Massive appreciation and respect to all the cooks and artists who helped to make our last event so special.

Cooking From The Heart Sunday 29 June 2008
St Ethelburga's Centre, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG

A celebration of food and culture from across the Middle East - delicious food created by our mothers shared with guests in a wonderful evening of food, stories and song.

This event was a joint venture of Psychosemitic, Hafla (www.hafla.org) and Fertile Ground.

Our previous event was another corker, as recommended by TimeOut- thanks to everyone who made it so special...

Sacred Slamming & Holy Graffiti:
Poetry and Painting that bring Tradition into the Future...

Sunday April 6th 2008, 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, London E1 6QL

Click here to listen to the amazing performances live on Radio Salaam Shalom!

· Mohammed Yahya
Conscious Mozambican Hip Hop Activist, renowned for his spiritually powerful lyrics - www.myspace.com/mohammedyahya

· Anomaly MC
Internationally acclaimed Hebraic poet and MC, bringing ancient texts to fresh life - www.myspace.com/anomalymc

· Masikah
Powerful Muslim Street Poet - www.myspace.com/masikah

· Wasim Hussain
Street Author bringing fresh unheard unrehearsed universal expression - www.myspace.com/lyondapoet

· The Tzadik
Sounds of the shtetl in the 21st Century. Deep lyrics, Piercing clarinet and Klezmer-infused Beats - www.myspace.com/elshaddei

· Warsan Shire
Profound Somali Poetess - www.myspace.com/warsanshire

· Jonny Hornig
Calming, invigorating guitar and words with deep roots in Hebrew tradition - http://virb.com/jonathanhornig

· The event also featured internationally renowned Muslim spiritual graffiti artist, Mohammed Ali (Aerosol Arabic) known for his unique fusion of graffiti with Arabic script - www.aerosolarabic.com

· Plus Jewish graffiti artists Yoav and Shesh - all working together to create a Arabic-Hebraic masterpiece!







And before that...

Y-Love, Jake Break & dj handler
Multi-lingual NY hiphop lyricist extraordinaire Y-Love and his crew ripped it up in a bunch of tongues,
including English, Hebrew, Arabic, Latin and Aramaic.




www.myspace.com/ylove

Click here to see Y-Love on Youtube

Filastine, Seth Ayyaz & Rabah (Barcelona)
Otherworldly-cum-middle eastern soundscapes from Filastine were accompanied by Seth Ayyaz
on the ney (flute) and vocals from Rabah, MC from the Algerian-French hiphop group M.B.S.




www.myspace.com/filastine