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(Chicago Theater director Jamil Khoury speaks with Tamara Issak on his philosophy exploring \'identity\' in art, Issak interviews Imam Abdul Madi and interdisciplinary scholar and chaplain Met Transport police on racial relations within Muslim American populations, listener calls. Hosts/Producer: Tamara Issak. Interviewees/Guests: Jamil Khoury "Silk Road Rising" Theater Artistic Director; Imam Shaher Abdul Mani of Metro State Police; poets Kazim Ali and Mohja Kahf. Topics: Arab and Muslim identity, theater, civil rights, Arab and Muslim community, hiphop.)

(Chicago-based economist Rashid Yacoub on Iraqi economy in pre-1990 sanctions time, Aziz comments on Tuareg people of Algeria, Libya, and Mali. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Arab American poet Dima Hilal, Iraq-US economist Rashid Yakoub (archive). Topics: Arab-American poetry, Iraq, UN-US sanctions, Iraq pre-economy, Algeria Tuareg, world music .)

(Nasr talks with "Empowerment through Integration" leader Munkara about the camp for blind people in Lebanon, recitation (In Arabic), Cyrus McGoldrick, Imam Taleb Abdul Rashid on a controversial appointment of Zohdi Jasser to a US commission on Religious Freedom. Hosts/Producer: Reem Nasr. Interviewees/Guests: blind rights activists Lebanon leader Riyana Najjar and Boston based founder Sarah Munkara, NYC Muslim leaders Cyrus McGoldrick and Imam Taleb abdul Rashid. Topics: Lebanon, disabilities, civil rights.)

(Hassen Abdellah interviews NJ Usman Sherif about his early career in theater, film production, and entertainment, listener callins. Hosts/Producer: Hassen Abdellah. Interviewees/Guests: film director/actor Usman Sherif. Topics: arts and entertainment, Muslim American.)

(Community members recall contribution and achievements of the recently departed New York Muslim American leader Ghazi Khankan. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: community members remember NY leader Gazi Khankan. Topics: Muslim Americans, community leadership.)

(Segments from 1991-2005 Tahrir programs of interviews with Um Jihad and Adel Samara, and music clips. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Tahrir archive segments marking 64th anniversary expulsion of Palestinian citizens and various leaders/scholars. Topics: Palestine, Nakba, ME history.)

(Suzy Kane interviews Cynthia Nelson on Egyptian feminist Doria Shafiq (Tahrir archive), Tamara Issak interviews students and activists Yehya Sultan, Karim Al-Guindi, and Diala Shammas discuss the association and experience with illegal surveillance. Hosts/Producer: Tamara Issak. Interviewees/Guests: U Cairo author/professor Cynthia Nelson (archive), Muslim Student Association members Yehya Sultan, Karim Al-Guindi, and Diala Shammas of CLEAR-City Univ. legal agency. Topics: Egypt, Arab women, world music, Muslim American, civil rights, surveillance.)

(Nasr reviews NYC play "Food and Fadwa" Ginan Rauf reviews new films on the 2011 Egyptian uprising, Aziz interviews "Tahrir Liberation Square" director Stephano Sivona. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Reem Nasr. Interviewees/Guests: Arab scholar Dr. Ginan Rauf, film director Stephano Sivona. Topics: Arab American theater, Palestine, Egypt, film, world music.)

(MT Mehdi talks about Arab Muslim profiling in 1997 (WBAI news archive); film director Rolla Selbak about her feature film "Three Veils" exploring relationships among 3 Arab women, Dave Hall interview Huda Jadallah and Ramzi Zakariya (1994 archive). Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: filmmaker Rolla Selbak director of "Three Veils", Dave Hall (archive) with CA-based GLBT, Arab community activist Dr. MT Mehdi and Attorney Greg Nojim. Topics: Arab American art/film, women, GLBT, US surveillance of Muslim Americans.)

(Saadia Aslam interviews attorney Mohammedi on the congressional hearings led by Congressman Peter King and his fear mongering of Muslim Americans, archive replay of interview with gazale vocalist Najma, part 1 of our 1997 interview with visiting South African Islamic scholar Farid Esack, announcements. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Saadia Aslam. Interviewees/Guests: NJ based attorney Omar Mohammedi, London vocalist Najma (archive), S African Muslim scholar Farid Esack (archive, Pt 1). Topics: civil rights, Muslim Americans, US policies targeting Muslims, world music, Islam.)