Dima El Sayed

Dima El Sayed is a Lebanese writer, singer and painter. She studied to be a jurist and human rights researcher in Paris, before traveling to India to learn Dhrupad, the Hindustani sacred art of singing and finding your true voice. Her soulful voice and impassioned songwriting is informed by raga, , and her practice as poet of three languages. 
Through her work with UNESCO and prolific blogging, Dima is committed to artistic expression that mingles the personal and political.
Her first book is a collection of trilingual engaged poetry, illustrated by her own sketches titled: Bastard Tongues