Harness the power of storytelling to foster understanding, challenge biases, and build new narratives. With their years of experience as educators, writers, and researchers, Haroon and Anam deliver workshops that are insightful, practical, and impactful:
1. Hone your Craft: Individual mentorship on the literary craft (fiction and non-fiction).
2. Storytelling and Narrative Development: Learn to craft compelling and authentic stories.
3. Feature Writing: Master the art of long-form narrative writing.
4. Challenging the Western Gaze: Explore how to tell stories that resist dominant narratives and center marginalized voices.
5. Working Through Prejudice: Use storytelling as a tool to break stereotypes and build empathy.
Our Experience
Driving Social Change through Storytelling – University of Toronto – Qissa is delivering a workshop on storytelling for the Decolonizing the Art Series at University of Toronto in February 2025
Craft of Feature Writing – Al Jazeera Media Institute – Anam designed and delivered a specialized course, fostering both practical skills and critical thinking in storytelling.
The Bus That Didn’t Stop – Warwick University – Haroon and Anam workshopped their co-written play (along with Corrine Jaber) with students, professors, and community members, engaging in discussions on migration, memory, and displacement.
Creative Writing & Cultural Exchange Program – University of Iowa – Anam was engaged as an instructor and mentor with the Summer Institute, International Writing Program, at the University of Iowa leading workshops, one-on-one mentorship and lectures focusing on the power of narrative.
Oral History Workshop – Kolkata Partition Museum – Anam led a workshop on oral histories with the museum staff at the Kolkata Partition Museum in India to support their oral history project.
Punjab’s Folk Love Legends – Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) – Haroon conducted workshops on traditional Punjabi love legends, highlighting the intersection of folklore and history.
Haroon and Anam are globally recognized writers, with hundreds of published articles. Their work has appeared in The New York Times, Maclean’s, The Walrus, CBC, Toronto Star, Scroll.In, DAWN, and more.
From mentoring emerging writers to guiding in-depth discussions on history, migration, and identity, our workshops create space for storytelling that challenges, inspires, and transforms.
If you’d like to host a workshop, receive mentorship, or bring our storytelling expertise to your organization, connect with us at info@qissa.com.