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(Malaika Interviews NY artist Farsad Labouf about his work and inspirations, Sarsour talks about the range of Arab and Muslim communities in NY participating in Arab American heritage week interviewed by Fatima Ashraf. Hosts/Producer: Saadia Aslam, Sarah Malaika, Fatima Ashraf. Interviewees/Guests: Farsad Labouf Iranian American artist; Linda Sarsour NY representative of Arab American heritage week. Topics: Iran, Iranian American art, Arab American community, world music.)

(Al-Zinati talks about life as an Israeli-Palestinian and her identity and politics through rap music, Aziz comments on Qatanani case and with Salahdin Mustafa reviews ongoing case of Imam Qatanani. Hosts/Producer: Sarah Malaika, Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Palestinian US vocalist Abir Al-Zinati, NJ community rep Saladin Mustafa. Topics: Palestine, Israeli, identity, resistance to occupation, Muslim Americans, civil rights, Imam Qatanani, world music.)

(Co-hosts Ashraf and Abdellah debate whether Obama campaign is reaching out to Muslims and vice versa, with open phones and listener comments. Hosts/Producer: Sarah Malaika, Hassen Abdellah, Fatima Ashraf. Interviewees/Guests: Tahrir members debate the campaign of Barack Obama. Topics: Muslim Americans, Barack Obama's rejection of Muslim Americans, listener calls.)

(BN Aziz reviews books, Tahrir plays excerpts from Said\'s lecture with fundraising. Hosts/Producer: Sarah Malaika. Interviewees/Guests: US Professor Edward Said on "The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations", BN Aziz. Topics: The Clash of Civilization, book reviews, Edward Said.)

(Daoud Wahid critically discusses Pew Research report on Muslim Americans and distinction between immigrant and native born, bias, civil rights, Lena Khan reports on filmmaker's contest for Muslim experience in short films. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Saadia Aslam. Interviewees/Guests: Daoud Wahid, CAIR director in Michigan, CA-based filmmaker Lena Khan. Topics: Islam, Muslim Americans, art, world music, film.)

(Ibrahim, author of a biography on Shaheen compares his films over the years and reviews Shaheen\'s career, excerpts from our 2007 interview with Mahmoud Darwish\'s work by translator and poet Fady Joudah (Arabic and English). Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Saadia Aslam. Interviewees/Guests: U. Alabama (Birmingham) Professor Ibrahim Fawal, author of "Yusuf Shaheen". Topics: Egypt, film, Yusuf Shaheen, Palestine , poet Mahmoud Darwish, world music.)

(Jennifer Jajeh reads from and discusses her play "I Heart Hamas," her life in Occupied Palestine and Lebanon, Ali Biary discusses work involved mobilizing Muslim Americans on faith basis for political work. Hosts/Producer: Saadia Aslam, Sarah Malaika. Interviewees/Guests: NY performer and writer Jennifer Jajeh, TX-community leader Mohammed Ali Biary. Topics: world music, Arab American literature and theater, Muslim American, community leadership, world music.)

(Discourses on basic Muslim faith by NJ citizen Al-Askari, Hanania talks about Barack Obama's past and pre-election relation to Arab Chicagoans, Aslam interviews NH state Muslim American representative Soheir Taher about his work and state needs, world music. Hosts/Producer: Saadia Aslam, Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Chicago based journalist Ray Hanania, Muslim commentator Saleh Al-Askari, NH-state political rep Soheir Taher. Topics: principles of Islam, Ramadan, Muslim Americans, journalism, national politics, Arab American media, spiritual music.)

(Guests criticize an anti-Muslim film circulating across the USA, and comment on the need for leadership. Hosts/Producer: Saadia Aslam, Sarah Malaika. Interviewees/Guests: Natasha Atlas, Maoma Agawagate representatives of Muslim Political Action Committee. Topics: world music, youth, harassment and bias, Muslim Americans.)

(Al-Askari elucidates on the 5 principles of Islam, NY-based archeologist Al-Radi report on their reconstruction of Yemeni historical buildings, US-based Iraqi poet Lamea Amara (from our archive) reads poems in Arabic and speaks. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: US Muslim American commentator Salah Al-Askari, NY-based archeologist Selma Al-Radi, Iraqi poet Lamea Amara. Topics: Yemen, reconstruction of historical buildings, Islam, Iraq, poetry.)