Why you should read Noor Unnahar by Sarah Cross

Noor Unnahar is a 21 year old poet, artist and photographer from
Karachi, Pakistan. She gained internet attention by blogging and then later posting her art and poetry on Instagram. She also has one poetry collection published through Penguin Random House, it’s called “yesterday i was the moon” and it features art done by her. Noor recently published a guided poetry journal titled “find your voice”. Noor mainly uses Instagram to show her work, which features beautiful photos of her art and poetry journals. She also has a YouTube that features videos with art journal tutorials.

Instagram poets often are considered not to be real poets or are said to write and just make stuff look pretty, although that could be true in some cases, with Noor it’s different.

Her poetry explores self-love, nostalgia and identity. And you may not always understand what a poem of hers is saying until several reads. Sometimes it takes a very long time until I get it. But Noor has the ability to immerse you in her words, her imagery is incredible. Her work often uses fragmented thoughts with tons of metaphors
and her metaphors are extremely unique. There’s also lots of personification as well. A lot of her work is very personal and dives into her memories.