Using his words as dawah, Boonaa Mohammed, is a driven poet with unique name and a clear message. A gifted story-teller, twenty-two year old Mohammed entertains as he teaches and has been dubbed the, “voice of a generation.” His work was most recently published in the anthology, Pieces to Pieces: Stories About Fitting into Canada, and he just released an album of poetry called Stranger to this World. A first generation Canadian........ Read More

INTERVIEW‘I think of myself as a storyteller,’ says Boonaa Mohammed, on being asked to define his genre of art. An award-winning writer published by Penguin books Canada, a performer who has to his credit playwright residency at the Theatre Passe Muraille, Canada’s oldest alternative theatre, and slam poetry titles including winning the 2007 CBC Poetry Face-Off “Best New Artist” award, Boonaa is being called the “voice of his ........ Read More

The days of Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X are long gone, our Jose Martis are now Ricky Martins. Revolutionaries have become a thing of the past only found on museum walls or in Cuba (for the moment). We live in a system where instead of being kept silent, we are handed the bare minimum to feel we are better off not complaining. Inserting Boonaa Mohammed into this equation surely alters the thought process,...... Read More

Some people find it in this, some people find it in that, and well some people don’t find it at all. That is of course if you don’t have a copy of this month’s issue of Ummah Times.  With over 1 million YouTube views and still counting, we sat down with none other than Brother Boona Mohammed who is best known for his poetry performances and shows. Actually it was more to the effect of a, “We call you, please answer these questions, ........ Read More