Zaimah Habeeb is a multi-talented artist and musician from Buffalo, NY. In this episode of Ventures, she discusses learning and teaching Qur'anic Arabic in the community of Warith Deen Mohammed and how the Islamic Learning Institute has evolved over time.

This episode was hosted by Thomas Maguire, Associate Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago and produced by Nora Kane. Music by Wanees Zarour and Zaimah Habeeb. This podcast is supported by a Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Teaching Qur'anic Arabic with Zaimah Habeeb

Kadhja Bonet - voices, arrangement
Itai Shapira - electric bass
produced by Kadhja Bonet and Itai Shapira at AquaLeo Studios


Yesterday

The 4th album by Zaimah, THE BLACK SWAN, is an alarm clock at a time when music is designed to keep you asleep. With Impacting lyrics, persuasive arguments, within a melodic and beat thumping series of songs, you are challenged to not love this album. THE BLACK SWAN is an argument for consciousness in popular culture. And Zaimah is proving why we need substance so very much, now more than ever. Not just any kind of substance, more specifically. We need her particular brand of unboxed and captivating sound blended with reflective lessons.

Wakin Up

Wide Open

Poem: Hinterland Loves Metropole

Poem: Dunya

Musa Maguire joins us in-studio as we sample some of his poetry and rhyme. Musa has written articles on Islam and has taught Islamic studies at the university level. His poetry (and our conversation) covers Chicago, gentrification, and hip hop. 

Guest: Musa Maguire
Host/Producer: Tariq I. El-Amin
Executive Producer: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Music:
Ant the Symbol - Browns Island - http://bit.ly/2vJuzSs
Thomas E R Maguire - G Man- https://soundcloud.com/thomas-e-r-maguire/g-man-2
Manuele Atzeni- Cronache https://goo.gl/dvw8Xm

Image courtesy of Thomas E R Maguire

Radio Islam Podcast

Ep. 459 Artist Profile: Musa Maguire [12/15/17]

Sunset

Smoke

The Secret

RI Host, Tariq (El-Amin)talks with Zaimah, a singer, songwriter and MC, from Buffalo, NY, devoted to using conscious music and media to create a greater popular culture in the world. She's released 4 albums and is currently working on a new project.  Zaimah shares her thoughts on being a conscious artist, how she sees music today, and about some of her inspirations and her creative process. *Listen and purchase Zaimah's music at www.zaimah.bandcamp.com. 

Guest- Zaimah
Host/Producer/Engineer- Tariq I. El-Amin
Executive Producer- Abdul Malik Mujahid

Music
Zaimah:The Greeting Song- https://zaimah.bandcamp.com/track/the-greeting-song
Zaimah: Run on Sentence--https://zaimah.bandcamp.com/track/run-on-sentence
Zaimah: Khalifah- https://zaimah.bandcamp.com/track/khalifah

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Zaimah

Ep. 711  Zaimah: Singer. Songwriter. MC. [06-06-2019]

Zaimah means leader. An arabic name given to her at birth in order to remind of the responsibility which would fall upon their last born daughter. Zaimah is a singer, songwriter and MC, from Buffalo, NY, devoted to using conscious music and media to create a greater popular culture in the worlds. 

Wakin Up

Zaimah

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