Rania El Mugammar is a Sudanese-Canadian Toronto-based artist, writer, anti-oppression and equity activist.[1][2] She is the founder of SpeakSudan organization and is widely credited for her work The Anatomy of An Apology.
Personal life
El Mugammar is a Black, queer, immigrant, Muslim woman.[3][4] She grew up in the Regent Park and the St. James Town neighborhoods of Toronto.[5] She has a son.[3]
Career
El Mugammar is the founder of the not-for-profit SpeakSudan.[6][7] Collaborating with the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto, she held public workshops called Shut It Uncle Bob! designed to help people tackle racism in their family.[2] El Mugammar writes poetry and performs spoken word and oral storytelling on themes of belonging, Blackness, gender, identity, migration, sexuality, and womanhood.[8]
El Mugammar's publication The Anatomy of an Apology has influenced academics and activists and been used as a benchmark to critique celebrity apologies.[9][10][11][12]
