Rafeif Ismail Rafeif Ismail i(10721145 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Sudanese
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1 Books Roundup Crows Nest, Dazzling, The God of No Good Simon MacDonald , Rafeif Ismail , Katherine Matthews , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , February 2023;

— Review of Crows Nest Nikki Mottram , 2023 single work novel ; The God of No Good Sita Walker , 2023 single work autobiography
1 3 y separately published work icon Unlimited Futures Unlimited Futures : Speculative, Visionary Blak and Black Fiction Rafeif Ismail (editor), Ellen van Neerven (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2022 23419495 2022 anthology short story

'Unlimited Futures is an anthology of Own Voice speculative fiction from 21 emerging and established First Nations writers and Black writers, reflecting visionary pasts, hopeful futures and the invisible ties between First Nations people and People of Colour.

'With works by Tuesday Atzinger, Flora Chol, Claire Coleman, Zena Cumpston, Lisa Fuller, Meleika Gasa-Fatafehi, Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Chemutai Glasheen, Genevieve Grieves, Rafeif Ismail, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Laniyuk, Maree McCathy Yoelu, Jasmin McGaughey, SJ Minniecon, Sisonke Msimang, Merryana Salem, Mykaela Saunders, Aïsha Trambas, Alison Whittaker and Jasper Wyld, this is an anthology of the tales they wish had existed when they were growing up in Australia.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 The Body Remembers : The Architecture of Pain Rafeif Ismail , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Women of a Certain Rage 2021; (p. 157-168)
1 Four Stages Rafeif Ismail , 2019 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Growing Up African in Australia 2019; (p. 263) Growing Up in Australia 2021;

'Two months ago, my paternal grandfather passed away. It was a Wednesday, usually my favourite day of the week — now always a reminder that it has been (x) days since he left us. The worst thing about grief is the forgetting: those split-second eternities when you are caught between dreaming and waking. Those moments in between heartbeats, as you draw in a breath, before it leaves your body with a sob. The space of a step when suddenly the weight of memories makes you stumble. I still forget there is a gaping hole in the universe in the shape of his smile.' (Introduction)
 

1 The Physics of Self i "Quantum entanglement posits", Rafeif Ismail , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 April no. 90 2019; Australian Poetry Anthology 2020; (p. 84-85)
1 Something like Revolution Rafeif Ismail , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 78 no. 1 2019; (p. 190-199)

'After your world ended for the third time, you walked. The gold ring on your right hand heavy and the blue band around your left wrist even heavier. 'Rip-off fitbits' was how Intisar had described them three years ago, as the two of you sat on the couch in the living room of your then new apartment, staring down at your clasped black hands. You had made a joke about fashionable shackles then, because that's what you both did, joked and laughed when the reality became just a bit too much. Ten years ago you were both in your final year of high school, and the nation had voted on the humanity of people who loved like you - but these shackles came without a plebiscite...' (Publication abstract)

 

1 Homeland, Heartland Rafeif Ismail , 2018 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2018;

'For a child of diaspora, home is not a simple concept. How do you find your place as both a refugee and a settler on stolen land? And can you ever truly feel you belong anywhere?' (Introduction)

1 Almitra Amongst Ghosts Rafeif Ismail , 2017 single work prose
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , December no. 21 2017; Meet Me at the Intersection 2018;
1 y separately published work icon Ways of Being Here Rafeif Ismail , Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes , Tinashe Jakwa , Yuot Alaak , Witchcliffe : Margaret River Press Centre for Stories , 2017 10721191 2017 selected work short story

'Ways of Being Here features four stories by emerging writers Rafeif Ismail, Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Tinashe Jakwa and Yuot Alaak, winners of last year's 'Ways of Being Here' flash fiction competition, which was open to any writer of African heritage residing in Western Australia who had less than four published stories and/or articles. The stories featured are urgent, innovative, and inimitable, distinct voices that are easy to read, but hard to forget once you've entered their worlds, words, and thoughts.'

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