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Saajid Hosein Part of the "What does being Muslim Indo-Caribbean mean to you?" Series #MuslimIndoCaribbean #MuslimIndoCaribbeanCollective "Muslim, Indian, and Caribbean: No Contradiction" My instagram page @musaho_books is dedicated to my love of literature. I am particularly invested in reading books by authors of colour, especially Caribbean and Muslim authors, and I use my page as an opportunity to uplift and support works by such voices. I also have a YouTube channel, 'Bo

Djamil Ninsoo Part of the "What does being Muslim Indo-Caribbean mean to you?" Series #MuslimIndoCaribbean #MuslimIndoCaribbeanCollective "But You're Jamaican!" Growing up I was made aware of just how special my family is. After all we’re a bunch of Indo-Jamaicans, Afro-Jamaicans and their Dougla babies (no matter how mixed up). It’s become even more clear to me over the last five years as I’ve been learning more about my family history and building my family’s tree. While I

Reaz N. Khan Part of the "What does being Muslim Indo-Caribbean mean to you?" Series #MuslimIndoCaribbean #MuslimIndoCaribbeanCollective Sorting Our Prepackaged Identity “Prepackaged identities” are widely accepted. They often conflate culture, ethnicity and religion. In immigration: across time, space and physical borders, a deconstruction of our colonized past and seeing those three components as distinct and subject to fluidity is needed. Indo-Caribbean Muslims are a minor

Reaz N. Khan Part of the "What does being Muslim Indo-Caribbean mean to you?" Series #MuslimIndoCaribbean #MuslimIndoCaribbeanCollective BLM and the Indo-Caribbean Muslim Experience In the “Western” World Indo-Caribbean Muslim organizations in the West have been silent on BLM. Their imagined “Indianness” takes priority. It is highly problematic. In a New York context; this plays out as Indo-Guyanese and Trinidadians created community in Richmond Hill, Queens amongst what was

Hadiyyah Kuma Part of the "What does being Muslim Indo-Caribbean mean to you?" Series #MuslimIndoCaribbean #MuslimIndoCaribbeanCollective Praying God as presented in the mass of an airplane God as in a blank apartment, open windows Blank 8x11 paper, no wrinkles No grids or silly blue lines Nothing separated God as in imminent death, risk of exposure, Precautions, liabilities, fines for touching other people God as longing still to be touched As pretending there is a body in y

Hadiyyah Kuma Part of the "What does being Muslim Indo-Caribbean mean to you?" Series #MuslimIndoCaribbean #MuslimIndoCaribbeanCollective How To Mend Things With morning prayers and prayers again in the night With alarm clocks that play only music, no beeping With satin pillows so curly hair doesn’t frizz and you Can claim: Mother look, I am beautiful as well as neat There is no counterfeit look that can level me With Astaghfirullah With soap and water With soft rope and wris