A virtual poetry event that celebrates the Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia will premiere today at 6pm.
Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia (BIM), also known as the Malaysian Sign Language, is the officially recognised language of the d/Deaf in Malaysia and is integral to their identity.
Called
The Poet Is The Poem: Malaysian Sign Language Poetry, the event will be streamed live on the co-organisers’ - University of Nottingham Malaysia’s (UNM) School of English and MY Poetry School (a KL-based arts & poetry education centre) - Facebook pages.
Helmed by poet educator/community theatre maker Elaine Foster, the virtual event is supported by the British Council’s Connections Through Culture grant (£5,000/RM28,400).