Fatima Moumouni, born in 1992, is a playwright (spoken word, theatre, rap), presenter and columnist, and lives in Zurich. She has been performing on stages across the German-speaking world since 2011.
In addition to solo performances, she performs as part of a duo with Laurin Buser. The pair are currently touring with their spoken word show ‘COLD’. In 2022, the pair were awarded the Salzburger Stier for their joint evening programme GOLD.
Together, they have also written the plays ‘Die weisse Madonna von Einsiedeln’ and an adaptation of ‘Räuber Hotzenplotz’ for Theater Basel, as well as ‘Ich chan es Zündhölzli azünde’ and ‘Bullestress’ for Schauspielhaus Zürich.
As a solo artist, Fatima has also written texts for the play Leyla.Fragmente (Staatstheater Hannover) and ‘Last Night A DJ Took My Life’.
In 2023, she received the City of Zurich’s Cultural Award in the Dance/Theatre category.
Together with journalist Uğur Gültekin, she hosted ‘MOUMOUNI/GÜLTEKIN’, Switzerland’s first post-national, post-migrant late-night show. Together with Mona-Lisa Kole and Carlos Hanimann, they subsequently founded the collective and podcast ‘DIASBOAH’.