Mayyu Ali

Poet-activist Mayyu Ali has been campaigning for years to denounce the genocide of his community, the Rohingyas. While living in the refugee camps of Bangladesh, he opened several schools for Rohingya youth and children. He has participated in several award-winning documentaries by BBC, and others, and works with NGOs. In 2019, he cofounded The Art Garden Rohingya, a Rohingya art and poetry project. He has also published two books in English, Exodus and The White Elephant. In 2024, he graduated with a Master of Arts in Global Governance from University of Waterloo. Currently, he serves as a Director of Rohingya Language Preservation Project of Community Rebuilding Centre, seeking to preserve Rohingya language and culture which are at high risks of extinction in the face of genocide in Myanmar and displacement in Bangladesh and other southeast Asian countries.