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(Noor" Americaan Muslim band members speak with Tamara Issak about their spiritual music and innovation (introduction missing), Issak interviews Chicago-based food author Yvane Mafeh; Islamic spiritual music.. Hosts/Producer: Tamara Issak, Sarah Malaika. Interviewees/Guests: Music group California-based "Noor" members; Yvane Mafeh author of "My Hilal Kitchen". Topics: Ramadan, contemporary Muslim music, Muslim food, Hilal.)

(Segments from Tahrir archive Ramadan presentations--reading, music, poetry. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: segments from Tahrir archive. Topics: Ramadan, Spiritual poems and music.)

(Discussion of the life and meaning of the Muslim prophet Muhammed, listener calls. Hosts/Producer: Hassen Abdellah. Interviewees/Guests: Muhammed Jaber of Bureau of Indigenous Affairs. Topics: Muslim Prophet Mohammed, Islamic feast days.)

(Assad Siddique talks about goals and work of Muslim Lawyers Association, and with Lamis Deek address status of lawyers and law education inside Muslim American community, listener callins. Hosts/Producer: Hassen Abdellah, Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: attorneys Assad Siddique and Lamis Deek. Topics: civil rights, law and Muslim Americans.)

(Young Egyptian activists in Cairo talk with Nasr about recent revolutionary activity and views, NYC-based playwright Ismael Khalidi regarding current play "Tennis in Nablus," Aziz reports from Lebanon recalling Sabra-Shatila massacre. Hosts/Producer: Reem Nasr. Interviewees/Guests: young protest voices form Cairo Egypt, playwright Ismael Khalidi. Topics: Egypt, Arab American theater, Lebanon, Palestine.)

(Mohamed Ghani testifies about US bombing of Iraq and sanctions speaking in Baghdad with BN Aziz; BN Aziz reports to producer Hapte Selassi on Gaza response to 1993 Oslo Accord regarding Israel and Palestinians, phone calls. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Reem Nasr. Interviewees/Guests: same as above. Topics: same as above.)

(Helena Suweri discusses art and Afghan-American community experience related to a current NYC multi-media performance. NY-based Afghan musician Zakaria Sherzad talks about living in US and his art. Khalil Meek from Texas talks about Muslim Legal Fund and its work fighting for Muslim civil rights. Hosts/Producer: Reem Nasr. Interviewees/Guests: Helena Suweri of NYC multi-media event on the Afghan American experience, Afghan musician Zakaria Sherzad, Texas-based Khalil Meek of Muslim Legal Fund. Topics: Muslim Americans, Afghanistan, Afghan-Americans, world music, civil rights.)

(Political scientist Assef explains Eid Al-Adha and reviews his Palestinian childhood, career, and comments on Arab community aspirations and needs. Hosts/Producer: Hassen Abdellah. Interviewees/Guests: NJ community activist Aref Assaf director of "Arab American Forum". Topics: Muslim feast Eid Al-Adha, Muslim and Arab Americans, listener calls.)

(Wahaj reviews social statistics of Muslim Americans discusses issues of Muslim American as targets of US surveillance, and organizing community members, listener calls. Hosts/Producer: Hassen Abdellah. Interviewees/Guests: NYC Islamic Imam Suraj Wahaj. Topics: Islam, Muslim Americans, US elections and Muslims, civil rights.)

(Disability conference panelists discuss educational value for families of disabled Arab Americans, world music, student Ibtihaj Mohammed reviews her training as a competitive fencer in school. Hosts/Producer: Reem Nasr. Interviewees/Guests: NJ sportswoman Ibtihaj Mohammed, NJ disability service conferees Bill Gaventa, Rajeh Salloum, and Alia Soufi. Topics: Muslim Americans, Arab Americans, disability services, sports, world music.)