Video Recording: New Moon Rising Concert

We are very pleased to share with you a recording of the "New Moon Rising" live performance on May 30th, 2020 to celebrate Columbia University's 2020 graduating class, and to mark the launch of the Center for the Study of Muslim Societies (CSMS).

This extraordinary concert featured Salieu Suso, Amir Sulaiman, Maimouna Youssef, Zeshan B, Rachid Halihal, Alsarah of the Nubatones, Amir ElSaffar, Irfaan Bukhari, Mitra Sumara, Akram Ahmad Al-Mustafa, and Maalem Hassan Benjaafar whose biographies may be found here.

The CSMS faculty are very grateful to these diverse musicians for sharing their incredible talents in this concert. Their artistry broke through the confines of remote performance and touched people around the world. In solidarity with movements in protest of racial inequalities, racism and bigotry, their shared voices transcend boundaries and demonstrate how we can all unite.

00:00 Salieu Suso 10:43 Introduction 14:30 Amir Sulaiman 27:43 Maimouna Youssef 42:49 Zeshan B 58:52 Rachid Halihal 1:15:18 Alsarah 1:25:15 Amir Elsaffar 1:43:08 Irfaan Bukhari 1:53:30 Mitra Sumara 2:00:12 Akram Ahmad Al-Mustafa 2:18:28 Maalem Hassan Benjaafar