Sacred Street Art – Bronx, NY

Author: MR
Filed under: America, Hip Hop, Islam, New York, Sad
Date: Aug 11,2008 | 01:55 PM

A powerful account of the graffiti mural created in the Bronx New York, a memorial for Mougasa and Soumare families, many of whom died in an apartment block fire in March 2007. Graffiti artist Mohammed Ali, from the UK works alongside the local Bronx community to create a tribute to the family.
Source: Azeem

RSS feed for comments on this post

11 Responses for "Sacred Street Art – Bronx, NY"

Sacred Street Art August 11th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
[...] Hat tip to MR. [...]
Yaser August 11th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Alhamdulillah, this was really wonderful. ma shaa` Allah. I really enjoyed this, I have no other words to really say except, Alhamdulillah. Jazakallah Amir for putting it up!
Undercoversis August 11th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
subhannallah.
Thoughts of a Hijaabi August 11th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
[...] To watch the video click here. Or go to MR’s website. [...]
Azeem Wasi August 12th, 2008 at 1:52 am
May Allah bless Mohammad Ali for his beutiful art work
Harith August 12th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Thats really tight, Do you know if the wall is still up.
Azeem August 12th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
One year later on April 02 2008 Sr. Malika reports:

“AssalaumuAlaikum,

Just wanted to let you know, the Mural still stands, untouched – was just out there to see the family and the Mural remains respected. ALSO – Mantia Magassa (the mother who lost 5) gave birth to a baby boy and her co-wife, Ayehsa Magassa (the mother in the wheelchair) gave birth to twins (boy & girl) the very next day. Unfortunately, the girl baby died a week later…..

PEACE, Malika “
Harith August 13th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
CO-WIFE?
Luqman August 15th, 2008 at 10:45 am
subhanallah, we should come together like this more often, not just at tragedy’s or events. very touching tragedy i pray for all those involved.
ayesha August 19th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
salamz great vid to post here.muhammad ali was at muslim fest last week in canada (mississagua) they also showed this video there,the theatre was in tears.excellent event though mashallah and being from the UK it was even more excellent! wow.
Abu Ibrahim August 24th, 2008 at 2:44 am
I’ve never been big on murals and tributes, but this was beautiful.

May Allah have mercy on both families, and may this serve as a reminder where our final destination is.