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About Me


Psychosemitic is a not-for-profit organisation that facilitates transformative interaction between Muslim, Jewish and Middle Eastern individuals and communities in the UK.
We do this through three main spheres of activity:
Cultural Events - We bring people together to enjoy innovative music, film, poetry, storytelling, painting and movement influenced by Muslim, Jewish and Middle Eastern cultural traditions. Having established ourselves in London, we are currently looking to run events in other cities throughout the UK.
Education - We provide programmes and facilitators for schools and youth-groups, which utilise creative media as educational tools to deal with issues such as ethnic identity, substance misuse, religious values, texts and rituals, family relations and bullying. These programmes range from single workshops to long-term projects which culminate in the production of a performance/record/play/film etc.
Social Action - We work in partnership with schools, synagogues, mosques and other local bodies to facilitate collaborative social action between Muslim, Jewish and Middle Eastern communities. These projects generally focus ..ing the wider community as well as our ‘home’ communities.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/06/2007
Band Website: www.psychosemitic.com
Band Members: Our rosta of musicians and artists includes:

Filastine -
Barcalona's much-celebrated soundscape-meister - www.filastine.com

Y-Love -
Brooklyn's Chasidic multi-racial, multi-lingual hip-hopper - www.myspace.com/ylove

Fantasia -
Sounds of 21st Century Algeria - www.fantaziamusic.com

The legendary DJ Hami -
from the seminal Transglobal Underground collective - www.t-g-u.com

Mohammed Yahya -
Conscious Mozambican Hip Hop Activist, renowned for his spiritually powerful lyrics - www.myspace.com/mohammedyahya

Anomaly MC -
Internationally acclaimed Hebraic poet and MC, bringing ancient texts to fresh life - www.myspace.com/anomalymc

Masikah -
Powerful Muslim Street Poet - www.myspace.com/masikah

Wasim Hussain -
Street Author bringing fresh unheard unrehearsed universal expression - www.myspace.com/lyondapoet

The Tzadik -
Sounds of the shtetl in the 21st Century. Deep lyrics, Piercing clarinet and Klezmer-infused Beats - www.myspace.com/thetzadik

Warsan Shire -
Profound Somali Poetess - www.myspace.com/warsanshire

Jonny Hornig -
Calming, invigorating guitar and words with deep roots in Hebrew tradition - http://virb.com/jonathanhornig

Mohammed Ali (Aerosol Arabic) -
Internationally renowned Muslim spiritual graffiti artist known for his unique fusion of graffiti with Arabic script - www.aerosolarabic.com

Emunah -
London's hip hop world bass crew - www.emunahmusic.com

Shisha Sound System -
Arabic DJ masters - www.myspace.com/shishasoundsystem

ZeJ -
London-based Israeli wizards - www.myspace.com/zejmusic

Los Desterrados -
Ladino magic - www.losdesterrados.com

Elliott Tucker -
Visual and movement artist - www.elliotttucker.com

Tarek Mouganie -
Lebanese photographer and artist - www.mouganie.com
Influences: Shlomo Carlebach, Massive Attack, RJD2, LTJ Bukem, Qawaali, Asian Dub Foundation, Hassidic Niggunim, Aiwa, DJ Spooky, Lee Scratch Perry, Oi Va Voi, Transglobal Underground, Idan Reichal, La Haine, Bob Dylan, Nas, Glastonbury, Clotaire K, Natacha Atlas, Mogwai, Matisyahu, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Klezmatics.
Sounds Like: Hospital Records and Def Jux throwing a bellydancing party
Type of Label: Major

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