3. Taqwatour
You may have read about the fictional Muslim Punk bands that preceded these groups in the pages of Mike Knight’s novel THE TAQWACORES (http://autonomedia.org/taqwacores). Now, the real Muslim Punk movement is on tour, and is playing in the following New York-area venues:
Friday, August 17, 2007 @ The Mean Fiddler, 266 W. 47th Street (at 8th Avenue), New York, NY 11 pm, http://www.themeanfiddlernyc.com
Sunday, August 19, 2007 @ Galapagos Art Space, 70 N. 6th Street (between Kent and Wythe), Williamsburg, Brooklyn 10 pm, www.galapagosartspace.com
Monday, August 20, 2007 @ TBA TBA, New Jersey 8pm
Featuring Taqwacore groups The Kominas (www.myspace.com/thekominas), Vote Hezbollah (www.myspace.com/votehezbollah), and Al-Thawra (www.myspace.com/althawra). Visit Mike Knight’s Myspace page (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=220205473) for additional tour dates.