CBC – January 20, 2012 Lyrical Militant aka Omar Zulfi is launching his first commercial album Prelude to Revolution in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Zulfi was born and raised in Thompson. His parents immigrated to Canada from Pakistan. This article features an interview with the artist about the acceptability of Muslim in Islam, about what his parents…
The Arab world is poised for an era of political and cultural renewal. In dramatic succession, popular uprisings have toppled long-reigning dictators even as others cling to power. Amid these momentous events, scholars, journalists and politicians are scrambling to explain how these revolutions came about after years of political stagnation and dashed attempts at reform….
The Globe and Mail – July 4, 2011 This article profiles three Canadian Muslim artists: Sabrina Jalees, a lesbian comic of Pakistani-Swiss heritage who grew up in Toronto; Yassin Alsalman, a Montreal rapper known as The Narcicyst who uses the aggressive language of hip hop to denounce the heavy hand of U.S. Homeland Security and…
Speakers from community groups, the LAPD and State Department said that by knowing and exercising their rights, American Muslim women could become a force against religious and political extremism. “The American Muslim woman is empowered because she is an American,” said author, educator and Irvine community activist Anila Ali. From job discrimination and domestic violence…
Produced in Association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) And the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) “New Muslim Cool transcends race, ethnicity, class and religion. Like hip-hop culture, the film is all about irrepressible social transformation and empowerment.” — Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Hip-Hop Summit Action Network New Muslim Cool is Islam as you have never…
