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Dr El Jones (Canada) is a spoken word poet, educator, journalist, and community activist living in African Nova Scotia. She was the fifth Poet Laureate of Halifax. In 2016, El was a recipient of the Burnley "Rocky" Jones human rights award for her community work and work in prison justice. In 2015, she was a fellow in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, and was the poet in residence at the University of Toronto Scarborough in 2021.

“My Poems are for Palestine”

El Jones, the 5th Poet Laureate of Halifax reads for Palestine.

/ November 14, 2024