Timaj Garad is an Ethiopian-Harari, Toronto-based multi-disciplinary storyteller, arts educator, and community organizer who uses poetry, theatre, and music, and has performed on over 400 stages while facilitating arts-based workshops worldwide. She founded LUMINOUS Fest, Canada’s first Black Muslim arts festival, and co-founded The Sisters’ Retreat, a series of arts-based wellness retreats for Muslim women. She has released the single and music video “Black Gold” and her debut EP “Blooming at the Mouth,” and is currently working on her second EP.
