This is Taz here, and I made y’all a Ramadan Mixtape to get you through the holy month! Check out the write up over at The Mash-Up Americans:
As a Muslim teenager growing up in America, one of the clearest memories I have is my parents swatting at my hand when I went to turn on the car radio in the month of Ramadan. It was usually followed up with, “Eh, no music! It’s Ramadan. None of this Rap-Bap, Punk-Dunk during the holy month!” They would then pop in a cassette tape of Quranic verses while I would teenage rage stew in the passenger seat.
But I believe music has the ability to transport us from the grind, shift us from the most entrenched ideas, and persuade us to act, even regarding the most difficult social justice issues. Whether you are fasting for Ramadan or showing up for Muslims at airport protests, I’ve found a few tracks that I would give a thumbs up to for Ramadan listening this season. These tracks are by Muslim-American musicians singing some pretty powerful lyrics, and you don’t have to be Muslim to enjoy them. [The Mash-Up Americans]
