Naima Shalhoub is a Lebanese Arab American vocalist, composer, performing artist, and educator based in the Bay Area. Her multidimensional work explores the borderlands of belonging, remembrance, freedom, and the expansive quality of the voice - its power for healing and social justice. Her first full-length studio album, Siphr, will be released on August 6th, 2020. 

Her debut album, Live in San Francisco County Jail, was recorded alongside an audience of women with whom she had been facilitating weekly “Music and Freedom” sessions (many of whom participated in the performance). The recording embodies Naima’s deeply-held belief in music as a vessel for freedom and healing, holding the potential to energize movements working toward more just and loving futures. 

In addition to performing regularly from nationally-acclaimed venues to grassroots community event spaces, Naima is has an MA in Postcolonial Anthropology and is a seasoned Restorative Justice practitioner expanding from schools into community as the Restorative Women and Girls Coordinator for Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth. She also performs for theater productions, fundraisers, and presents at conferences across the United States, such as the National Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, and TEDxLAU in Beirut.