Hamdulillah

 {via Muslimness}

I love this video.

I love seeing the diversity in it.
Big ups to you if you spotted Suhaib Webb, Mustafa Davis, Omar Offendum,
Dean Obeidallah, Peter Gould, Ali Jones and Usama Canon.
(Did I miss anyone else?)

I love hearing its words that serve as a reminder to all of us.
Such powerful words, powerful images.

Sometimes we get caught up in our own environment that we forget about the rest of the world.

We forget about the universality of Islam and how it promotes co-existence.
Not hate. Not prejudice. Not discrimination.

We forget the role we play as Muslims who are part of a global community. 

We forget about the pain of our Muslim brothers and sisters and to make du'a for them.

We forget to say alhamdulillah for His many blessings upon us and our loved ones.

Islam is beautiful. It is all encompassing. It is so much more than we give it credit for.

The Arabic lyrics sung by the British-born Palestinian Shadia Mansour translate to:
Hamdulillah, our loved ones who have remained for us
Spread my words to those who can't hear us
For mankind
For you, Basra

"The images of the past decades have cast a veil on our identity as a people. We, as international brothers and sisters, are now witness to injustice in real time. We watch our Wars in HD.

It is time for us to claim our faces back.

This video is a global collaborative effort by 10 photographers- from London to Lebanon, Cairo To Canada, Abu Dhabi to America- to create a portrait of the New Global Citizens. They are DJs, MCs, poets, architects, teachers, doctors, parents and children. Most of all they are people."

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