His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including the New York Times, Salon, Al Jazeera English, and BBC Radio.

[1] Inspired by underground hip hop, Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, and the work of artists like Suheir Hammad and Carlos Andres Gomez, Kanazi began writing spoken word.

[2][3][4] Kanazi writes and performs political poetry addressing topics such as human rights, Palestine, Iraq, and islamophobia.

So whether you’re talking about police brutality or the US-Mexico border or Afghanistan or the war in Iraq or the plight of Palestinians, what they’re going through and the injustice that’s being perpetrated against them is what matters.

Both before Kanazi's meeting at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and San Jose State University such groups appeared.