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I wrote about Brother Malcolm, Hajji and Shahid. Link in bio!
I wrote about Brother Malcolm, Hajji and Shahid. Link in bio!
"things lovely and dangerous still” (2003) was inspired by and for the great poet/teacher June Jordan (1936 – 2002). The film incorporates the text of Jordan’s poems with images of exterior street life and interior moments of people in my life, as well as images of the Civil Rights Movement and things done in the dark. Much of the film was scratched by hand, hand-processed, and optically printed. It was produced as a silent film for trumpet and drums for my teacher musician/composer Wadada Leo Smith. I am currently working on another film duet with him drawing from his recent compositions and Ten Freedom Summers.
I wrote an essay, "A Time of Reckoning and Sacred Places" one year ago that considered Muslim life in our current historical and geopolitical moment. It was translated into Japanese and published in an independent journal in Japan, but I ne
I wrote an essay, "A Time of Reckoning and Sacred Places" one year ago that considered Muslim life in our current historical and geopolitical moment. It was translated into Japanese and published in an independent journal in Japan, but I never pursued publication of the English version...so I decided to post it to Substack! See my links...I do all this social media wrong, but with intention! This is a well-known image of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (Malcolm X) meeting with a PLO delegation in Cairo. He would have been 101 this year (May Allah grant him the highest station in jannah).
Twenty years ago I completed and premiered my film BEST IN THE WEST at MOMA NY. The film tells the parallel stories of a particular Iranian diaspora in the SF Bay Area (through the stories of my father, my uncle, and their friends) and US-Iranian oil
Twenty years ago I completed and premiered my film BEST IN THE WEST at MOMA NY. The film tells the parallel stories of a particular Iranian diaspora in the SF Bay Area (through the stories of my father, my uncle, and their friends) and US-Iranian oil relations throughout the twentieth century. The film continues to be relevant as a record of a question, a history, an ongoing...so many of my earliest memories are of my extended family living our lives with the TV news on whether in the foreground or background (Ayatollah Khomeini to Iran-Contra). so it continues... you can view the film here: https://maryamkashani.com/best-in-the-west
Working on a new film or two in Japan, while @paradise__air
Working on a new film or two in Japan, while @paradise__air
Just dropping some images from Medina By the Bay: Scenes of Muslim Study and Struggle, the larger project that included films, video installations, and more. Maps of surveillance cameras and riding the bus to Jumu’a, FBI files, and praying in t
Just dropping some images from Medina By the Bay: Scenes of Muslim Study and Struggle, the larger project that included films, video installations, and more. Maps of surveillance cameras and riding the bus to Jumu’a, FBI files, and praying in the women’s section and at Oscar Grant Plaza.
My book is out and we are slowly making our way into this harrowing world together. Please join me @medicinefornightmares tonight at 7pm. I’ll be reading and talking about Scenes of Muslim Study and Survival. Towards a Free Palestine.
My book is out and we are slowly making our way into this harrowing world together. Please join me @medicinefornightmares tonight at 7pm. I’ll be reading and talking about Scenes of Muslim Study and Survival. Towards a Free Palestine.
A wonderful collection on Asian American Feminist Abolition is out now in Frontiers journal…wrote a little something #eyesonrafah
A wonderful collection on Asian American Feminist Abolition is out now in Frontiers journal…wrote a little something #eyesonrafah
I wrote about Brother Malcolm, Hajji and Shahid. Link in bio!
"things lovely and dangerous still” (2003) was inspired by and for the great poet/teacher June Jordan (1936 – 2002). The film incorporates the text of Jordan’s poems with images of exterior street life and interior moments of p
I wrote an essay, "A Time of Reckoning and Sacred Places" one year ago that considered Muslim life in our current historical and geopolitical moment. It was translated into Japanese and published in an independent journal in Japan, but I ne Twenty years ago I completed and premiered my film BEST IN THE WEST at MOMA NY. The film tells the parallel stories of a particular Iranian diaspora in the SF Bay Area (through the stories of my father, my uncle, and their friends) and US-Iranian oil Working on a new film or two in Japan, while @paradise__air Just dropping some images from Medina By the Bay: Scenes of Muslim Study and Struggle, the larger project that included films, video installations, and more. Maps of surveillance cameras and riding the bus to Jumu’a, FBI files, and praying in t My book is out and we are slowly making our way into this harrowing world together. Please join me @medicinefornightmares tonight at 7pm. I’ll be reading and talking about Scenes of Muslim Study and Survival. Towards a Free Palestine. A wonderful collection on Asian American Feminist Abolition is out now in Frontiers journal…wrote a little something #eyesonrafah