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We kick off the #NoMuslimBanEver Digital Poetry Festival with these beautiful words from Rajiv Mohabir. How do you define what the Muslim ban is?

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Inspired by Doris Duke’s Shangri La in Oahu, Mishthi Music’s Taz Ahmed curates a mixtape inspired by the sounds of Hawaii, orientalist imaginations, crashing waves, and political music by Muslim-ish artists. We live in a time of Muslim bans and hate crimes and these tracks challenge you to re-imagine a better and more re-centered world. Tracks include exotica (Les Baxter, Korla Pandit, Martin Denny), Calcutta classical music on a Hawaiian slide guitar (Tau Meo, Debasish Bhattacharya), banging EDM DJ mixes (Desi Sub Culture, DJ TIkka Masala, Jai Wolf), politically-charged rap (Anik Khan, Brother Ali, Swet Shop Boys) and much much more.

Bali Ha'i by Tak Shindo

Resident Alien by Doctors & Engineers

Sei Valo Sei Valo by Shyamal Chowdhury & Hawaiian Symphony

Cleopatra by Anik Khan

R.E.D. by A Tribe Called Red (ft. Yassin Bey & Narcy & Black Bear)

Zombie by Swet Shop Boys

Playful Melina On Diamond Head by Debashish Bhattacharya

Brown Boy Lost by Kaly

Kehna Hi Kya by Desi Sub Culture vs DJ Khanvict Refix

Indian Summer by Jai Wolf

Maja by Softee

ilaahadda by OCHOBOYS

Chupa (Habibiboi x Bassbear remix) by Rainey

Choli Ke Remix Kyahe by DJ TIkka Masala

Habib Galbi by A-WA

Tehran by Les Baxter

Djin by Mashrou’ Leila

Love Galore by SZA

Colonizer by HDLSS

H.A.I.R. by Humble the Poet

Let It Grow by SETI X

Indian Summer by The Kalua Beach Boys

Brown Girls by Vivek Shraya & Queer Songbook Orchestra

The Florist by Nilufer Yanya

Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Nina and the Moon by DJ Tikka Masala

Amerika by Young the Giant

Twist the Knife by The Kominas

Rokhto by Big Baby Gandhi

Focus by Haseeb

Islamophobia by Professor A.L.I. (ft. Jinnsanity, K.B., Ras Ceylon & Swap)

Procession of the Grand Moghul by Korla Pandit

Korla Pandit by Brooklyn Shanti & Jason Chu

Never Learn by Brother Ali

Return to Paradise by Martin Denny

 Mixtape was curated by Taz Ahmed (www.tazzystar.me) while on an art residency at Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture and Design (www.shangrilahawaii.org) in August 2017.

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This is Taz here, and I made y’all a Ramadan Mixtape to get you through the holy month! Check out the write up over at The Mash-Up Americans: 

As a Muslim teenager growing up in America, one of the clearest memories I have is my parents swatting at my hand when I went to turn on the car radio in the month of Ramadan. It was usually followed up with, “Eh, no music! It’s Ramadan. None of this Rap-Bap, Punk-Dunk during the holy month!” They would then pop in a cassette tape of Quranic verses while I would teenage rage stew in the passenger seat.

But I believe music has the ability to transport us from the grind, shift us from the most entrenched ideas, and persuade us to act, even regarding the most difficult social justice issues. Whether you are fasting for Ramadan or showing up for Muslims at airport protests, I’ve found a few tracks that I would give a thumbs up to for Ramadan listening this season. These tracks are by Muslim-American musicians singing some pretty powerful lyrics, and you don’t have to be Muslim to enjoy them. [The Mash-Up Americans]

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Are you looking for the perfect safe word to use with your Valentine this year? Not sure how to tell the person you love how excited you are to go to camp together? Are you ready to get into some extremely heavy vetting? Get your #MuslimVDay Cards, today!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TazzyStarShop

It's the perfect way to tell the people you love that you are ready for whatever action this new autocratic world order may bring. Also perfect to tell your Muslim friends that you would never ban them. This is the FIFTH in an annual series of #MuslimVDay Cards created by Tanzila 'Taz' Ahmed. Each set comes with seven signed cards. You can put a stamp on it and mail it to your loved ones and elected representatives. 

Also, be sure to check out the latest The Sporkful with Dan Pashman podcast to hear more about the project.

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Are you looking for the perfect safe word to use with your Valentine this year? Not sure how to tell the person you love how excited you are to go to camp together? Are you ready to get into some extremely heavy vetting? Get your #MuslimVDay Cards, today! https://www.etsy.com/listing/489445926/heavy-vetting-muslimvday-cards-series-5 It’s the perfect way to tell the people you love that you are ready for whatever action this new autocratic world order may bring.  This is the FIFTH in an annual series of #MuslimVDay Cards created by Tanzila ‘Taz’ Ahmed. Each set comes with seven signed cards. You can put a stamp on it and mail it to your loved ones and elected representatives. Order them now to get them by Feb 14th!

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You know how we’re all wringing our hands about how we need to reach out with love to racists? See their humanity? I mean, whatever, do what you have to do, but when you’re done with that, take a second to watch this video by Taz Ahmed and Jason Yee at the Jublilee Project and get a dose of humanity from the people who are actually under threat right now.

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“Consciousness is Power” print available at a discount today. Use code MONDAY30 at checkout at shop.DignidadRebelde.com and receive 30% off (excluding sales tax and shipping).

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PITTSBURGH REPORTBACK:  Anti-Racist Neighborhood Watch!  If You See Something, Do Something!

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Available NOW on Amazon.  circa 2016

GOOD GIRLS MARRY DOCTORS: SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN DAUGHTERS ON OBEDIENCE AND REBELLION is the first anthology to examine the multiple facets of daughterhood in South Asian American families.

Contributors include: Ankita Rao, Ayesha Mattu, Fawzia Mirza, Hema Sarang-Sieminski, Jabeen Akhtar, Jyothi Natarajan, Leila Khan, Madiha Bhatti, Mathangi Subramanian, Meghna Chandra, Natasha Singh, Nayomi Munaweera, Neelanjana Banerjee, Phiroozeh Romer, Piyali Bhattacharya, Rachna Khatau, Rajpreet Heir, Roksana Badruddoja, Sayantani DasGupta, SJ Sindu, Sona Charaipotra, Surya Kundu, Swati Khurana, Tanzila Ahmed, Tara Dorabji, Tarfia Faizullah, and Triveni Gandhi.

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Check out this awesome trailer for the Voices Of Our Vote: #MyAAPIVote Album and tell us why you’ll be voting this fall using the hashtag #MyAAPIVote! 

Download the album now at VoicesOfOurVote.org! 

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Listen/purchase: Voices Of Our Vote: #MYAAPIVote Album by Various Artists

We’ve been scheming with the folks at Traktivist, Tuesday Night Project & Kollaboration to launch the ultimate Get Out the AAPI Vote playlist - 18MillionRising presents “Voices Of Our Vote: #MyAAPIVote Album.”

This compilation album features 32 politically empowering tracks by an eclectic mix of Asian American musicians, including Mishthi Music favorites - The Kominas, Basmati Brothers, SETI X, Fair and Kind, Red Baraat, Awaaz Do, King Pleaxure & more!!! Download the album for “pay what you can” at www.VoicesOfOurVote.org.

After downloading the album, please visit http://vote.18mr.org and PLEDGE TO VOTE. Use the hashtag #MyAAPIVote to tell us why you are going to vote this Election Day. And stay tuned for more information on the #MyAAPIVote campaign this fall.

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Tonight, tonight, tonight! THE KOMINAS ROCK THERAPY TOUR IN LOS ANGELES.

Art by Susu Attar

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With only 2 hours to spare before the end of May, we finally got our May episode of ‪#‎GoodMuslimBadMuslim‬ podcast! And this is the one where Zahra & Taz recorded from INSIDE the White House! We talk awkward asks, and arts, and inshallah and more. And bonus! We got to interview White House staffer Asra Najam and Manar Waheed about being Muslim in the White House! AND we had an art & storytelling convo w/ fellow‪#‎WHChamps‬ Fawzia Mirza and Kayhan Irani! DID I MENTION WE RECORDED THIS LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE?!?!?

Listen to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, favorite podcast app - or on our site: http://www.goodmuslimbadmuslim.com/podcast/2016/5/31/017-live-from-the-white-house

PS - the homework links and other goodies are on our website atwww.goodmuslimbadmuslim.com! Please share the show!

Photo by Les Talusan 

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It's time for a Ramadan Eve spectacular - this time in Oakland at the Islamic Center on June 4th! Come be a part of the live taping for our next episode of #GoodMuslimBadMuslim show and be in our audience! Use the code "SPECIAL" to get a 50% discount on tickets! 

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Circa 2016

LA THIS SATURDAY IS ABOUT TO BE CRACKING. AS IN LITERALLY CRACKING EACH OTHER UP LEFT AND RIGHT.

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We can all be feminists by pushing for the voices of women to have a voice.

Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed (via nbcasianamerica)

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I wrote a thing that I think u guys will like.