Performer

Jamaal is an award-winning poet, arts educator, creative entrepreneur, and performance artist. He’s Ottawa’s first English Poet Laureate in 27 years and the winner of 2016’s Ontario Arts Educator Award.

Jamaal has appeared on Canadian documentaries “4 Kids” and “In Their Words”, directed by award-winning filmmaker Randy Kelly. He was the first place recipient for best new poem at the Body Electric Poetry Film Festival for his cinepoem “Husniyah” and in 2016 was a finalist in the Emerging Artist Award presented by RBC.