Commissioned Arts Projects
Project Name: Islamic Trail
Commissioned by: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Outcomes/Focus: Audience
Project Name:
Mystries in my own Words
Commissioned by: Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Outcomes/Focus: Facilitated the participation of the muslim community
development and engaging the Muslim community to visit Wightwick Manor.
Brief Description: The 'Sacred Quran' booklet was developed with National Trust and brings together quotes from the Quran selected by individuals who felt inspired by the Manor. The trail at Wightwick Manor is seen through the eyes of local Muslim men and women from West Midlands
Brief Description: 1mile² Smethwick was the very first square mile to be launched. It is a partnership between Visiting Arts and Urban Living, delivered by a local team led by Hybrid, Ulfah Arts and ecology partners the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country. the project was a huge sucess and is now being replicated around the world
development in engaging the Muslim community to visit the museu.
Brief Description: Developed in partnership with BMAG and people from local Muslim communities. The group was formed specifically for the project. They contributed to all aspects of the Guide and developed their own personal interpretation of objects.
Brief Description: A 200-strong cast from all over the coventry celebrated stories from the Bible and Qur'an in a collection of short dramas, readings, live art, film and dance
Project Name: Too Punk to Pray by Sufi Punk
Commissioned by: Fierce Festival
Brief Description: Sufi Punk explores a personal response to her own ideas of prayer as well as responses from people who helped her research through a series of questions. Responses came from a range of people including those from an atheist background to those who practise orthodox religion .
Project Name: Ami, Abuji and the drug wala
Commissioned by: Right Start Foundation
Outcomes/Focus: A comissioned performance exploring why Asian men take drugs to be performed at their annual conference.
Project Name: Who am I?
Commissioned by: Muslim Education Forum
Outcomes/Focus: A comissioned spoken word performance exploring themes such as citizen for a schools audeince in Luton.
Developing artists, connecting communities, increasing audiences, enhancing British culture
