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(Al-Mubarak reports on Kuwait elections and women's rights, London-based Pakistani Aamer Hussein (edit by Mai Faraj and Jad Abumrad) author on South Asian Arab writers, reads from his "This Other Salt"; Hussein Ibish on Lebanon war. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: London-based author of "This Other Salt" Aamer Hussein, Kuwait Professor Masuma Al-Mubarak, political observer Hussein Ibish. Topics: Kuwait, democracy. Arab women, South Asian literature, media review, Israeli bombing Lebanon.)

(Ibish comments on US policies regarding Palestine and Kosovo; media critic AbuNima reviews media coverage of Palestinians, Aziz interview with poet Mohja Kahf. Hosts/Producer: Hussein Ibish. Interviewees/Guests: Nadja Middleton, media critic Ali AbuNima, poet and professor Mohja Kahf. Topics: Palestine, Kosovo, media review, Arab American literature.)

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(Aziz reads from Kostler's novel on Khazar and M Crichton's "Eaters of the Dead"; news update by Jad Abumrad. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Jad Abumrad. Interviewees/Guests: Aziz, reading passages of books on the Khazar people; production assistant Jad Abumrad. Topics: Khazar Empire history, 10th C. author Ibn Fadlan.)

(Ibish comments on US bombing of Sudan purported weapons factory, Sudan-Africa states relations; Karahan reports on Turkey with political, Jad Abumrad reports on January 1998 Ramadan interfaith at NY-St John Divine Cathedral and US anti-Muslim actions. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Jad Abumrad. Interviewees/Guests: political observer Hussein Ibish; Turkey observer Hurriyet Karahan; speakers from Interfaith Ramadan ifthar. Topics: Sudan, US military bombing, ramifications of earthquake in Turkey, Islam, Ramadan interfaith, Islam, civil rights.)

(Mirza describes goals and nature of magazine "Al-Talab"; Qurashi comments on media Muslim US images, and Muslim marginalization and use of theater. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: producer Jad Abumrad, Theater director Ibrahim Qurashi, UCLA magazine editor Sekina Mirza. Topics: Muslim American publishing, media bias, Muslim and Arab, political observer Hussein Ibish.)

(From 1993 archive, part 2 (instruments) of 5 part series of Arab music history. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: oud virtuoso and teacher musician Simon Shaheen. Topics: Arab music.)

(Abumrad's production from NY St John Divine Interfaith Ramadan, Middleton reports and voices from the NY Muslim Day Parade, Aisha Adawiya interviews sisters who assist Muslim women in need. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Jad Abumrad, Interfaith participants, Aisha Adawiya, Kairiah A. Latif, Muslim Day parade report by Nadja Middleton, Jordan Catholic relief in Iraq director, Father Mousa Adely. Topics: 1998 Ramadan, Interfaith, Muslim Day parade, Muslim Americans; Iraq refugees in Jordan, Muslim women project to assist homeless.)

(Aziz reviews Iranian film "Children of Heaven", S. Ahmed reviews conditions in Sudan criticizing media bias and interviews "Salam Sudan" peace organization Al-Tenai; Ibish report on Florida conference of American Muslim Alliance. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: NJ-activist Dr Sapphire Ahmed, Hashem Al-Tenai, political observer Hussein Ibish, producer Jad Abumrad. Topics: Iranian film, Sudan, Muslim Americans, American Muslim Alliance.)

(Zogby reviews Arab Americans in local elections, NJ candidate G. Shamy shares his ideals and aims, Dr. Sayeed on strategies for Muslim Americans in local politics, Fernandez reports on success overturning secret evidence in case of Hani Khireddin. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: NJ-candidate G. Shamy, Arab Amererican Institute director Jim Zogby (AAI), Agha Sayeed, head of Muslim American Alliance, civil rights attorney Regis Fernandez. Topics: American elections, Arab Americans, Rumi Sufi poetry, secret evidence, Muslim American civil rights.)