Sulekha Ali - singer-songwriter Belly - Palestinian-Canadian rapper Ali Hassan - comedian Tariq Hussain - singer-songwriter, broadcaster Ladan Hussein - musician also known as Cold Specks K'naan - singer-songwriter Ron Mustafaa - actor known for playing Abbud Siddiqui in Skins (US) Nabil Rajo - actor Narcy - Yaseen Al Salman, Hiphop singer and journalist with ancestors from Iraq. Zarqa Nawaz - created Little Mosque on the Prairie Dawud Wharnsby - singer-songwriter, poet[8]