About Us – Khidr Collective

We are
Khidr Collective

Khidr Collective is a UK-based arts collective which curates and platforms original work from Muslim artists – including illustrators, writers, poets, photographers and creatives of other disciplines.

Over the years, we’ve contributed to panels and platforms for creative expression and have led workshops for children and families.

You can engage with our work through the Khidr Collective Zine, a periodic print publication, as well as this site and social channels.

“If you’re tired of reading the experiences of men and women who look like you and feeling like your shit has been co-opted, assimilated, distorted, pacified, neutralized and told through a gaze that was never ever your own, then you must stop what you are doing and read Khidr.”

Madani Younis, former creative director at Southbank Centre,
and chief executive at Bush Theatre

Meet the team

Alaa Alsaraji

Arts Editor and Designer

Aneesha Hussain

Poetry Editor

Bayan Goudarzpour

Poetry Editor

Hareem Ghani

Assistant Editor

Mahamed Abdullahi

Assistant Editor

Nadine Almanasfi

Fiction Editor

Nishat Alam

Photography Editor

Warda Khokhar

Non-Fiction Editor

Zainab Rahim

Non-Fiction Editor

Parham Ghalamdar

Illustration Editor

Naila Tasnim

Assistant Editor

Who is Khidr

The character of Khidr —or al-Khadir, ‘The Green One’—has captivated Islamic tradition and numerous other world religions over the centuries, yet is not once named in any holy scripture. Who then is this mysterious figure, and why does he remain of such symbolic significance?