Malik Farrad Muhammad
is an incarcerated writer,
artist musician, activist,
father, and friend. Through
their art and writing, Malik
exposes the cruel conditions
of prisoners in the US, and
speaks to the inevitability of
liberation through love and
relationship. Their art and
voice not only transcend the
prison walls, but the barriers
between us — cutting
directly down to what it
means to be human, and
what we owe each other.
Be sure to check out Malik’s most recent writing!
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Malik has been in solitary confinement since the end of February, with their release date continuing to be pushed back for arbitrary reasons. On top of this, Malik is experiencing restrictions to their communications, and interference from the prison with their mail. Malik requests your info! Are you experiencing issues with letters being returned? Have……
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“My name is Malik Farrad Muhammad. I’m a 26-year-old black/Palestinian pansexual Muslim (yes, hella confusing). I’m an anarchist antifascist, anti-racist abolitionist (yes, both cops and prisons) for my love of freedom! My first protest was in high school: a walkout staged after Treyvon Martin’s murder. From there, I never really got active again until “Bernie or Bust” and then, of course, the George Floyd uprising. I traveled the country and organized and fought and was ultimately kidnapped ransomed and now held prisoner here at OSP.”
“I have a beautiful son and a loving family back home in the Midwest. I’m also a veteran, I was a tanker in the army — and no, I’m not proud that I was part of the murder machine, so don’t thank me for my service. I love music more than anything almost, am a guitarist and aspiring pianist, all genres.”
“Not much else to say except that I’m a lover of freedom, equity and equality, and will fight to my last breath for it. Unlike those who may regret a thing they did to get convicted or those who tempered their actions for fear of the consequences, I regret nothing, if only not doing more before I was caught. I will live for the people and I’ll die for the people because I love the people, we who want freedom cannot rest till it comes.”
“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.” — Rainer Maria Rilke
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Malik’s support team is always looking for assistance taking care of logistics behind the scenes. From transcription to grant-writing, there is something for everybody! If you want to get involved in some of this work, please fill out this short questionnaire.
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