Ehalakasa is proud to welcome Huda the Goddess, Huda Fadlelmawla, as a Selection Jury Member for SheShe Slam 2026, our flagship women centered slam poetry platform commemorating International Women’s Day.
Huda the Goddess is an internationally recognised spoken word poet, educator, and cultural organiser whose work is known for its raw immediacy and fearless truth telling. Widely respected for her improvised style, she uses the stage not as a pedestal, but as a public meeting place, where identity, power, faith, and belonging can be spoken without permission.
Over the past decade, Huda has built a career that blends artistry with impact. She won the Queensland Poetry Slam in 2020 and 2021, and went on to win the Australian Poetry Slam in 2021, milestones that positioned her as one of the defining spoken word voices of her generation in Australia.
Her performance footprint stretches well beyond competition stages. Huda has appeared across major literary and cultural platforms, and her work continues to travel because it speaks with a rare combination of precision and vulnerability. In interviews and public features, she is consistently described as a poet whose work engages equality, women’s rights, and her lived story as a Sudanese refugee, while holding space for audience connection rather than spectacle.
Huda’s creative range also extends into multidisciplinary performance. She has been associated with Betwixt, a work that blends movement and spoken word, reflecting her strength as both poet and dancer, and her interest in forms that allow storytelling to live in both body and language.
What makes Huda especially aligned with SheShe Slam is her commitment to building safe cultural infrastructure for others. She founded Black Ink, a Brisbane based open mic created as an inclusive space for artists of colour, and she leads She Is, a platform and exhibition model focused on empowering women of colour through storytelling and mentorship. These are not side projects. They are evidence of leadership, of someone who understands that culture grows when people are intentionally supported.
In 2025, Huda received the Les Murray Award for Refugee Recognition, reflecting the public impact of her work and the significance of her voice beyond artistic circles.
As a Selection Jury Member for SheShe Slam 2026, Huda brings a rare mix of strengths: craft, fairness, audience intelligence, and a deep respect for lived experience. Her ear for language is matched by her understanding of what a safe platform should protect, especially for women and for voices that have historically been asked to shrink.
Her presence strengthens the integrity of our selection process and affirms what SheShe Slam stands for: excellence with dignity, boldness with care, and storytelling that does not apologise for telling the truth.
