Y. Misdaq

Y. Misdaq, also known as Yoshi, is an Afghan-English multimedia artist, writer, creative consultant, and founder of the art website Nefisa and the independent media label Nefisa UK. Since 2004 he has released four albums, three documentaries, and three novels, and from 2010 to 2012 worked on a poetry series (six separate volumes of poetry) as well as appearing on numerous works, either anonymously or under different pseudonyms as writer, filmmaker, and performer.

Y. Misdaq has been featured in magazines such as The Wire, Hip-Hop Connection, Stylus, The Brighton Source, and numerous others. Upon the publication of his debut novel in June 2007, Misdaq's work was also featured on BBC Television & Radio. On September 18, 2009, he was featured on NPR in the United States. and PRI internationally.

Misdaq was present in Benghazi at the onset of the 2011 Libyan civilian uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, which he covered alongside Anjali Kamat for Democracy Now!.

Discography Albums From a Western Box (2004) Flowers & Trees (2005) The Hearing (compilation LP for charity Muslimyouth.net )(2005) Hippocamp Ruins Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (mash-up LP with MichL Britsch & Fredo Viola et al.) (2006) Le Dual Mule: Experiments in Improvisational Sound (duet LP with Mikrosopht) (2006) Maghreb Isha & Space (2010) If You Ask Me, Yes (2013) Misted Almond Legacy (2017)