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Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen is a world renowned playwright with plays performed, staged, and or read in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Possessing a wide range of talent plays range from stories using rhyme and creative movement to hard hitting political satire and historical drama, she both delights and informs. She is a member of the International Centre of Women Playwrights, African Women in Theater, African American Female Playwriters and a longtime board member of the Islamic Writers Alliance. Award winning writer with a proven ability to offer works that are spiritual, poetic, expressive, demanding and Islamic.

Ah ....the Poetry Poetry was one of the first dramatic expressions in the Muslim World. Even during the prophet age, skilled poets performed. In Africa, poetic laments were the norm, poets like Nanu Asma told the story of the plight and successes of the Muslims in this region During the prophetic age, the people of the Arabian Peninsula were skilled story tellers and poetic artists. Poets were important members of society. Each tribe had their own poets who would command the crowd with live performances meant to inspire, entertain or even enrage Islamic poets have long been a part of the dramatic presentation in Islam and range from the poetic wailings and musings. The Poetry for our People series are a series of performances that are presented completely in poetic form.