04/14/2026
At Donkeysaddle Projects, we use art and storytelling as one point of entry to invite people into the work of building a liberated world free from state violence. We’re grateful to be able to connect with many talented artists using art to support the building of a liberated world, including Nabra Nelson.
Nabra Nelson is a writer, community organizer, and theater creator from Nubia, Egypt, and California. Her Nubian side is from the Fadijja tribe of the village of Abu Simbel. As a playwright, arts administrator, director, and teaching artist, she works with theaters, universities, and community organizations to create positive change, strengthen community, and amplify under-heard voices through theater. She is the Artistic Director of in San Francisco, a founding company member of and Heard Space Arts Collective, co-host of the Kunafa & Shay Theatre Podcast, and co-leads the Nubian Foundation for Preserving a Cultural Heritage.
We’re so grateful to Nabra for performing this poem at our Creating the Future We Deserve fundraiser, which is part of the national tour of HERitage emBODYment’s “Sekhmet Unraveled,” performing in the Egyptian and Nubian wings of US museums May-August 2026. Follow the performance by following .
If you didn’t make the event but would still like to contribute to the fundraiser for our Grassroots Community Network, you can make a contribution at donkeysaddle.org/GCN.
