an hour offering to explore the tensions, possibilities and expansiveness of being queer bodies of faith. an exchange of voice memos, songs, poetry and field recordings to de/reconstruct queerness and islam. dedicated to our queer muslim kin and to all those fighting for justice in this duniya
co-produced and gathered by Toobs Anwar, Sara El Youghun and Shareeka Helaluddin
Mixtape Tracklist:
ABDULLAH SIDDIQI
Unholy (Joyland OST)
~ (RECORDING FROM INTERFAITH IFTAR) - female azan
NASEEBO LAL X ABIDA PARVEEN
Tu Jhoom
AAQILA
Peripatetic banjo frog in search of sunrise
~ sara - on islamifying queerness, fluidity and/of faith
~ toobs - on spritual upbringing, on embracing chaos
{field recording of azan in coimbatore, india}
MY FRIEND FANAA
gawah 01
KAZIM ALI
excerpt from The Voice of Sheila Chandra (akka edit)
SHOEB AHMAD
surface.location 15
~ sara - on submitting to the unknown
~ toobs - on reclaiming, meeting queer muslim elders
AL GHARIB
Maryam Saleh - Nouh Al Hamam
PHREX
intifada
{recording of Kashmiri women singing songs of resistance}
KANNOURU
BALADI
~ Ala Ya Latif
~ sofiyah - on Darqawi sufism, class rebellion and resistance
~ sara - on sujood as connecting to country and ancestors, surrendering
~ toobs - on spirituality as a proactive political practice, zakaat as mutual aid, acting in solidarity in this duniya
~ sara - palestine is the embodiment of steadfastness
MAJAZZ PROJECT
Wind Blowing Around the Tent ريح تعصف في الخيمة
{recording of Palestinians hold first Friday prayers of Ramadan amid rubble of Gaza mosque}
BINT
Scene IV- Janitor of Lunacy
DAKN داكنْ
مدخل
~ shareeka - recitation in four dimensions
MARAL
salam
FARIHA ROSIN
Utopia (poetry reading)
SAROORA
is music haram ((blue seal x bab touma alaa arsheed edit)
AKKA
to the divine we return
{reading from Litanies from my heavenly brown body by Mark Aguhar}