Brother Dash
Encyclopedia
Brother Dash is an American
Muslim
spoken word
artist, essayist
and photographer.
. Brother Dash has performed and spoken at innumerable venues for both Muslim and non-Muslim audiences, including the Isna convention
, the MSA National convention, EidFest!, Global Peace and Unity Event
in London
, MuslimFest
in Toronto, and many universities, including Yale
, Columbia
, Rutgers
, Cambridge
and Drew
. He has been featured on and performed for many media outlets, including the BBC Radio 4
’s documentary "Sing Your Own Psalms", WBAI
, WTOR
, Islam Channel
, and Al-Arabiya TV.
Brother Dash is the founder of the arts-based non-profit organization I Inspire, inc., which "provides comfort, inspiration and empowerment through the arts."
Americans
The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
spoken word
Spoken word
Spoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
artist, essayist
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
and photographer.
Career
He is ranked no.3 among Muslim spoken word artists, behind Amir Sulaiman and Boonaa MohammedBoonaa Mohammed
Boonaa Mohammed is a Canadian Muslim poet. Mohammed was the winner of the 2007 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Poetry Face-Off “Best New Artist” award. He has a playwright residency at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto...
. Brother Dash has performed and spoken at innumerable venues for both Muslim and non-Muslim audiences, including the Isna convention
Isna convention
The annual convention of ISNA is the largest annual gathering of Muslim Americans to discuss their role in society, politics, public media, activism, educational institutions, etc....
, the MSA National convention, EidFest!, Global Peace and Unity Event
Global Peace and Unity
The Global Peace and Unity event is an annual two-day conference held at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in Royal Victoria Dock, London and organized by the Islam Channel. It is the largest Muslim, interfaith and multicultural event of its kind in Europe, having attracted over 55,000 visitors from...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, MuslimFest
MuslimFest
MuslimFest is an annual two-day festival organized by DawaNet, Young Muslims Canada, and Sound Vision Canada. The event showcases Muslim artists, musicians and comedians, and takes place every summer at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga, Ontario...
in Toronto, and many universities, including Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, Columbia
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, Rutgers
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and Drew
Drew University
Drew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey.Originally established as the Drew Theological Seminary in 1867, the university later expanded to include an undergraduate liberal arts college in 1928 and commenced a program of graduate studies in 1955...
. He has been featured on and performed for many media outlets, including the BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
’s documentary "Sing Your Own Psalms", WBAI
WBAI
WBAI, a part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station, broadcasting at 99.5 FM in New York City.Its programming is leftist/progressive, and a mixture of political news and opinion from a leftist perspective, tinged with aspects of its complex and varied...
, WTOR
WTOR
WTOR is a daytime-only radio station licensed to Youngstown, New York, USA. The station is currently owned by Birach Broadcasting Corporation. The station airs a multicultural programming format targeted primarily at the Greater Toronto Area in Canada...
, Islam Channel
Islam Channel
Islam Channel is a UK-based, free-to-air, English language, Islamic-focused satellite television channel funded by advertising and donations. It was reported in 2008 that UK government research found that 97.3% of Muslims watched the channel...
, and Al-Arabiya TV.
Brother Dash is the founder of the arts-based non-profit organization I Inspire, inc., which "provides comfort, inspiration and empowerment through the arts."
Solo
- Spoken Soul (2009)
- Poetically Speaking: Savory Spoken Word...Spiritually Served (2007)
- The MuslimPoet EP (2005)
Guest appearances
- The Adventures of Hakim 2 Khaleel Muhammad (2008)
- Ilâhî Suhail Najmi (2008)