What people have said...
"Zohab was absolutely fantastic! The kids really warmed up to him, they were able to tell that he is a safe adult and can be themselves with him. It was a chaotic day, our internet was down and Zohab just rolled with the punches! He just accepted all our quirks. Our students are autistic, I gave him a heads-up and told him that they might not respond positively to him but they proved me wrong and thoroughly enjoyed it. One of my Year 7s asked why he was not in the workshop all day! I spoke to Zohab at the end of the day and asked if he is willing to come every year, that’s how much we enjoyed him!"
Fatima Mohamed, Head of English
Vanguard School
“Zohab is an incredible teacher, he is humble, creative and has the most inspiring presence... Students, particularly young men, learn so much from his poetry and generosity.”
Dr. Tamryn Bennett,
The Red Room Company
"Zohab was a real hit yesterday. His workshops went down a storm. The head told me about a year 6 pupil who was raving about their experience and a year 3 TA told me she had goosebumps after a workshop."
Teresa Thomas, Head of Pre-Prep and Year 1 Class Teacher
Boundary Oak School
“The students and staff TOTALLY enjoyed Zohab!!! Thank you so very much! I've had 6 Year 6 boys come asking for poetry books and reading 'prose' novels - where the whole novel is a poem. Sensational result!”
Lea Tracy Horan, Teacher, Tacking Point Public School
“Zohab has the perfect mix of passion, imagination and intellect to win over crowds, students or anyone within earshot of his spoken word... Zohab has been phenomenal in our workshops and has won roars from our audiences.”
Miles Merrill,
Director of Australian Poetry Slam
"Zohab was absolutely amazing – students loved the session and were full of praise in the chat. Very inspiring and energetic as always."
E. Church
Royal Borough of Greenwich
"Please, please will you pass on a huge thanks to the wonderful Zohab. The boys all absolutely adored him. He was so inspirational and his energy was contagious. I have no doubt we will be trying to get him in again in the future!
Fleur Chambers, Specialist teacher | English Leader Wetherby School
“Hey Zohab, you visited my school earlier this year and I was very impressed by your spoken word poetry, so much to the point where you have inspired me to write poetry, in particular slam poetry. Before you came to my school I was feeling very sad from all the bullying I get. You have let me know how ok it is to be different and be proud of being different. You have made me a poet.”
Anonymous
“He could relate stories of bullying and discrimination that students could relate to, but his message was always positive. He embodied multiculturalism and used its value as a theme, but was never didactic.”
Douglas Glenn, Suzhou Singapore International School
"WOW!! Zohab! What a great guy and inspiring presentation. We were on our knees at the end of the day but Zohab’s energy was just what we needed to smash the message home. He was fantastic and very well received, do pass on our appreciation and gratitude for the excellent session. It was a tough gig but he nailed it."
Rebecca Mawson, Inclusion Adviser (Autism) | Barking and Dagenham School Improvement Partnership
"Please pass on my thanks to Zohab, he was incredible with all the children and really took the time to engage with them on their level. All the children I have spoken to have been very impressed and inspired. The teachers were also so impressed with what he was able to encourage the children to do, and for teaching them some ideas about metaphors!"
Sarah Beath
Mission Grove Primary School, London
“Thank you for the amazing job you did teaching me and my peers. We are so lucky to have been taught by such a great poet.”
Year 9 Student, Xavier High School
“I really liked Zohab’s ability to talk about his feelings and insecurities openly to a crowd of people.”
Henry, Year 10 Student, Jakarta Intercultural School
Zohab! You were captivating today! The boys really responded to your way of being. Thank you!
Victoria, Teacher, Newington College
“In performance, he prowls and growls and hisses and grins, bends his body like a coat-hanger into various unlikely shapes, and seems to live his poems through his limbs.”
Mark Dapin,
Journalist Sydney Morning Herald
“I believe his performance was best suited to my age group, as we are all going through changes and are starting to make our own decisions and opinions on the people and world around us. He also taught us his strategies on dealing with bullying and discrimination.”
Michael, Year 8
Nanjing International School
"Many thanks indeed, it really was great to have Zohab with us, he was without doubt a huge success and was certainly the glue that helped pull all of the pieces together. We would love the opportunity to work with Zohab going forward.
Mr Greg Baber-Williams, Dean Close School
“...generally when teachers say you have to go to a performance you often expect it to be boring, but this is the best performance I’ve seen.”
Chanel, Year 9
Kinross Wolaroi School