Alia Alzougbi

Alia Alzougbi is a cultural strategist, artist and facilitator working at the intersection of art and social and environmental justice. Her practice uses the arts to interrogate the fundamental causes of inequality and explore alternative modes of understanding the world and being in it, foregrounding dignity for all beings and Earth, our only home. She has worked with national and international organisations as an artist and storyteller to create critical encounters in education and the arts towards collective liberation, from local corner shops to world-renowned museums. Alia is a Chevening Scholar, a Clore Fellow and Associate, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Prior to joining Shubbak, she was Director of the global citizenship education organisation Global Learning London. She is Chair of Maslaha, an organisation which seeks to change and challenge the conditions that create inequalities for Muslim communities in areas such as education, gender, criminal justice, health, negative media coverage and a continued climate of Islamophobia. She is also a trustee at Tamasha, a dedicated home for both emerging and established Global Majority artists. She is rehearsing moving through life with critical humility, joy & slowness, finding the last one to be incredibly challenging to hone. She pays it forward by volunteering nationally and internationally as a coach and mentor to those experiencing systemic barriers in the cultural and creative worlds.