Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Wednesday, March 18, 2009
PBS will be broadcasting an interesting documentary, New Muslim Cool in June. It chronicles the story of Muslim rapper Hamza Perez,a former drug dealer from Puerto Rico who moved to Pittsburgh to set up a new religious community for Latino and African-American Muslims. Here is a blurb from the documentary description:
"New Muslim Cool takes viewers on Hamza's ride through the
streets, projects and jail cells of urban America, following his
spiritual journey to some surprising places - where we can all see
ourselves reflected in a world that never stops changing."
I was born and raised in Morocco. My research focuses on the intersections between Islam, Arab popular culture and the media. I'm currently an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Colorado-Boulder.