Adam Mohamed: 'If you can't see through the veil, then dún do bhéal'

The Dublin poet tackled issues of racism and bullying in a spoken word video that took the internet by storm in the closing hours of 2020

Adam Mohamed: grew up in a mixed-race family in Ballymun, where he lived at the flats until he was 

“I have always felt that places like school, church, mosques - which society says will aid in a journey of self-discovery - can sometimes do more damage than good. It's the places like the sea, the gym, the youth centre, the arts centre where we can embark on this journey fully. That was the point we wanted to get across.” 

Adam Mohamed, 25, is discussing his spoken-word piece, Untitled, an exploration of place and identity in modern Ireland. It nearly broke the internet when it was released in the final days of 2020 on Twitter.