YALLA VOTE ‘08 Our Voice. Our Future.

Last week I had an opportunity to attend the New York leg of the Voices for Change Tour sponsored by MAS Youth, which featured hip-hop trio Outlandish. Composed of two Muslims and a Christian (sounds like the setup for a bad joke) Outlandish’s unique brand of socially and morally conscious hip-hop has struck a chord with many members of the Arab American community. There was a great turnout, and of course Yalla Vote was there recruiting volunteers, talking up the petition, and generally schmoozing. I even had one attendee say, “Hey aren’t you the Yalla Vote guy? You were at the NAAP BBQ… you’re everywhere these days!” Yes my fellow Arab American… Yes I am.

Everywhere present and filling all things (just kidding),
-Matt Ellias