We have just confirmed that Nader Khan from Toronto, Canada and Hamza Robertson from the UK have arrived in Malaysia. They will be performing at the Selangor Islamic Song Festival in Malaysia. Nader will be touring Malaysia and Singapore, to meet him please contact: http://scr.im/mqube
Find more information here: http://semua.my/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137722552904886
15 million children die of hunger every year. 200 people have died around the globe since the time you read this. About half the world struggles to survive on $2/day; an amount spent on one cup of coffee by a North American.
Now is the time to help those in need. You can help us fight hunger by joining us during our online concert.
Register now to reserve your attendance of the FeedMe Fast Concert broadcast. http://www.feedmefast.org/
The FeedMe Fast Concert is an online hunger relief event that will include songs, spoken word poetry, and inspiring talks to raise funds to help those in need.
Here is a video of Shaykh Faraz Rabbani introducing the FeedMe Fast Concert – http://1.mqu.be/FMFCSFR (video also embedded below)
We have 3 broadcast dates scheduled:
* July 7, 2010
* July 14, 2010
* July 21, 2010
Registration is FREE!
Confirmed artists:
- Native Deen
- Nader Khan
- Baraka Blue
Confirmed speakers:
- Imam Zaid Shakir
- Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
- Preacher Moss
- Mustafa Davis
- Imam Abdul Latif Finch
Invited artists:
- Yusuf Islam
- Zain Bikha
- Khaleel Muhammad
- Ghuydar Bashmaf
- Hamza Robertson
- Sofia Baig
- Halal Meat
- Jafar Alam
Invited speakers:
- Shaykh Afeefuddin Al-Jailani
- Ustadh Usama Canon
Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/feedme_fast
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/FeedMeFastConcert
YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/user/feedmefastconcert
Takin’ It to the Streets is a Muslim-led festival where artistic expression, spirituality and urban creativity inspire social change.
Takin’ It to the Streets bridges today’s cultural divides by connecting diverse racial, ethnic, and religious communities through a dynamic festival. The festival will enrich cross-cultural community building not only in Chicago, but around the world.
What: Takin’ It to the Streets: Urban International Festival
When: June 19th, 2010
Time: 9am-9pm
Location: 6734 S. Kedzie Ave. in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois
Price: FREE (donations encouraged)
More info: http://www.Streets2010.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=238476845127
Since its inception in 1997 as a single-day event, Takin’ It to the Streets has steadily grown in attendance and impact, and in 2010 it is preceded by a full week of events that embrace a new Muslim cultural renaissance.
Salaam Film Festival June 13-15: University of Chicago
A three-day festival highlighting the power of film as a tool for peace and social change. The festival will also screen films from the One Chicago, One Nation online film contest. Click here for more info
Melodies from Morocco June 16: Old Town School of Folk Music
The festival continues with a performance by the renowned Orchestre Chabab Al Andalous from Morocco Click here for more info
Dandana: A Celebration of Muslim Voices June 17: Millennium Park
World Music artists Tinariwen, from Mali, and Omar Faruk Tekbilek, from Turkey, will perform at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Click here for more info
Takin’ it to the Streets is produced by the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN), a globally recognized leader that aims to change, serve and inspire by working on social justice issues, delivering a wide range of direct services, and cultivating the arts in urban communities.
The Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Learn more about IMAN: www.imancentral.org
With the recent passing of pop icon Michael Jackson, issues related to Islam, entertainment and pop culture are once again a hot topic that many are heatedly blogging about and debating. Recent documentary films such as “New Muslim Cool” and “Deen Tight” have given audiences nationwide an honest and eye-opening window into the world of Muslim hip-hop artists in particular. This timely workshop with Ustadh Abdullah is intended to bring empowering understanding and balance to the often controversial subject of entertainment, culture and creativity in the Islamic worldview.
Session I: Scholarly Consensus in the Purview of Culture (Ijma’ wa ‘Urf)
Session II: Islam & Popular Culture (Entertainment & Art)
Session III: Q&A
Taught by Shaykh Abdullah bin Hamid Ali
At the age of 17, Abdullah bin Hamid Ali, begun a serious study of Islam and the Arabic language. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania born to Muslim parents, he took advantage of many of the local scholars and teachers, including Dr. Khalid Blankinship, Hafiz Anwar Muhaimin, Ustadh Anas Muhaimin, their father?Imam Nafea Muhaimin, Imam Aberra?a native of Eritrea who studied Islam and Arabic in Egypt, and others. Abdullah has served as resident scholar for Zaytuna Institute (http://www.zaytuna.org) since 2007. Prior to moving to California from Philadelphia he served for five years as the fulltime Assistant Head Chaplain for the State Correctional Facility of Chester, Pennsylvania. In 2001, he became the first and only Westerner to attend and graduate from the University of al-Qarawiyyin’s Faculty of Shariah located in Fes, Morocco, having acquired a four-year collegiate license (al-ijazah al-‘ulya) to teach the Islamic sciences. Prior to studying under the tutelage of a number of Morocco’s prestigious scholars, he acquired fluency in the Arabic language having spent close to seven years in the US studying with some of America’s most influential academics and leaders in Philadelphia and surrounding cities. Before traveling to Morocco to pursue higher studies in Islam, he attended Temple University for two years majoring in Computer Science, while concurrently attending graduate level lectures on Islam with Dr. Khalid Blankinship. He has worked as an Islamic school teacher, a barber, a painter, and was as an active member of the hip hop generation being at one time a breakdancer and a rap artist who produced a single in 1986 and an LP in 1990 with a local Philadelphia group, Rock Hard Delegation. Abdullah has authored over 40 scholarly articles, authored and translated four published works: Muslim Funeral Guide (Lamppost Productions); Explanation of Murshid Al-Mu’een: Ibn Ashir Recited: Part 1 (Lamppost Productions); The Attributes of God (Amal Press); and A Return to Purity in Creed (Lamppost Productions). His work can be found at: www.lamppostproductions.com
From our friends:
Barakah Life is now in DC taking part in ISNA’s 46th Annual Conference and Bazaar.
The DC trip is part of a larger launch for Barakah Life, with it’s new web site due to be online this weekend as well as new products like our 2 new Childrens Poetry Posters, The posters have whimsical designs incorporating traditional calligraphy. We also have two new greeting cards with designs created by Soraya Syed and Haji Noor Deen. The 2009 “Days of Joy” kits for children are also available.
We had the wonderful privilege of working in collaboration with HajI Noor Deen on some of our new offerings. We have more products in the works so please keep checking back to see what is new.
If you are in the DC area this weekend please come visit us. You can find us in booth #140.
