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Raef is an alternative Rock Band from Maryland. I first heard their music at the MAS Youth Outlandish tour earlier this summer (they opened for Outlandish). Mashallah, they are the second Muslim rock band that Ive come across (Project 26 being the other). It is really great and aspiring to see the how talented and […]

Kareem Salama was recently featured on an Arab TV program (in english). Mashallah - great interview. Kareem gets into how he entered music, his influences, his future in the music industry, and much more.
The interview also features live performances of “Get Busy Living” & “Baby, I’m a Soldier”

Select portions of “Halal Mix Tape Vol. 1″, featured in Lota Pani Pictures’ “Gandaghee (Dirty)” 2004 DVD release.
Also features an EXCLUSIVE performance of “Sunnahback”, from the forthcoming “Halal Mix Tape Vol. 2″ to be featured on the Fall 2008 DVD release of “Gandaghee 2: Return of the Lota”
Performed live at the 2008 MSA National East […]

Barack Hussain Obama truly is an amazing speaker. My father compared his speeches to poetry. Check out this song produced by Will.I.Am (of the Black Eyed Peas) - whose lyrics are entirely taken from Barack’s “Yes We Can” speech in South Carolina:

Please encourage all of your friends/family/communities to get out and vote for Barack this […]

Filmmaker: Lena Khan

Mashallah, Amazing!
Please vote for this video in the LinkTV One Nation contest here!!!
For more information on this contest please read my previous post

When work is serious play…listen to a pre-show conversation with comedian Azhar Usman, country singer Kareem Salama and veteran correspondent, Ralph Begleiter as they explore how laughing is a form of catharsis

Source: TIME Magazine (linked to me by a friend)
How Phat Conquered Palestine
By Madison Gray/Brooklyn
Public Enemy frontman Chuck D once called hip-hop the CNN of urban youth. More recently, rap mogul and entrepreneur Russell Simmons called it a “worldwide cultural phenomena that transcends race.” So it is fitting that hip-hop has found a new home in […]

A fellow Lupe Fiasco fan linked me to one of his interview’s on New York’s HOT 97 radio station. During the interview, he discusses a rather weird request he has for his performances - he only wants yellow m&m’s in his dressing room. Now why would he do that?
Because he is a Muslim and red […]

“You know how they ask people what they want to be remembered for?”…
“I always want to be remembered as the person that didn’t lead you astray. You might have thought my music was whack as hell but as long as I didn’t lead you astray that’s enough for me. Because that speaks volumes in […]

Native Deen’s second official album, “Not Afraid to Stand Alone” truly displays the different musical talents of Joshua Salaam, Naeem Muhammad, and Abdul Malik. They have come a long way from their MYNA Raps roots and this album is sure to please all of their diverse fans from across the world.
Inshallah I’ll go […]

I didnt even know such a magazine existed. Anyways, heres an article in it on Kareem Salama:
Southern Star: Kareem Salama
Musician Kareem Salama hits the high notes
If only one word could be used to describe Oklahoma singer-songwriter Kareem Salama, it would have to be “dynamic.” His easy Southern drawl, warm laughter and laid-back nature don’t […]

Source: NYTimes
Mashallah, Kareem Salama is featured in a great article in todays New York Times. It follows his upbringing in Oklahoma, life as a devout Muslim, his musical influences, among other issues. The web-version of the article even features the entire “This Life of Mine” Track from his latest album (available now here or […]

Subhanallah, may Allah bless and increase Imam Suhaib Webb for his ability to reach out to the youth, as well as Outlandish for their beautiful music with lyrics that most of us actually relate to.
Source: Imam Suhaib Webb
…I wanted to share with you an activity I did with one of Outlandish’s songs and […]

Source: The Guardian (found on Lalla Mona)
Check out this brief interview with Kareem Salama, where he discusses his musical influences, his new album, and the role of religion in his music, among other issues.

Interviewer: Does religion come into [your music]?
Kareem Salama: Yes, it certainly does - but it doesnt come into it… in a […]