To celebrate our Many Voices project, we are sharing stories from the individuals who took part in project and made it reality. Read what Meriem Timizar from International Women’s Group had to say about the joys of writing collectively and breaking down language barriers.

If you had leave home, what would you take with you? And what would you leave behind?

These were some of the questions International Women’s Group Glasgow North addressed during their Many Voices workshops with poet and founder of the Belonging Project, Marjorie Lotfi Gill.

Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh

Dundee Literature Festival

The Stove, Dumfries

Central Library, Stirling

Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen