Jamal Mehmood is a writer and filmmaker based in London. His work has been featured at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Magma, BBC4, Popula and Media Diversified. He has been shortlisted for the Outspoken Prize for Poetry in Film, won the national Poetry Rivals in 2016, and is an alumnus of the UniSlam post-emerging cohort of poets. His latest book ‘The Leaf of the Neem Tree’ (Hajar Press) was released in 2021.