Based in Brussels, Karima Qias was born in Iran but is of Tajik origin. During her migration to Europe, which took her to Greece and then Belgium, Karima discovered the power and benefits of writing as a weapon of political combat but also as a means of poetic expression. She has written about her experiences as a refugee in Moria and Athens in various forms, including the Plaza Girls collective. In 2021, Karima will publish a book of her poems in Persian translated into English, illustrated and decorated.
Karima Qias was seventeen years old when her family arrived at the Moria refugee camp, on Lesvos Island, Greece. She knew immediately that they had to get out to survive, and this is how they did it.
