Berakah Arts was a UK-based musical ensemble and charity organisation founded by guitarist, composer, journalist and writer Mohammed Nazam featuring musicians from Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith heritage backgrounds. Founded in July 2005 it is the first project of its kind in the UK to explicitly draw its musical personnel from their faith heritage. Founded in July 2005 it is the first project of its kind in the UK to explicitly draw its musical personnel from their faith heritage. According to Nazam, this was done to show people from different religious communities, with a history of tension, co-operating and working together in a positive light, against a background of growing unrest as a result of the New York 9/11 attacks and the London 7/7 bombings.