PA Humanities
2023
“PA Humanities is engaging children from five Philadelphia neighborhoods in a hands-on community poetry activity facilitated by local poets and Youth Poets Laureate. Haiku created by students grades 1-5 are being installed in public spaces by Tiny WPA with a special rain-activated solution.” Rain Poetry
WHYY
2023
“In addition to the coffee sleeves, Hashim’s poem graces the front door of Elixr’s coffee shop on South Sydenham Street, lending credence to the poet’s belief that poetry is ‘one of the most accessible art forms.’” Heart on Your Sleeve’: Elixr delivers coffee with poetry in Philadelphia
Penn Today
2021
“A former Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate, Penn junior Hashim reflects on her writing and scholarship during this moment when Amanda Gorman, the youngest presidential inaugural poet, is bringing national attention to poetry.” Husnaa Haajarah Hashim sees poetry as transformative
34th Street Magazine
2020
"A conversation with former Philadelphia Youth Poets Laureate Husnaa Hashim (C’22) and Wes Matthews (C’23)” A City of Poets
Kenyon Review
2019
"I would argue the timelessness of identity. It’s only now that people who have not historically and systemically been marginalized are grappling with the reality of silence and multiplicity, but as a Black person I never have the luxury of escape. . .” "This thing I use to stay alive" – An Interview with Poet Husnaa Hashim
Apiary Magazine
2018
"Writing isn't separate from everyday living, so when you create time for writing you are creating time to live authentically ..." An Interview with Husnaa Hashim, Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate
PCC Inscape Magazine
2018
“The poems in Hashim's new book reveal a society operating like a cage that attempts to trap individuals into a specific box. Hashim's poems offer a counterpoint to society's racism, sexism, and homophobia.....” I Am Enough, Too: a Review of Honey Sequence by Husnaa Hashim
WHYY
2017
"First things first: the new Youth Poet Laureate will be Husnaa Hashim, a student at Mastery Shoemaker charter school, who is spending her senior year taking advanced classes at the Community College of Philadelphia.” Philadelphia names its newest Youth Poet Laureate
The Philadelphia Inquirer
2017
'"I’m writing about identity,” says Husnaa Hashim, “about being multiple things at once – a woman, a Muslim, an African American. Authenticity is very important to me: I am all the things I am, all of the time. I’m here in front of you in a really, really raw form.'“ Meet Philly's new youth poet laureate, out of Mastery Charter