject

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“This project lets you see yourself from your eyes, not from someone else’s eyes...”
Haneen, age 14
Super Power of Me participant[
Immigrated to USA from Egypt in 2022.
Discover Super Power of Me photography and poetry: superpowerofme.org by @superpowerofmeproject

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3 years ago

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3 years ago

Haneen talks about being part of Super Power of Me. by @superpowerofmeproject

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Super Power Haneen….reads her poem in front of a Brooklyn audience at Salon on Kingston. Haneen immigrated to US last year from Egypt. by @superpowerofmeproject

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3 years ago

Dion reads us the poem of his Super Power Obi at Salon on Kingston. Keep watching and you’ll see and hear hear the real Obi!! Thank you, super power dad, Dion Graham! What a great night of youth poetry readings at our portrait exhibit at Salon on Kingston. taken in Brooklyn, New York by @superpowerofmeproject

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Students from Super Power of Me “New Americans” introduce the project before reading their poems to an audience in Brooklyn, NYC. Their portraits looked on from the walls at Salon on Kingston. These young people arrived to the U.S. in the last year or so from The Middle East and Latin America. Thanks to the ESL program at Bayonne High School and their teacher, Julie Kelman. It was lovely seeing their families again and their great pride for their children. taken in Brooklyn, New York by @superpowerofmeproject

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3 years ago

Let’s celebrate these creative and courageous students who recently immigrated to USA from these diverse and gorgeous cultures coming together to learn and live their new lives in harmony. 💕💕💕✨✨✨

YOU’RE INVITED
Sunday, Oct 29 from 5-7pm @salononkingston
Salon on Kingston for very special photo exhibit and student poetry reading along with mesmerizing eclectic sounds and vocals from South Africa, Haiti, Surinam mix…

Meet our latest super powers from The New American series. These are the incredibly creative and thoughtful students in the ESL program at Bayonne High School in NJ in partnership with their amazing teacher Julie Kelman @jkelman01 They have recently immigrated from Haiti, Egypt, Algeria, Ecuador, Martinique, and The Dominican Republic. Many of them will be joining us to read their poems—the NYC debut! Plus we have super special musical event organized by MarQuerite Hamden @ecowristllc with the talented Lesedi Ntsane & friends ( Fathi “ToTo” Tabouche, Saidou Sangare, Desiree Gordon, MarQuerite Hamden).

@salononkingston
Salon on Kingston 105 Kingston Avenue, Crown Hts, Brooklyn(corner of Dean street and Kingston)

For more info abt this innovative project visit us at www.superpowerofme.org

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#blacknussmag #blackandwhitemagazine #artempowers taken in Brooklyn, New York by @superpowerofmeproject

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Please do JOIN US Sunday, Oct 29 @salononkingston
Salon on Kingston from 5-7pm for very special photo exhibit and poetry reading and gorgeous eclectic sounds and vocals from South Africa, Haiti, Surinam mix…Meet our latest super powers from The New American series. These are the incredibly creative and thoughtful students in the ESL program at Bayonne High School in NJ in partnership with their amazing teacher Julie Kelman @jkelman01 They have recently immigrated from Haiti, Egypt, Algeria, Ecuador, Martinique, and The Dominican Republic. Many of them will be joining us to read their poems—the NYC debut! Plus we have super special musical event organized by MarQuerite Hamden @ecowristllc with the talented Lesedi Ntsane & friends ( Fathi “ToTo” Tabouche, Saidou Sangare, Desiree Gordon, MarQuerite Hamden).

Salon on Kingston
105 Kingston Avenue, Crown Hts, Brooklyn(corner of Dean street and Kingston)

For more info abt this innovative project visit us at www.superpowerofme.org

#photographyexhibitnyc
#JazzWorldMusicNYC
#YouthPoetryNYC
#NYCEvents
#NYCConcerts
#NYCJazzScene
#NYCYouthTalent
#NYCPoetryReading
#NYCCulturalEvent
#ArtandMusicNYC
#NYCCommunityEvent
#CreativeYouthNYC
#NYCArtsCulture
#NYCPerformance
#JazzAndPoetryNYC
#NYCArtScene
#YouthArtistry
#NYCInspired
#NYCMusicCulture #bnw_captures #bnw_zone #bnw_portraits #childrensempowerment #womenstreetphotographers #bnw_souls #bnw_artstyle
#blacknussmag #blackandwhitemagazine #artempowers taken in Brooklyn, New York by @superpowerofmeproject

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JOIN US Sunday, Oct 29 from 5-7pm at Salon on Kingston for very special photo exhibit and poetry reading and gorgeous eclectic sounds and vocals from South Africa, Haiti, Surinam mix…Meet our latest super powers from The New American series. These are the incredibly creative and thoughtful students in the ESL program at Bayonne High School in NJ in partnership with their amazing teacher Julie Kelman @jkelman01 They have recently immigrated from Haiti, Egypt, Algeria, Ecuador, Martinique, and The Dominican Republic. Many of them will be joining us to read their poems—the NYC debut! Plus we have super special musical event organized by MarQuerite Hamden @ecowristllc with the talented Lesedi Ntsane & friends ( Fathi “ToTo” Tabouche, Saidou Sangare, Desiree Gordon, MarQuerite Hamden).

Salon on Kingston @salononkingston
105 Kingston Avenue, Crown Hts, Brooklyn(corner of Dean street and Kingston)

For more info abt this innovative project visit us at www.superpowerofme.org

#photographyexhibitnyc
#JazzWorldMusicNYC
#YouthPoetryNYC
#NYCEvents
#NYCConcerts
#NYCJazzScene
#NYCYouthTalent
#NYCPoetryReading
#NYCCulturalEvent
#ArtandMusicNYC
#NYCCommunityEvent
#CreativeYouthNYC
#NYCArtsCulture
#NYCPerformance
#JazzAndPoetryNYC
#NYCArtScene
#YouthArtistry
#NYCInspired
#NYCMusicCulture #bnw_captures #bnw_zone #bnw_portraits #childrensempowerment #womenstreetphotographers #bnw_souls #bnw_artstyle
#blacknussmag #blackandwhitemagazine #artempowers taken in Brooklyn, New York by @superpowerofmeproject

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