Manal Younus

Manal Younus is a storyteller who believes that language and stories are the very fabric of our existence. Originally from Eritrea now based on Kaurna Country in South Australia, she uses her writing, performance and facilitations skills to create experiences that encourage audiences to join her in asking questions of themselves and the world around them, to seek knowledge and to share stories.

​Manal develops and facilitates workshops in writing, performance, public speaking, youth empowerment and intercultural communication and leadership for schools, community groups and professional environments.

Since making the Australian Poetry Slam National Finals in 2013, Manal no longer competes in slams but has gone on to perform and deliver workshops around the country and the world including at the Jaipur Literary Festival and Georgetown Literary festival. In 2015, she released her first book of poetry called ‘Reap’ and launched it with a national tour with official launches in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth and feature performances across Queensland and New South Wales.

Manal’s work has been published in Admissions 2022, Borderless 2021, Life, Death and Dying exhibition 2021, Bilal (play in development) 2021, The Decameron 2.0 2020, Australian Poetry Anthology 2020, Jummah (Play) 2019, Growing Up African in Australia 2019, The Cordite Review 2019, Reap 2015, Dubnium 2014