Our Artists

 

Arzhia Habibi

Arzhia loves working with children, playing with the power of words, singing to build community, and finding empowerment and healing from engaging with the arts. She is currently based at Oxford doing her PhD on Global Citizenship Education in China, and enjoys weaving Mandarin and English languages together through creative writing, play and music with both children and adults.

 

Sarah Perceval

Sarah has a background as an actor in classical theatre.  As a performance storyteller she has recorded a number of CDs, and told stories on intercultural and interfaith themes everywhere from the Houses of Parliament to Wandsworth Prison. She enjoyed representing the Baha’i Faith, and being MC with the first ever interfaith storytelling troupe founded by St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace. She went on to be the ‘Sage in Residence’ at Eton. Currently she tutors young people in debating and presentation skills for the Junior Lawyer’s Club, and is a coach and mentor at the International School of Storytelling.

You can find more about Sarah here: www.sarahperceval.bandcamp.com

 

Daniel Ma’ani

Daniel is a singer songwriter who works on many projects connected with creativity and kindness. He became associated with the Anis Foundation in 2021 and has a deep respect for story-telling, and the effect of educational audio.

Find out more about Daniel here:
www.danielmaani.com

 
 

Anisa Khorassani

Anisa completed her degree in Human Sciences at UCL with subsidiaries in Anatomy, Neuroscience, Psychology and Nutrition. She is a keen actor and has appeared in numerous plays and films as well as performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with her comedy sketch group. She is eager to help young people uncover their potential and volunteers at youth camps as well as working for an organisation guiding students to exam success. She loves storytelling and has done it since childhood in various capacities.