At nineteen years-old, Ainee Fatima is a poet on the Chicago 'spoken word' scene. This young American-Muslim was a 2009 finalist and winner of Young Chicago Authors' Louder Than a Bomb (LTAB), the largest Teen Poetry Slam competition in Chicago.That year she was awarded a Girlspeak award and attended Brave New Voices, the international teen poetry slam with her team, Tribe Called West representing Chicago among the 50 amazing teams who competed.

In 2010, she was the duo slam champion at LTAB along side with her teammate Noor Hasan. With the help of award winning poets such as the founder of Slam Poetry Marc Smith, Louder Than a Bomb Co-Founder Kevin Coval, Robbie Q. Telfer, Roger Bonair-Agard and her coach, Paul S. Bellwoar, she continues to develop herself as a poet.

Most of her writing deals with the struggle of growing up in America as a young Muslim teenager and speaks eloquently with the issues her fellow brothers and sisters in faith face today. She hopes to continue with writing as she finishes college and hopefully publish a book in the future.

Along with poetry, Ainee is also passionate in photography and has won local teen photography contests in Skokie and Niles. She was also a finalist in the Life is Simply Art (LISA) Art show in 2008 and 2009. She hopes to continue competing in the future and inspiring many teenagers around the world and be the voice for those who cannot speak up.

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To contact:

Aineefatima@hotmail.com