Narratio

Narratio works to activate, support, and highlight the creative expression of young people across the world, with a focus on displaced populations.

We do this through publishing, partnerships, workshops, and fellowships.

08/07/2026

Celebrating the 7th annual Narratio Fellowship Performance at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art !

The evening featured poetry and music by the 2026 Narratio Fellowship cohort, accompanied by oud player Bahar Badiei. Drawing inspiration from objects in The Met’s Ancient West Asian collection, fellows performed original poems exploring memory, migration, identity, and belonging.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this remarkable performance!

And a very special thank you to our wonderful partners Ancient Art At The Met MMA Objects Conservation Musical Instruments | The Met SU Engaged Humanities Network

07/29/2025

Celebrating the 6th annual Narratio Fellowship Performance at the ! 🌟🖼️

This year’s program includes a new fellowship cohort, led by artists in residence and . Fellows selected objects from The Met’s Ancient West Asian Art Department and created poetic pieces around the memories and experiences they evoke.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this remarkable performance!

And a very special thank you to our wonderful partners .ehn

📸: Filip Wolack

02/26/2025

The Narratio community is filled with sadness and disbelief as we mourn the loss of our friend and 2019 Narratio Fellow, Jamal Bilata. Jamal was a quiet leader and community builder, who supported us all with patience and kindness.

Jamal’s life was taken this week in a hateful act of violence, but his light is inextinguishable and it will continue to shine through our community and collective work.

We offer our deepest condolences to all who knew and loved Jamal. In this time of grief, we stand together as a community. Please reach out to us and to one another for support, and know that you are not alone in this shared sorrow.

02/12/2025

Living Stories comes to Syracuse!

This past weekend, the Palace Theatre opened its doors for an evening of storytelling through poetry, music and dance featuring the Narratio Fellows, Ameen Mokdad & Cuatro Puntos, and Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet.

On Saturday, the team hosted a storytelling workshop at the Community Folk Art Center, focused on how poetry, music, and dance can come together across stories and lived experiences.

Thank you CFAC, Syracuse EHN, SU Humanities Center, our brilliant fellows, and all of our wonderful partners for making this event possible!

04/04/2023

This past Thursday, the Narratio community came together for Refuge, Repair, & Resilience, an exhibition of work by three classes of Narratio Fellows!

Featuring a poetry performance by the 2022 Fellows, the exhibit featured three sections and over 80+ works of poetry, photography, and films.

Thank you to our wonderful collaborators for making the evening possible:

, The North Side Learning Center, , .ehn ,

See you next year!

03/29/2023

Every summer, Narratio Fellows in Richmond and Syracuse participate in a month-long series of daily workshops structured around the creation of individual and collective projects.

This past summer's intensives were led by artists in residence Alfonso Pérez Acosta (Richmond) and Wendy Wang and Maleeha Bhadki (Syracuse), who helped Fellows engage with their own stories and those of their families and communities via visual art, poetry, and photography.

Thank you to our partners Code^Shift, Virginia Museum of History and Culture, ReEstablish Richmond, and the North Side Learning Center and to our amazing team of mentors and facilitators for supporting Narratio Fellows across both sites.

Please join us TOMORROW, Thursday, March 30 from 6 - 8pm at Syracuse University’s Nancy Cantor Warehouse for a celebration of this year's Narratio Fellows!

03/28/2023

2020 Fellow and 2022 facilitator Rayan Mohamed () discusses storytelling through photography with Ricardo Partida of the Bronx Documentary Center.

The Fellowship had access to the center’s Tim Hetherington library as part of their tour in the Fall of 2022.

Join us this Thursday from 6 - 8pm at Syracuse University’s Nancy Cantor Warehouse for a celebration of this year's Narratio Fellows and view two new films by Rayan!

03/19/2023

Announcing the 2022-23 Narratio Fellowship exhibit!

Please join us on Thursday, March 30, from 6 - 8pm at Syracuse University’s Nancy Cantor Warehouse for a celebration of this year's Narratio Fellows and an exhibit showcasing the work of Fellows over the past three years.

In addition to celebrating photos, films, poetry, and visual art from 2020, 2021, and 2022 Narratio cohorts, the event will feature poetry performances by this year's Syracuse Fellows.

The 2022 Narratio Fellowship included two cohorts across two cities: A visual arts cohort in Richmond, Virgina, led by Colombian artist Alfonso Pérez Acosta, and a photo-poetry cohort in Syracuse, co-led by Pakistani-American poet Maleeha Bhadki and Chinese photographer Wendy Wang.

Join us on March 30th to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of this year's cohorts along with amazing collective work of Fellows over the past three years!

12/31/2022

Celebrating Narratio’s 2022!

This year has been a remarkable one, all made possible by our amazing teams, Fellows, partners, and supporters across Richmond, Syracuse, and beyond.

This year all four classes of Narratio Fellows participated in speeches, panels, performances, and exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum, Harvard, NPR All Things Considered, Rutgers University, Palitz Gallery, Anderson Gallery, University of Delaware, and the La Casita Cultural Center.

We are so proud of each and every member of the Narratio Family, and sincerely look forward to all that 2023 may bring!

Images by .grattan , Filip Wolack, and Kathy Atkinson.

11/01/2022

This past summer, the University of Delaware selected Narratio Founder Ahmed Badr’s debut book, While the Earth Sleeps We Travel, as their Common Reader for the incoming freshman class!

On October 20th, Ahmed, joined by Fellowship Co-Director Brice Nordquist and two generations of Narratio Fellows (Ladan Farah ‘21, Khadija Mohamed ‘19, Abshir Habseme ‘19, and Justo Triana ‘21), took part in a moderate conversation and a poetry performance.

The team also participated in a reception at Morris Library, which is currently hosting the “Conventions of Care” poetry and photography exhibit featuring the work of 2021 Narratio Fellows.

Thank you to the for being such wonderful hosts, and to all UD students and faculty for engaging so thoughtfully with Narratio’s work!

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