Contexts

Orientations to Art and Islam

To conduct my research on orientations to art and Islam (“Singing or Singing?”), artists and art advisers provided me with valuable information. By means of in-depth interviews, conversations, and writings, I distilled a number of shared views to art, culture, and religion. These artists and art advisers also informed me about the contexts, thus shaping the outlines of the field of Muslim performing artists. I gratefully acknowledge their contributions.



Abdula Bustami Khir – Abdullah Shariff – Adeel Ahmed – Alia Bano – Arakan Creative – Conor Ibrahiem – Farid Hamrat – Fursan – Hajaz Akram – Isma Almas – Jeff Mirza – Khayaal Theatre – Luqman Ali – Masikah Feesibilah – Masikah al Asadi – Mecca2Medina – Mohammed Aerosol Arabic Ali – Mohammed Ali – Mohammed Yahya – Muneera Rashida – Mukul Ahmed – Nabil Abdulrashid – Naz Koser – Poetic Pilgrimage – Prince Abdi – Rakin Fetuga – Rakin Niass – Sajeela Kershi – Shaista Aziz – Shamshad Khan – Shazia Mirza – Spitz Yaqub Abdusalaam – Sukina Abdul Noor – Ulfah Arts – Waleed Akhtar – Warsan Shire – Yara El-Sherbini – Yasmin Whittaker-Khan – Zak Deen

And: Addy Khan – Aki Nawaz – Ashley Chin – Faisal Salah – Fun-Da-Mental – Hanif Kureishi – Lori Zakariyya King – Lowkey – Muslim Belal – Pearls of Islam – Sarah Sayeed – Sarah Yaseen – Shahida Aslam – Zakariyya King – Zayneb Khan – Zkthepoet

Aaron Vlek – Ahmed Ahmed – Aja Black – Ali Ardekani – Ali Qazi – Aman Ali – Amir Sulaiman – Anas Canon – Asad Jafri – Azhar Usman – Baba Ali – Basem Hassan – Basim Usmani – Brother Dash – Bryant Reginald Moss – Cristal Chanelle Truscott – Dasham K. Brookins – Dawoud Kringle – DJ Raichous – Erick Hernandez – Haero Dizaye – Hana Siddiqi – Kamilah Mahasin Shuaibe – Kathy Umaya Espinoza – Kumasi Simmons – Lena Khan – M. Hasna Maznavi – Maytha Alhassen – Maz Jobrani – Muhammad Ridwan Bass – Mustafa Davis – Omair Ali – Omar Regan – Preacher Moss – Phenomena – Project 26 – Rachelle Chua – Remarkable Current – Rima Chaudry – Safiyyah Fatimah Abdullah – Sister Haero – The Kominas – The Reminders – Tissa Hami – Torange Yeghiazarian – Tyson Amir – Wajahat Ali – Yassir Chadly

And: Hamza Perez – Liza Garza – Michael Muhammad Knight – Mutah Wassin Shabazz Beale – Mutah Napoleon Beale – Queen Latifa – Salman Ahmad – Tasleem Jamila Firdausee

Abdal Hakim Murad (UK) – Abdul-Rehman Malik (UK) – Abid Hussain (UK) – Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar (US) – Andreaz Tzortzis (UK) – Anas Canon – Asad Jafri (US) – Danjuma Bihari (UK) – Jennifer Maytorena Taylor (US) – Johari Abdul Malik (US) – Luqman Ali (UK) – Michael Mumisa (UK) – Modasar Rasul (UK) – Muhammad Ridwan Bass (US) – Mustafa Davis (US) – Paul Hodson (UK) – Reza Aslan (US) – Sherman Jackson (US) – Saira Nisa (UK) – Salomea Saïda Franken (NL) – Sarah Joseph (UK) – Soheila Najand (NL) – Suaib Webb (US) – Talib Abdur Rashid (US) – Tasneem Mahmood (UK) – Umamah Ahmed (UK) – Usama Canon (US) – Yahsmin Mayaan Binti BoBo (US) – Yassir Chadly (US) – Yusuf Estes (US) – Yvonne Ridly (UK) – Zaid Shakir (US) – Zakaria Hamidi (NL) – Zarqa Nawaz (CA)


Photo Credits

Masikah al Asadi at Islam from Africa with Love at Community Center Frensham Street SE15, London, UK (©YvT); Aja Black at Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival at Trinity College, Hartford, CT, US (©YvT), Muneera Rashida at The Tricycle Theatre (the MUJU Crew), London, UK (©YvT); Muslim Belal at Eid Celebration at University of Sussex, Sussex, UK (©YvT).

Naz Koser at Ulfah Arts, Birmingham, UK (©YvT); Safiyyah Abdullah at Busboys and Poets, Washington DC, US (©YvT).

Yolanda van Tilborgh at ESA Conference at University of Turin, Turin, Italy (Tugrul Keskin); Yolanda van Tilborgh with NT2 cursists at Stedelijk Museum before the artwork Untitled (Past, Present, Future) of Barbara Kruger.

Basem Hassan at Cultural Canvas at Kimmel Center, New York City, NY, US (©YvT); Talib Abdur-Rashid at SHARE at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA (©YvT); Amir Sulaiman at Spittin’ Light, Healing the Hood: Muslim Voices for Urban Renewal at Buckinghamshire New university, High Wycombe, London, UK (©YvT); Cristal Chanelle Truscott at Peaches of Progress Theatre at Lang Performing Arts Center, Swarthmore, PA, US (©YvT); Yara El Sherbini at her mug Ya’ra Winner! (©Yara El Sherbini).

Mohammed Yahya at UpStarts Festival at The Tricycle Theatre (the MUJU Crew), London, UK (©YvT). (©YvT); Abdullah Shariff, Farid Hamrat, Abdula Bustami Khir (Fursan) at Celebrate Eid in an Outlandish Way at Troxy Limehouse, London, UK (©YvT); Maytha Alhassen at Hijabi Monologues at New York University, NY, US (©YvT); Mohammed Aerosol Arabic Ali at Breaking Down the Walls at Herbert Gallery, Coventry, UK (©YvT); Alia Bano at Comedy Sketches at The Tricycle Theatre (the MUJU Crew), London, UK (©YvT).

Debat on Islam and Emancipation

Voor mijn onderzoek naar het debat over Islam en emancipatie (“Het Ayaan-Effect”) is gebruik gemaakt van ruim tweehonderd artikelen uit de nationale dagbladen in Nederland. Ze zijn afkomstig van opinieleiders, wetenschappers, politici, publicisten en betrokken burgers. Op basis van de gedestilleerde data is een beeld ontstaan van het percentage en type voorstanders en opponenten inzake de uitingen en performance van Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Aan de hand hiervan en van de interviews met geanonimiseerde moslimvrouwen heb ik diverse conclusies getrokken over het gewicht en belang van de uitspraken van Hirsi Ali. Mijn erkentelijkheid gaat met name uit naar de moslima’s die aan mijn onderzoek in de vorm van diepte-interviews hebben willen meewerken.

Debatspelers: NL

Jozias van Aartsen – Bouchra Abdellaoui – Yodit Aberra – Abdel Aziz Aboussellam – Ahmed Aboutaleb – Nebahat Albayrak – Sali Alhasani – Hedy d’Ancona – Nawal Assaadawi – Youssef Azghari – Naima Azough – K. el Bakkali – Cees Banning – Mohammed Benzakour – Kustaw Bessems – W.P.S. Bierens – J.M. Bik – Anet Bleich – Margreeth de Boer – Frits Bolkestein – Roger van Boxtel – Laurens Jan Brinkhorst – H. Buning – Simone van den Burg – Andreas Burnier – Jet Bussemaker –Paul Cliteur – Job Cohen – Marcel van Dam – Jean Dohmen – Sandra Donker – J.A.A. van Doorn – Elma Drayer – Cisca Dresselhuys – Mark Duursma – Sharon Dijksma – Hans Dijkstal – Ali Eddaoudi – Fatima Elatik – Malika Elayadi – Saïda Elhantali – Afshin Ellian – Sylvain Ephimenco – Pim Fortuyn – Halleh Ghorashi – N. Ginjaar-Maas – Theo van Gogh – Wouter Gortzak – Hans Goslinga – Janny Groen – Femke Halsema – Saïda el Hantali – Abdullah Haselhoef – Ruud van Heese – Pamela Hemelrijk – Mat Herben – Ayaan Hirsi Ali – H. Hoogerwerf – F.E. Houwink – Maarten Huygen – Fatos Ipek-Demir – Dyab Abou Jajah – Caspar Janssen – Francisco van Jole – Sjoerd de Jong – H. Jonker – Paul Kalma – Manuela Kalsky – Haci Karacaer – Farah Karimi – M. Khadir – Hikmat Mahawat Khan – Steffie Kouters – Hans Kune – Cees van der Laan – Hugo Logtenberg – Leo Lucassen – Geert Mak – Jan Marijnissen – Fatima Mernissi – Anja Meulenbelt – Shervin Nekuee – Lidy Nicolasen – Cyrille Offermans – Margriet Oostveen – Reinout Orlemans – Mohamed Ousalah – Nevin Ozutok – Huib Pellikaan – Dorien Pessers – Herman Philipse – Ronald Plasterk – Arif Potmis – Anil Ramdas – Machteld Roede – Adelheid Roosen – Jan Jaap de Ruiter – Carla Rus – Paul Scheffer – Patrick van Schie – Anton van Schijndel – Nahed Selim – Mohamed Sini – M.V.P. Slors – Neelie Smit-Kroes – Paul Steenhuis – Ed van Thijn – Ayhan Tonca – Gerda Verburg – Rita Verdonk – Jacques Wallage – Hans Wansink – Geert Wilders – Wim Willems – Leon de Winter – Wim Wirtz – Jolande Withuis – Gerrit Zalm – Joost Zwagerman

De debatspelers zijn een- of meermalig actief geweest in 256 artikelen van het Algemeen Dagblad, NRC Handelsblad, de Telegraaf, Trouw en de Volkskrant tussen 2002 en 2006.