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(Nasri Malek jokes with us in studio about Arab comedy, KPFA radio hosts Kathouda and Boustani report on their experience in media as radio hosts. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Sarah Malaika. Interviewees/Guests: NY-based comedian Nasri Malek, DC-Based radio hosts Ryme Katkhouda and LA-based Don Bustani. Topics: world music, media, Arab American arts.)

(Nasr Musa (originally Jordanian) took up Khaliji (Gulf) music on the oud and explains difference of Gulf music and that of other Arab areas, documentary from NY-Arab street fair produced by Malaika, Darraj reads and talks about her work. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Sarah Malaika. Interviewees/Guests: Musicians from the Gulf Arab region, CA-based musician Nasr Musa; PA-based author/editor Susan Muaddi Darraj author of "Inheritance of Exile". Topics: world music, Gulf Arab music, Arab American literature.)

(Hands of Henna" testimony by 4 young women produced by Sarah Malaika, Kashavar elaborates on her book "Jasmin and Stars" a critical view of the presentations of Iranian and other Muslim women in schools and books. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Sarah Malaika. Interviewees/Guests: NY Muslim women Regina, Sarah, Khadija, Shmeh henna party; St Louis Wash U Prof of Comparative Literature and author Fatima Kashavar. Topics: world music, Arab American literature, Muslim women, media, Iran, Muslim literature, world music.)

(Nashef\'s film "Detroit Unleaded" describes her short film (see 2013 interview) her past and future plans, Aziz comments on Brooklyn\'s Gibran School scandal around public harassment, listener calls and commentary. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Sarah Malaika. Interviewees/Guests: Detroit-based filmmaker Rolla Nashef. Topics: NYC Arab School, anti-Arab harassment, Arab Americans, film, world music.)

(Antoon reads poems from "Baghdad Blues" and wars and sanctions in Iraq and expressing Arab culture, world music, Khalil Ben Dib reviews his career as a cartoonist and his candidacy for US president. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Sarah Malaika. Interviewees/Guests: NY-based author Prof Sinan Antoon; SF-based cartoonist and radio host Khalil Ben Dib author of "Mission Accomplished". Topics: Arab literature, American literature, comedy, journalism, world music.)

(Burns reviews with Sarah M. aim and some artists in current NY exhibition "Cultural Interpretations", then artists Nuha Al-Saidi and Haifa Bint Khadi discuss their work, Sarah Malaika interviews Nsenga Knight about her multi-media work "As the Veil Turns". Hosts/Producer: Sarah Malaika, Saadia Aslam. Interviewees/Guests: visual artists Nuha Al-Saidi and Haifa Bint Khadi, and curator Milli Burns; NY-multi-media artist Nsenga Knight. Topics: Arab artists, Muslim Americans, Art, world music.)

(South Asian American author and actor Rajiv Joseph talks about the NY running play, "The Leopard and the Fox" adapted from Tariq Ali\'s 1985 script, Iranian-American actor Ramiz Monsef on his role in the play and his acting career and rapping and music, NY Muslim art therapist Saadia Parvez talks about creative art and mental health; interviews by host Saadia Aslam. Hosts/Producer: Sarah Malaika, Saadia Aslam. Interviewees/Guests: author Rajib Joseph, actor, designer, actor Ramiz Monsef, US art therapist Saadia Parvez. Topics: Muslim Americans, South Asian theater, art, hiphop, world music.)

(Halaby reads and talks about her novel "Once in a Promised Land" and writing, hosts talk about the meaning of Muslim Hajj and read Malcolm X\'s letter on Hajj experience. Hosts/Producer: Sara Malaika, Saadia Aslam. Interviewees/Guests: Arizona-based author Laila Halaby. Topics: Muslim Hajj, world music, spiritual music, Arab American literature.)

(BN Aziz interviews Arab American author Kathryn Abdul Baki about her latest novel "Sands of Zulaika" and her writing, Miriam Ashraf shares her recent Hajj experience and the meaning of the pilgrimage with her sister Fatima. Hosts/Producer: Fatima Ashraf, Saadia Aslam. Interviewees/Guests: author Kathryn Abdul Baki writer of "Sands of Zulaika", Michigan Hajj pilgrim Mariam Ashraf. Topics: world music, spiritual music, Arab American literature, Muslim Americans, Muslim Hajj.)

(Abu Jaber talks with BN Aziz about her latest novel "Origins", who reads passages and talks about writing, host Sarah Malaika talk about Christmas for Muslims and plays music. Hosts/Producer: Sarah Malaika. Interviewees/Guests: novelist Diana Abu Jaber author of "Origins". Topics: Arab American literature, Islam, Hajj pilgrimage, world music.)