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Taher Adel, a British-Bahraini poet and spoken word artist, holds an MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of East Anglia. He has served as a judge for the Stephen Spender Poetry Prize and was appointed the Poet in Residence for Wells-next-the-Sea in 2019. His literary contributions include titles such as ‘I Don’t Know What Language I Dream In‘ (Burning Eye Books ’23), ‘The Names‘ (translated into Arabic by Rewayat Reads), ‘The Chosen Names‘ and ‘The Divine Names‘. Beyond his books, Taher’s works have been showcased in various esteemed publications and platforms, including Ambit, SMOKE Magazine, The New European, Gulf Daily News, Glassworks Magazine, Tedx, BBC Radio 4, Poetry London Magazine, and Poetry Salzburg Review.