Video: Beyond the Food Cart - Why Halal is Booming in NYC
The Greene Space's recent tasting and talk on halal food started with a simple question: Why now?In the decades since eating local, sustainably and responsibly became a topic of national conversation,...
View ArticleRecipe: Halal Eggplant Ceviche
For our Muslim/American event on halal food, Akram Said of Brooklyn restaurant French Louie shows us how to make a Japanese fusion halal dish. Get the recipe below, and watch the entire Eating...
View ArticleWhat Does Being Muslim American Mean to You?
The intersections of and conflicts between religious, ethnic, and cultural identities drives Muslim/American, a series of interactive, multimedia programs and intimate live performances in The Greene...
View ArticleVideo: Muslim/American - Can Faith be Fashionable?
With a youthful and growing population, a new style vocabulary is emerging among Muslim Americans to express their multi-ethnic experiences. Often under the radar of the fashion media, women are...
View ArticleVideo: Muslim/American - Storytelling
Our Muslim/Americanseries continued May 28 with a night of storytelling focused on the geographical and spiritual journeys that modern day Muslim Americans take to better understand their faith. Author...
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[Unedited] Rami Nashashibi with Krista Tippett
Rami Nashashibi is founder and executive director of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN). He is a visiting assistant professor of Sociology of Religion and Muslim Studies at Chicago Theological...
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[Unedited] Rami Nashashibi with Krista Tippett
Rami Nashashibi is founder and executive director of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN). He is a visiting assistant professor of Sociology of Religion and Muslim Studies at Chicago Theological...
View ArticleMoustafa Bayoumi: 'Arab is the New Black'
English Professor Moustafa Bayoumi discusses his collection of essays detailing Muslim American life in the post-September 11 world. In This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror,...
View ArticleTrump and Terrorism: Two Views from Saudi Students in New York
It’s almost winter break for colleges, and for foreign students from the Muslim world studying in New York, recent news events in America offer a lot of fodder for conversation with friends and family...
View ArticleMuslim Americans, What Are You Seeing?
Muslim listeners, are you experiencing new or different hostility since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino?Listen above to hear callers respond, and keep the conversation going on twitter:...
View ArticleMuslim Reform Movement Struggles for an Inclusive Islam
In the wake of major attacks by Islamic extremists, such as those in Paris and San Bernadino, there are frequently calls for moderate Muslims to step up and counter messages of hate espoused by extreme...
View ArticleWatch: Muslim in America with Ayad Akhtar, Rozina Ali and Haroon Moghul
Watch our conversation on Muslim identity, faith and culture in America and abroad, hosted by WNYC's Arun Venugopal.In the aftermath of the Paris attack and with the 2016 election in view, we discussed...
View ArticleVideo Webcast: Ayad Akhtar, Rozina Ali and Haroon Moghul Talk Being Muslim in...
Join us for conversation about Muslim identity, faith and culture in America and abroad.In the aftermath of the Paris attack and with the 2016 election in view, we discuss identity politics, the...
View ArticleA 'Kafkaesque' Permitting Process Leads Islamic Group to Sue Township
An Islamic group has filed a lawsuit against the planning board in Bernards Township, New Jersey, for denying the construction of a mosque in the town.Led by the town's former mayor and long-time...
View ArticleMuslim Americans show Ted Cruz their neighborhoods on Twitter
There should be an embedded item here. Please visit the original post to view it.After Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz called for police to monitor Muslims on Tuesday, Muslim Americans...
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What Muslim-Americans supporting Trump say about their candidate
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump signs autographs for supporters holding a Muslim Americans for Trump sign after a rally in Harrington, Delaware April 22, 2016. Photo by Jonathan...
View ArticleMuslim Americans Respond to Orlando Mass Shooting
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. Shortly after the attack on Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Muhammad Musri, president and senior imam of the Islamic Society of Central...
View ArticleAdnan Syed After 'Serial': Hearing from the Woman Who Started the Investigation
Attorney Rabia Chaudry played a major role in the first season of Sarah Koenig’s “Serial” podcast. Chaudry is family friend of Adnan Syed, who in 1999 was convicted and sentenced to life plus 30 years...
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For Black Muslim students, a two-pronged fight for solidarity
NYU students Bayan Abubakr, Fadumo Osman, Isatou Daffeh, and Mariyamou Drammeh share a laugh in a train station in New York City. Photo by Emilio Madrid-KuserMariyamou Drammeh arrived at New York...
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Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Islamophobia Edition
In the fifteen years since 9/11, the American media landscape has been rife with misconceptions and fear surrounding Islam, commonly depicting Muslims as violent, foreign intruders in America....
View ArticleVideo Webcast: Beyond Sacred - Voices of Muslim Identity
Join us for the next installment of a new project reinventing language around race through conversations and performances that explore, express and examine what it means when a social construct becomes...
View ArticleBeyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity
Watch the next installment of our new project reinventing language around race through conversations and performances that examine what it means when a social construct becomes the social order. Beyond...
View ArticleOne Muslim Woman Explains Why She Voted for Donald Trump
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.There's been a lot of talk about the "silent voters" who helped Donald Trump win the presidency. Both rural and urban voters who had...
View ArticleThese Muslim Teens Say Election Leaves Them Emboldened
Reports of hate crimes are on the rise since the presidential election, around the country and in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a hot line to report these incidents. He also asked for all...
View ArticleDefining 'Muslim Cool'
Su'ad Abdul Khabeer, assistant professor of anthropology and African American studies at Purdue University and Founder and senior editor of sapelosquare.com, discusses how blackness is central to the...
View ArticleComing of Age Post 9/11
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, founder and editor-in-chief of the blog MuslimGirl.com and the author of Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age (Simon & Schuster, 2016), talks about her blog and new book.
View ArticleMahershala Ali on Faith, Love and Success
We met actor Mahershala Ali and his wife, the artist Amatus, last year in Brooklyn, a few months after he filmed his scenes for Barry Jenkins' film "Moonlight." Now, ten months later, Mahershala has...
View ArticleWhat's 'Normal' in Trump's America?
A conversation on Wednesday's program ignited a discussion about what normal means in America today. Norm Crider, a marine corps veteran and supporter of the Trump policy on immigration and refugees,...
View ArticleA Very Halal Valentine’s with Taz Ahmed
The co-host of Good Muslim Bad Muslim tells us how to share food without killing the romance, and why she wishes guys she dates would stop trying to out-Muslim her.Please subscribe to this podcast in...
View ArticleRevisiting Racial Perceptions In West Virginia
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.In the latest edition of our series, "Uncomfortable Truths: Confronting Racism in America," we hear from Anna Sale, host of the WNYC Studios...
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Death of Virginia Teen Stirs Fear in Muslim Communities
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Police in Fairfax County, Virginia found the body of a 17-year-old Muslim girl yesterday, believed to be that of Nabra Hassanen, who went...
View ArticleVetted: The Harmonium-Wielding Chicago Soul Singer Zeshan B
Chicago-based soul singer Zeshan B takes on deep cuts from 1960s and 70s soul gems, as well as groovy, bluesy gospel-infused originals, sometimes in English. But, he also sings in Urdu and Punjabi,...
View ArticleVideo: Living in Between Worlds
One Brooklyn woman's complicated relationship with the hijab and the experience of living in between worlds.
View ArticleDaisy Khan's Wings and Boxing Gloves
Daisy Khan, founder and executive director of the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) and the author of Born with Wings: The Spiritual Journey of a Modern Muslim Woman...
View ArticleIs Blue Wave Coming for Muslim-Americans?
Michigan voters picked Rashida Tlaib to be their representative in the State's 13th Congressional District, on Tuesday. The former state Michigan state representative is running uncontested in the...
View ArticleMaking Arab American Theater
“Eh Dah? Questions for my Father” is one of a number of recently-debuted plays and musicals centered around issues of Muslim or Arab American identity. The landscape for Arab and Muslim American...
View ArticleA New Book From Olympic Bronze Medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad
Olympic fencer and Bronze Medalist, Ibtihaj Muhammad, joins us to discuss her new children's book, The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family.Event:Muhammad will be speaking at the Tribecca Barnes...
View Article20 Years Later: 9/11 and The Muslim American Experience; Biden's New Delta...
Coming up on today's show:Rowaida Abdelaziz, national reporter for HuffPost covering immigration, Islamophobia, and social justice issues, on how being Muslim in the United States changed after the...
View Article20 Years Later: How 9/11 Changed Being Muslim in America
Rowaida Abdelaziz, national reporter for HuffPost where she focuses on immigration, Islamophobia, and social justice issues, joins to discuss how being Muslim in the United States changed after the...
View ArticleSenator Gillibrand; What We Know (and Don't Know) About Omicron; Elon Musk's...
Coming up on today's show:U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY) talks about her work in the Senate, including her efforts to pass military justice reform, paid family leave and the Build Back Better...
View ArticleThe People's Guide To Power: New York Politics After 9/11
WNYC/Gothamist senior political reporter Brigid Bergin hosts a conversation about how the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 have changed the political landscape of New York.Senator Gillibrand On...
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