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Afra Atiq (Arabic: عفراء عتيق) is an Emirati spoken word poet who was born in the United Arab Emirates to an Emirati father and a Japanese-American mother.[1] Atiq holds a PhD in Media and Creative Industries from the United Arab Emirates University and is the co-founder of the Untitled Chapters, a collective of female Emirati writers.[2] Now, she works as a full-time poet. In 2015, She was named the “Best Performer” by Rooftop Rhythms[3] and won the Abu Dhabi Music and Art Foundation Creativity award for her poem “An Open Letter to Cancer” in 2017.[4]