Forthcoming

May 14  9-11pm Nakba, anniversary of the first expulsions from Palestine in 1948. Call 212-209-2950 to pledge. Volunteer to help the fund-drive. wbai.org.

 

May 1 see podcast Tribute to Brother Ghazi Khankan  1934-2012 

 

April 24 see podcast Actor/film-director Newark-born Usman Sharif  talks about his career, his productions in progress and the politics of making films. 

 

April 17 Guests discuss the appointment of Dr Zuhdi Jasser to USCIRF and the implications. And Empowerment through Integration a program in Lebanon, with director Sara Minkara. 

 

April 10 see podcast. Iraq--an economic model? From our archive on pre-1990 Iraq--economist Rashid Yakob. Also: Tuareg of the Sahel and crises in Saharan areas of Niger, Mali, Algeria, Libya-- a commentary by BNAziz.

 

April 3 see podcast Managing multi-identities: Arab Americans’  interface with whiteness, with artistic director Jamil Khoury of Silk Road Rising Theater Chicago.

   

March 27 see podcast "Water in the Middle East"-a radio documentary from our archive, with updates.  

 

Mar 20 Beirut media entrepreneur David M Nabti of “AltCity” . UN report on Sahel belt food crises. Huma Hasan, Wafa House, Clifton, NJ--working with troubled families. Poetry by women Host Reem Nasr.

 

Mar 13 see podcast Muslim Responses to Unlawful Surveillance: Sharifah Salaam, NJ & Imam Ramadan, NY

  

"Men have singled out women of outstanding merit and put them on a pedestal to avoid recognizing the capabilities of all women" — Huda Shaarawi (1879-1947), Egyptian political activist and  feminist

 

March 8 see podcast Special from Tahrir's 1990 archive- women leaders: Huda Shaarawi and author Nadia Hijab

 

March 6 see podcast-- Jafar Panahi's "The is Not A Film"; introduction to Egyptian feminist Huda Shaarawi; interview with author/Al-JazeeraTV host Marwan Bishara

 

Jan 31 see podcast Turkish TV dramas in the Arab World: with Aydin Baltaci and BN Aziz. An excerpt from RNasr's interview with journalist/author Ashraf Khalil-- Liberation Square. (full interview podcast Feb 11)

 

Jan 10 see podcast. Sex education for Muslim youth--Mohamad Ahmad and Amir Mertaban, hosts of Irvine CA’s online radio’s "Boiling Point" debate the issue.   

 

Jan 3, 2012 see podcast “Warrantless Profiling and Surveillance” with guest attorneys Omar Mohammedi and Faiza Patel.Listener call-ins. 

Dec 27, 2011 see podcast Georgetown U. professor Adel Iskandar reviews an extraordinary year across the Arab World; and issues still facing Muslim Americans, with professor and author Moustafa Bayoumi

 

Dec 20 see podcast Educating our children in Islamic values: private school principal Amanny Khattab of Noble Academy, NJ public school teacher Suada Charaf. and home-school.advocate Nabila Hanson.

 

Dec 13 see podcast Detection tools for special needs children-- with NJ educator Wafaa Elezaby; Zaid Saleh on Egypt’s election; Tamara Barsik on protests against  Russia’s Olympic venue, site of Circassian oppression 

 

Nov 29 see podcast, Fencing champion Ibtihaj Muhammad; and a talk with medical specialists on the treatment of NJ Arabs with disabilities.

 

Nov 22 see podcast Siraj Wahhaj, Imam of Brooklyn's Al-Taqwa Mosque evaluates progress in our Muslim community. Listener call-ins.

 

Oct 4 see podcast Afghan-Americans in a NY performance; Khalil Meek of Muslim Legal Fund.

 

^{Sept 27 see podcast. Mohammed Ghani Hikmat ,Iraqi sculptor (1929-2011); and BN Aziz' report on her 1993 visit to Gaza at the time of the Oslo Accord (archive)}

  

^{Sept 6, see podcast  US Muslims and the law: civil rights and entrapment of Muslims by security agencies. Attorneys Asaad Siddiqi and Lamis Deek.}

 

Aug 30, see podcast Prophet Mohammad: a third in our series on "the prophets", with Muhammad Jaaber. 

 

Aug 23 see podcast Tahrir archive special Ramadan children's stories, poems and people: AbdHayyMoore, Ibr.Gonzalez, Sapphire Ahmed, Somayieh Uddin, Dasham Brookins, Sharam Shiva & more.

 

Aug 16, no podcast available. What is halal and how halal is your Ramadan iftar? "My Halal Kitchen", and spiritual melodies of our Syrian group "Noor".   

 

"Scheherazade, Tell Me A Story" film review in our review section. 

 

August 9, see podcast What Ramadan means to me.

 

June 28 see podcast Said Arikat, correspondent for Al-Qudus. Evelyn Alsultany, curator of  “Reclaiming Identity”. 

June 21 see podcast. Ibrahim Jaaber and his multi-layered life as a professional athlete. And Aisha Adawiyyah, on The Betty Shabazz Program.

 

April 19 see podcast Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and the growing need for relaible sources on Islam; Earth Day with farmer Zaid Kurdieh Norwich Meadows Farm  

 

March 29 see podcast.Nutrition in the Islamic tradition: dietitian Sarah Amer; Contemporary Muslim marriage services: Kamal Shaarawi,Ali Ardekani, & Zeba Iqbal.

March 22, see podcast New McCarthyism: reporting on Congressman King's hearings. Niloufar Talebi's "Atash Sorushan".

March 1 see podcast. Mohamed Keita, Committee to Protect Journalists discusses North African uprisings. Poet Remi Kanazi’s “Poetic Injustice: Resistance and Palestine”. 

see Jan 4 podcast. Muslim charities in post 9/11 recession, with Tamara Issak. Elia Suleiman Palestinian film director   

see Dec 7 podcast Palestinians under occupation: narratives from NYU's Palestine Awareness Week. And, what Islam says about protecting our planet: "Green Deen" author Ibrahim Abdul-Matin.

see Nov 23 podcast. Muzammal Hussain of Wisdom in Nature (UK) a UK-based environmental movement. Beauty and food blogger Shyema Azam. And a personal experience of Eid al-Adha and Hajj.

see July 27 podcast Author Mahmoud Ibrahim on The Dar-ul-Islam Movement: An American Odyssey Revisited, and Hip Hop Artist Shadia Mansour 

podcast June 22 Poet Kazim Ali's latest book Bright Felon. Attorney Farhana Khera. Syrian radio broadcaster Nidaa Al-Islam Hussein.

podcast April 27. Celebrating national poetry month poet Gaith Adhami; readings by Dasham Brookins, Kazim Ali,  Lisa Mohammed, Mohja Kahf, Bro Suleiman, Suheir Hammad, Iranian HipHop.

April 20 podcast Commentary on Islam (part 3) by Quranic scholar Shaykh Abdallah Adhami; Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi re"No One Knows About Persian Cats" and other work.