Bio

Aaminah Shakur is a poet and artist whose work is most informed by her First Nations/Indigenous and traditional Sufi Muslim cultures. They are queer, a trans-racial adoptee, mother to a teenager, has multiple visible and invisible disabilities, and no formal education. They live in Michigan, USA, working in a small local non-profit. Ther art and writing combine words, images, paint, fiber arts and beadwork to explore love, gender, motherhood, spirituality, sexuality, history, borders, language, privilege and oppression, abuse, freedom and revolution – and how all of these are interconnected. They have previously published under the names Aaminah Raheemah, Aaminah Hernández, and Aaminah Al-Naksibendi. They were formerly an early member of the SPEAK! Radical Women of Color Media Collective, a board member for the Islamic Artists Society, and a partner in the Thaura Zine Distro. They currently are focusing on zine-making as a form of independent media creation for marginalized peoples. Goals include networking with both local and worldwide poets and artists, and the creation of a local collective for women of color and queer writers and artists.