Deeyah Presents SISTERHOOD<br /><br />Sisterhood is the collective name for a mixtape project of previously unreleased songs written by young up and coming female Muslim rappers, singers and poetesses from the UK, Europe and US.<br /><br />Their songs deal with a range of issues that each has been affected by on some level ranging from the war in Iraq to racism, love, romance, living in a post 9/11 world, to women's rights issues, faith and personal experiences of being young socially conscious Muslim women in the West.<br /><br />"This is just the first small step towards encouraging these artists and others like them out there to pursue their dreams and hopes," says<br />Deeyah, the founder of the Sisterhood project who selected this first volume of songs from scores submitted to her."And a way to let them know they are not alone in their struggles and hardship to get their music and message out there."<br /><br />"Although some of the ladies on the project are at the very beginning of their musical journey and just starting to explore and discover their creative and artistic expression I hope that with this project they will find inspiration and encouragement from each other to further develop and hone their craft".<br /><br />"Hopefully we can help create a platform to have their voices and opinions heard as both artists and Muslim women living in Western societies. Female Muslim artists face a tough time. There's very little support for them, many of them have been actively discouraged-- even by their own communities-- from expressing their thoughts and dreams through music. But they are not alone as this first collection proves...they have something to say and they deserve to be heard."<br /><br />Deeyah presents Sisterhood<br /><br />Not for sale. Streamed online on the world wide web from May 2008.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/deeyahpresents">http://www.myspace.com/deeyahpresents</a><br /><br /><br />DEEYAH PRESENTS SISTERHOOD<br /><br />Artist: Lady Dizzla<br />Song: "I Won't Cry"<br /><br />Artist: Amreen <br />Song: "Judge"<br /><br />Artist: Jus1Jam (feat. Kiran Zamman)<br />Song: "Ride (a Requiem)"<br /><br />Artist: MC Suriya<br />Song: "Breakin The Silence"<br />(G-Beatz_PipeLineProductions)<br /><br />Artist: Shaheen<br />Song: "Revolution"<br /><br />Artist: Neelofer Mir<br />Song: "Poet"<br /><br />Artist: Angel MC Shay<br />Song: "Open Soul Closed"<br /><br />Artist: Kiran Zamman <br />Song: "I Have A Dream"<br /><br />Artist: Lyrical Lailah<br />Song: "Un-Abused"<br /><br />Artist: Lady Massacre<br />Song: "Life"<br /><br />Artist: Elly & Khai<br />Song: "Waters"<br /><br />Artist: Yasslam <br />Song: "Belle Algerie"<br /><br />Artist: Phoenix<br />Song: "Leap of Faith" <br /><br />Artist: Dizie Mc<br />Song: "Inspecta"<br /><br />Artist: Laydee Sly<br />Song: "Kitaab"<br /><br />Artist: Nia-V<br />Song: "6 Degrees Of Separation" <br /><br />Artist: Kayla Lahmar<br />Song: "How Did We Get Here"<br /><br />Artist: Raquel Evita Saraswati<br />Song: TBC http://www.imeem.com/deeyahpresents Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Deeyah Presents http://www.imeem.com/deeyahpresents/music/oHm3s6da/amreen-judge/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:05:59 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/deeyahpresents/music/oHm3s6da/amreen-judge/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> ZrBldIJIqH Deeyah Presents http://www.imeem.com/deeyahpresents/music/FkLKjdF1/kayla-lahmar-how-did-we-get-here/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:59:07 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/deeyahpresents/music/FkLKjdF1/kayla-lahmar-how-did-we-get-here/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> q1Mo43M4gq