Nayma Chamchoun is a British Moroccan writer with a published collection COVID: THE WORDY WILDS OF A MIND UNDER LOCKDOWN a 2022 Mica Press publication which explores themes of identity, duality and feelings of displacement, family, love and the search for inner peace as experienced alongside the effects of the pandemic, climate change and world events https://www.amazon.co.uk/Covid-Wordy-Wilds-Under-Lockdown

Her writing is influenced by her cultural duality. She is interested in female voices in the diaspora community, the challenges they face within both communities and the taboos around mental health within their ancestral communities.

Nayma is an active member of London’s vibrant Poetry and Spoken Word community, the international Poetry community online and have performed her work at several Poetry Open Mike events including the Grenfell 5-year Anniversary. Her work has also featured on BBC Radio London several times and also featured as part of a Lockdown Exhibition in The House of Commons June 23 which explores female voices during lockdown.