Jumana Moon is a traditional storyteller from England with a particular love of stories from Islamic tradition. Jumana tells stories from sacred texts as well as drawing on the vast sea of Islamic folklore and wisdom tales. Jumana enjoys close links and collaborations with many Muslim women artists, poets, singers, drummers and scholars.
Jumana is passionate about the nexus of creativity & Islam and the richness of women’s devotional arts. She tells stories to both children and adults at a wide range of events and venues. Jumana co-hosts SheRecites and brings her depth of experience in storytelling as well as inquisitive nature and love for her fellow community to the podcast
Anjum Kasmani is a British Kenyan Indian and the founder of Desert Echo Daff School, a school dedicated to bringing the Islamic tradition of Daff and nasheed to Muslims in the West. From a young age Anjum grew up with access to spiritual scholars, women of knowledge, and those dedicated to devotional arts.
In 2007 she moved to Jordan for a year where she experienced the positive effect of women only spaces first hand and witnessed female scholarship at a new level. For the last 13 years Anjum has been dedicated to honouring the female only devotional space and has trained hundreds of students in Qur’an, Islamic Studies, Daff and Nasheeds as well as performing for many female only audiences around the world. Anjum now lives in Sydney Australia, where she co-hosts the SheRecites Podcast, bringing an engaging enthusiasm, animated style and keen people skills to the discussions.
