HEMANI, Shumaila
Name:
HEMANI, Shumaila (b. 1982)
Musical genre:
Folk, Vocal Music/Art Songs
Country of birth:
Pakistan
Country of location:
Pakistan
Notes:
Shumaila Hemani, Ph.D. (University of Alberta) is an ethnomusicologist, Sufi singer, soundscape composer, and former Music Faculty (Semester at Sea) whose work bridges music, mental health, and climate justice. She has been a keynote speaker and performer at the Map the Systems Canada Finals (Mount Royal University, 2024) and the South Asia and Climate Change Conference (University of Hawai‘i, 2023), and a featured panellist with Music Declares Emergency (2022). The Edmonton Journal applauded Hemani for “creating audible sculptures evoking powerful imagery and stirring potent emotion,” and tackling climate change with Sufi poetry.
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