Queen Nur

Karen “Queen Nur” Abdul-Malik is a nationally renown storyteller, teaching artist, and folklorist. Sharing her gift, she has performed in venues from the Opening of the Smithsonian NAAMCH to Equity Theater on Broadway to National Black Storytelling Festival. Traveling abroad Queen has presented for the U.S. Embassy in Cameroon and at PANAFEST in Ghana.  She has appeared as an emcee for the National Endowment of the Arts Heritage Fellowship Award Concert and as a coach at the National Coalition Conference on Complex Health Care. Queen has been the recipient of MidAtlantic Artist as Catalyst Grants for her work with Teens-at-Risk and Women’s Shelters and the National Storytelling Brimstone Grant for her innovative community-based programs. The mother of three and grandmother of five, she received her Masters in Arts in Cultural Sustainability from Goucher College, and a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from Harvard Law School. Queen has recorded 2 CDs, of which Sweet Potato Pie and Such won an IParenting Media Golden Award. In 2018, she was named a New Jersey Governor Award Winner in Arts Education  and Teaching Artist of the Year with Young Audience of New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. 

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