Art, Islamic culture, African culture, Acid Jazz, Trip Hop, Activism (did I get all the boho/hipster cliches out of the way?).What I am NOT interested in: Porn (no more smutty inboxes or adds, please). Adding people with NO similar interests whatsoever. Dating (I'm married!! Dude, get a clue!!) People who do not make istingent (if you have to ask what it means, you are not the one)
Me at 4 years old (I think I gave birth to her!!!), the Prophet Muhammad SAWS, Imam Jamil Al-Amin (one day, inshallah), Toni Morrison, a living Jimi Hendrix.View All Friends | View Blog | View Pics | Add Comment
Beating the duff and praising Allah. Jimi Hendrix. Any French hip hop (MC Solaar, Booba in particular). The Streets, Ghost, Kano, Dizze Rascal. Fela Kuti. Nina Simone. Portishead. The Roots. J*Davey. Aretha Franklin. John Coltrane. Gnarls Barkley. Menelik. Marvin Gaye. even Michael McDonald (go ahead and laugh, but u know "What a Fool Believes" is your joint). Lupe. Mos. John Mayer. Spoon. Bob, Ziggy, Ky-Mani, Stephen and 'nem. Zap Mama, Les Nubiennes, Any samba (I love Brazilian music).
City of God (Benny was gully!!). The Chronicles of Narnia. The Message. La Haine. Star Wars (all of 'em). Black Orpheus (or if you wanna get all technical, El Negro de Orpheo). them goofy white-boy comedies (40-Year-Old Virgin, Talledega Nights, Superbad, Dodgeball), Akeelah and the Bee, and believe it or not, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Terrence Howard 'If I'm wrong, I coulda been right!'). Well, ok, anything with Terrence Howard or Isaiah Washington. And I love pan-African films, too.
I do not watch TV to learn, I read books. Therefore, my viewing is pretty shallow:The Bernie Mac Show Girlfriends Boondocks Family Guy Grey's Anatomy, when Isaiah was still on
Qu'ran, Hadith, Toni Morrison (I'd read her grocery list), Zadie Smith. Ralph Ellison. Ernest J. Gaines. Chinua Achebe, The Giving Tree, All The King's Men, Blink, The Kite Runner, Dr. Seuss. Ezra Jack Keats.
Allah. no need to list more.