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Previous Programs
Wednesday, March 10, 2009 Listen
Topic: Clarity on Poverty Measure
Guest: Diana M. Pearce, Director of the Center for Women¹s Welfare
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, March 09, 2009 Listen
Topic: Homeland Insecurity
Guest: Louise Cainkar, Author of Homeland Insecurity Published by the Russell Sage Foundation
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, March 08, 2009 Listen
Topic: Time Management
Guest: Dr. Mohamad Chehade, Senior Consultant MLC Solutions, Inc.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Saturday, March 06, 2010 Listen
Topic: Black History Month Series, A Prince Among Slaves
Guest: Alex Kronemer, Co-founder of Unity Productions Foundation, Executive Producer of A Prince Among Slaves
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Friday, March 05, 2010 Listen
Topic: Israel Announces adding al-Haram al-Ibrahimi in al-Khalil and Bilal ibn Ribah to the Registry of Historic Places
Guest: Lynn Pollack, Activist for a Just Peace between Israelis and Palestinians, Served on the National Board of Jewish Voice for Peace and Active on the Chicago Chapter
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, March 04, 2010 Listen
Topic: Beyond Tea Party Politics
Guest: Altaf Rahamatulla, Tax and Budget Policy Specialist at the Progressive States Network
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Listen
Topic: The Untold Story of Afghanistan
Guest: Ron Jacobs, Author of The Way the Wind Blew: A history of the Weather Underground
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, March 02, 2010 Listen
Topic: Recognizing Women's History Month
Guest: Sabina Abdul-Qadir, Lawyer, Founding Member and Director of Community Service for Muslim Women's Alliance
Guest: Sammer Ghouleh, CEO, Founder and President of Spirit Magazine
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, March 01, 2010 Listen
Topic: Voices and Faces of the Adhan in Cairo
Guest: Anna Kipervaser, Producer of Voices and Faces of the Adhan in Cairo
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Sunday, February 28, 2010 this show is unavailable
Topic: Saviour's Day in Chicagoland
Guest: Various Speakers and Artists from the Two Saviours Day Weekens in Chicago
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, February 27, 2010 Listen
Topic: Military Weapons with Bible Inscriptions
Guest: Mikey Weinstein, Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Friday, February 26, 2010 Listen
Topic: Back to Square One in Iraq?
Guest: Raed Jarrar, Iraqi-born Political Analyst
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, February 25, 2010 Listen
Topic: Reviving the Peace Movement
Guest: Medea Benjamin, Co-founder of the Women's Peace Group CODEPINK, Just back from Afghanistan
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Listen
Topic: Avoidable Loss of Life During Earthquakes in Developing Countries
Guest: Elizabeth Hausler, Founder and CEO of Build Change's
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Listen
Topic: Religious Communication Congress 2010: Something for Everyone
Guest: Shirley Struchen, Executive Director, Religion Communicators Council
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, February 22, 2010 Listen
Topic: Identity Crisis for American Muslim Youth
Guest: Mohammad Soltan, President of the MSA at OSU
Guest: Mujahid Abuelrood, CEO of MC Entertainment
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, February 21, 2010 this show is unavailable
Topic: Tribute to Malcolm X- El Hajj Malik Shabazz
Guest: Big A, Hip hop artist
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, February 20, 2010 Listen
Topic: The New York Times, Israel and Ethan Bronner
Guest: Robert Jensen, Journalism Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Board Member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, February 19, 2010 Listen
Topic: Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta
Guest: Jonathan Barker, Producer, President and CEO of SK Films
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, February 18, 2010 Listen
Topic: "The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law."
Guest: Jonathan Hafetz, Attorney with the National Security Project of the American Civil Liberties Union
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Listen
Topic: Obama's Decision to Cancel the Moon Trip
Guest: Peter Spotts, Science Reporter for The Christian Science Monitor
Guest: William Hennigan, LATimes Staff Writer
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Listen
Topic: African-American History
Host: Imran Husain and Janaan Hashim
Monday, February 15, 2010 Listen
Topic: An Imam’s Journey in American Mosques
Guest: Sheikh Kifah Mustapha, Imam & Associate Director of Mosque Foundation Bridgeview
Guest: Sheikh Hussain Kamani, Imam of Islamic Center of Chicago
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, February 14, 2010 this show is unavailable
Topic: Power of Marketing with Picture and Internet
Guest: Ridwan Adhami, Photography, Graphic Designer/Art Media
Guest: Jasiri X, Hip Hop Artist, Activist
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, February 13, 2010 Listen
Topic: My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story
Guest: Ramzy Baroud, Palestinian-American journalist, Author and Former Al-Jazeera Producer, Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Chronicle.
Host: Amir Haq and Nada Shamah
Friday, February 12, 2010 Listen
Topic: Killer Coke: Stop a Gruesome Cycle of Torture in Coca-Cola Bottling Plants in Colombia
Guest: Ray Rogers, Founder and Director of Corporate Campaign Inc
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, February 11, 2010 Listen
Topic: Black History Month Series, What American Society Gains
Guest: Aneesah Nadir, PhD
Guest: Nikia Bilal, Attorney
Guest: Ayesha Mustafaa, Muslim Journal
Host: Janaan Hashim
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Listen
Topic: Aafia Siddiqui Case
Guest: Petra Bartosiewicz, Freelance Writer Living in Brooklyn, New York, forthcoming book on the Justice Department's Terrorism Trials since 9/11
Guest: Mauri' Saalakhan, Washington, DC Based Human Rights Advocate, Director of Operations for The Peace And Justice Foundation
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Listen
Topic: Torture
Guest: Glenn Greenwald, Author of "How Would a Patriot Act?"
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Monday, February 08, 2010 Listen
Topic: Blackwater: War Contractors
Guest: Dahr Jamail, Author of "The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, February 07, 2010 Listen
Topic: Activist/Artist
Guest: M1 aka Mutulu Olugbala, Hip Hop group Dead Prez, Activist and Author
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, February 06, 2010 this show is temporarily unavailable
Topic: Black History Month Series, A Prince Among Slaves
Guest: Alex Kronemer, Co-founder of Unity Productions Foundation, Executive Producer of A Prince Among Slaves
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Friday, February 05, 2010 Listen
Topic: Military Weapons with Bible Inscriptions
Guest: Mikey Weinstein, Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, February 04, 2010 this show is temporarily unavailable
Topic: Black History Month Series, A Prince Among Slaves
Guest: Alex Kronemer, Co-founder of Unity Productions Foundation, Executive Producer of A Prince Among Slaves
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Listen
Topic: Murder of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah
Guest: Dawud Walid, Executive Driector of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 Listen
Topic: Black History Month Series, What American Society Gains
Guest: Aneesah Nadir, PhD
Guest: Nikia Bilal, Attorney
Guest: Ayesha Mustafaa, Muslim Journal
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, February 01, 2010 Listen
Topic: Black History Month Series, Then and Now: Comparing the South and its Attitudes Toward the Blacks from Slavery to the 21st Century
Guest: Khalid Griggs, Imam- Community Mosque of Winston-Salem (NC)
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, January 31, 2010 Listen
Topic: Pursuing Your Passion
Guest: Khalil Ismail, Music Artist
Guest: Tadarah Muhammad, Chef
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, January 30, 2010 Listen
Topic: The Great Wall of Israel: Living by the Gate From Hell
Guest: Ellen Cantarow, a Boston-based Journalist, First wrote from Israel and the West Bank in 1979
Host: Nada Shamah
Friday, January 29, 2010 this show is temporarily unavailable
Topic: The Passing of Howard Zin
Guest: Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Director of The Shalom Center
Topic: Commentary on the State of the Union Address
Guest: Max Fraad Wolff, Economist and Free Lance Researcher/Writer
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Thursday, January 28, 2010 Listen
Topic: United Nations Report on Israel and the International Criminal Court
Guest: Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Listen
Topic: Melbourne & Obama's State of Union Address
Guest: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of the Chicago Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 This show is unavailable
Topic: Chai with Sahih Bukharis Descendant: Sh. Abdul Aziz al-Bukhari of al-Quds
Guest: Sh. Abdul Aziz al-Bukhari, Descendant of Sahih Bukhari
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, January 25, 2010 Listen
Topic: Torture
Guest: Matt Daloisio, Member of Group Witness Against Torture
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, January 24, 2010 Listen
Topic: Influencing the Masses
Guest: Stacey Muhammad, Filmmaker, Youth Organizer and Activist
Guest: Yonasda Lonewolf aka Queen Yonasda, Hip Hop Artist, Activist, Writer
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, January 23, 2010 Listen
Topic: The Great Wall of Israel: Living by the Gate From Hell
Guest: Ellen Cantarow, a Boston-based Journalist, First wrote from Israel and the West Bank in 1979
Host: Nada Shamah
Friday, January 22, 2010 Listen
Topic: The Anniversary of President Obama's Inauguration
Guest: Samana Siddiqui, Content Manager for Sound Vision
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Thursday, January 21, 2010 Listen
Topic: Martin Luther King Jr. and Haiti
Guest: Brian Concannon Jr., Esq., Director, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Listen
Topic: Reporting Back From Haiti's
Guest: Khalil Demir, Executive Director of Zakat Foundation of America
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Listen
Topic: Haiti: Where to give?
Guest: Kaveh Azimi, Former Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic, Living and Working in near the Haitian-Dominican Border
Guest: Mustafa Maboob, Communications Manager, Islamic Relief USA
Guest: Stacey Palmer, Editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, January 18, 2010 Listen
Topic: Stories From gaza
Guest: Marwan Daher, Concordia University Chicago, Political Science and Marketing, Convoy Passenger
Guest: Waleed Mansour, Benedictine University, Health Science, Convoy Passenger
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, January 17, 2010 Listen
Topic: The Fit and Healthy Woman
Guest: Mubarakah Ibrahim, fitmuslimah.com, featured on Oprah Winfrey and New York Times and Chicago Tribune
Guest: Marie Tadarah, Chef and Healthy Living Cooking Blogger
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, January 16, 2010 Listen
Topic: My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story
Guest: Ramzy Baroud, Palestinian-American journalist, Author and Former Al-Jazeera Producer, Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Chronicle.
Host: Amir Haq and Nada Shamah
Friday, January 15, 2010 Listen
Topic: Voices and Faces of the Adhan in Cairo
Guest: Anna Kipervaser, Producer of Voices and Faces of the Adhan in Cairo
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, January 14, 2010 Listen
Topic: Political Empowerment
Guest: Nazneen Hashmi, Community Builders Chicago
Guest: Gertrude " Trudy" Zaja, Candidate for Hanover Township Democratic Committeeman
Topic: Tallest Building
Guest: Jan Klerks, Research & Communications Manager, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Listen
Topic: Yemen on the International Stage
Guest: Brian M Downing, Political/Military Analyst, Author of The Military Revolution and Political Change
Topic: Yemen's Memories of Revolution and Resistance
Guest: Raza Naeem, Pakistani National Working on his PhD in History from the University of Arkansas
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Listen
Topic: Taking a Look at the Verse in the Quran that some use to Justify Beating
Guest: Sheikh Kifah Mustapha, Imam & Associate Director of Mosque Foundation Bridgeview
Guest: Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar, Translated over 30 Books on Islam and Islamic Beliefs into English, Lecturer at both Religious and Academic Institutions
Guest: Imam Muhammad Musa Azam, Shura of Islamic Family Counselors of America
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, January 11, 2010 Listen
Topic: New Security Measures in Airports
Guest: Kamran Memon, Director of Muslims for a Safe America
Guest: Nura Maznavi, Counsel, Program to Combat Racial and Religious Profiling for Muslim Advocates
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, January 10, 2010 Listen
Topic: A Strong Team
Guest: "The Reminders," Husband and Wife Hip Hop Group
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, January 09, 2010 Listen
Topic: Pipelineistan
Guest: Pepe Escobar, Correspondent for Asia Times, Analyst for the Real News.
Host: Amir Haq and Nada Shamah
Friday, January 08, 2010 Listen
Topic: Voices and Faces of the Adhan in Cairo
Guest: Anna Kipervaser, Producer of Voices and Faces of the Adhan in Cairo
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, January 07, 2010 Listen
Topic: In Gaza: Updates on the Convoy and the Freedom March
Guest: Dana Balicki, CodePink
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Listen
Topic: The Challenge of Balancing National Security and Civil Rights
Guest: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of the Chicago Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
Guest: Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Listen
Topic: Welcome Home Hajjis
Guest: Saqib Shafi, B.A. in Accounting, DePaul University
Guest: Ayesha Siddique, B.A. in Biology and Math, University of Michigan
Guest: Fahim Rafeek, CEO of HajjUSA, Hajj Provider Since 2002
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, January 04, 2010 Listen
Topic: New Security Measures in Airports
Guest: Kamran Memon, Director of Muslims for a Safe America
Guest: Nura Maznavi, Counsel, Program to Combat Racial and Religious Profiling for Muslim Advocates
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, January 03, 2010 Listen
Topic: 2010, What's in Store?
Guest: Ashahed Muhammad, Journalist, Writer, Asst. Editor for the Final Call Newspape
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, January 02, 2010 Listen
Topic: News Topics
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, January 01, 2010 Listen
Topic: Islam and the Use of Force or Violence By American Muslims
Guest: Mohammad Fadel Assistant Professor of Law University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Host: Kamran Memon
Thursday, December 31, 2009 Listen
Topic: Peace Movement and War
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Guest: Dan Pearson, Co-Coordinator Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Host: Abdul Malik Muajhid
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Listen
Topic: Planning For the New Year
Guest: Tasneem Osmani, Vice Chair for CIOGC, Vice President of Global FX Technology Group
Guest: Tayyaba Syed, Freelance Writer
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 Listen
Topic: Things to do on New Year’s Eve
Guest: Nadia Ismail, Pre-med Student at the University of Chicago
Guest: Marwa Abed, Majoring in Political Science and Islamic World Studies at DePaul University
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, December 28, 2009 Listen
Topic: Anniversary of the December 2008 Gaza Massacre
Guest: Dr. Hatem Bazian, Palestinian-American Academic at the University of California, Berkeley.
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, December 27, 2009 Listen
Topic: Highlights of 2009 Artist and Music
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, December 26, 2009 Listen
Topic: Health Care Reform
Guest: Dave Lindorff, Philadelphia-based journalist and columnist
Guest Quentin Young, National coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Program
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, December 25, 2009 Listen
Topic: Relocating Guantanamo
Guest: Captain Yusuf Yee, National Delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Graduate of West Point who served as the Muslim Chaplain for the U.S. Prison Camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, December 24, 2009 Listen
Topic: An Interview with Ahmed Kathrada
Guest: Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada,Veteran of the South African Liberation Struggle, Political Prisoner for 26 years on Robben Island and Pollsmoor Maximum Prison
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Listen
Topic: Peace Movement and War
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Guest: Dan Pearson, Co-Coordinator Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Host: Abdul Malik Muajhid
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 Listen
Topic: Homeland Insecurity
Guest: Louise Cainkar, Author of Homeland Insecurity Published by the Russell Sage Foundation
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, December 21, 2009 Listen
Topic: Anniversary of the December 2008 Gaza Massacre
Guest: Dr. Hatem Bazian, Palestinian-American Academic at the University of California, Berkeley.
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, December 20, 2009 Listen
Topic: Women Bold and Beautiful
Guest: Ms. Undastood, Hip Hop Muslim Female Artist
Guest: Nzinga Knight, Fashion Designer
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, December 19, 2009 Listen
Topic: Afghanistan: An Unjust War
Guest: Daniel Maguire, Professor of Moral Theological Ethics at Marquette University
Topic: Humanitarian Cost of the Gaza Massacre
Guest: Alison Weir, Executive Director of If Americans Knew
Host: Nada Shamah
Friday, December 18, 2009 Listen
Topic: U.S. Imperialism
Guest: David Swanson, Author of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, December 17, 2009 Listen
Topic: Hunger In The U.S.
Guest: Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director of Food First/The Institute for Food and Development Policy
Topic: Poverty And Unemployment Fuel The Conflict In Afghanistan
Guest: Shannon Scribner, Policy Advisor on Humanitarian Issues with Oxfam America
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Listen
Topic: Obama and Afghanistan
Guest: Anthony DiMaggio, Professor of American and Global Politics at Illinois State University Author of Mass Media, Mass Propaganda
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Listen
Topic: Parliament of the World's Religions Conference - Melbourne, Australia
Guest: Ndidi Okakpu, Assistant-to-the-Editor, Muslim Journal newspaper
Guest: Rev. Dr. Robert Cathey, Professor of theology, McCormick Theological Seminary
Guest: Precious Rasheeda Muhammad, Program Associate for Parliament of the World's Religions Conference
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, December 14, 2009 Listen
Topic: How to get a Job in Today's Economy
Guest: Lindsey Pollak, Author of Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, December 13, 2009 Listen
Topic: Women in Hip Hop and Healing for Self
Guest: Amina Ayo Norman Hawkins, Hip Hop Artist, Teacher, Organizer, Activist
Guest: Aleem Bey, Healer, Lecturer
Host: Jamilla Fridausee
Saturday, December 12, 2009 Listen
Topic: Pipelineistan
Guest: Pepe Escobar, Correspondent for Asia Times, Analyst for the Real News.
Host: Amir Haq and Nada Shamah
Friday, December 11, 2009 Listen
Topic: Understanding Islam Through the Virtual World
Guest: Joshua S. Fouts, Chief Global Strategist for Dancing Ink Productions.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, December 10, 2009 Listen
Topic: Eyewitness Account on the Recent Convoy to Gaza
Guest: Iman Boundaoui, Passenger on the Convoy
Guest: Thaer Ahmad, Passenger on the Convoy
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 Listen
Topic: Revolutionizing the World
Guest: Charles Barron, New York City Councilman, Former Black Panther
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 Listen
Topic: Beliefs and Realities on Iran
Guest: Vafa Jazemi Zergani, Iranian American
Guest: Juan R. I. Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, December 07, 2009 Listen
Topic: Blackwater: War Contractors
Guest: Dahr Jamail, Author of "The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, December 06, 2009 Listen
Topic: Making a Difference with Our Young
Guest: Kalonji Changa, Activist, Organizer, Lecturer, Radio Host
Guest: Lazette Mari, Founder of New World Girls Modeling and More
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, December 05, 2009 Listen
Topic: The Holy City of Mecca is Getting a Makeover
Guest: Ali Al-Ahmed, Saudi Scholar and Expert on Saudi Political, Institute for Gulf Affairs
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, December 04, 2009 Listen
Topic: Islam and the Use of Force or Violence By American Muslims
Guest: Mohammad Fadel Assistant Professor of Law University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Host: Kamran Memon
Thursday, December 03, 2009 Listen
Topic: Law on Torture
Guest: Christopher Pyle, Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College, Author of "Getting Away with Torture"
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Wednesday, December 02, 2009 Listen
Topic: Why Muslim Lawyers are urging Muslims not to talk to Officials unless an Attorney is present
Guest: Farhana Khera, Executive Director of Muslim Advocates and the National Association of Muslim Lawyers
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, December 01, 2009 Listen
Topic: The American Muslim Identity: Ups and Downs From Personal Experience
Guest: Hailey Woldt, Ibn Khaldun Research Fellow at American University and research associate at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University
Guest: Abdelnasser Rashid, Harvard University Undergraduate Student
Guest: Zarinah Nadir, Attorney
Guest: Sadia Ahmed, Program Associate, American Friends Services Committee
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, November 30, 2009 Listen
Topic: Taliban Tap Into Afghanistan's Roots
Guest: Brian M Downing, Political/Military Analyst, Author of The Military Revolution and Political Change
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Sunday, November 29, 2009 Listen
Topic: Through our Lens
Guest: Radcliffe Roye, Photographer, New Muslim Cool Photo Book
Guest Mustapa Davis, Film Maker, Film Entitled Deen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, November 28, 2009 Listen Host: Jenan Diab
Rebroadcast
Topic: Eid Programming
Firday, November 27, 2009 Listen Host: Jenan Diab
Rebroadcast
Topic: Eid Programming
Thursday, November 26, 2009 Listen Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Pilgrims, Indians, & Myths of the First Thanksgiving
Topic: Reducing Stress & Anxiety: Over the Holiday, and Always!
Guest: Edward Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Founder of the Global Healing Center
Topic: Turkey Tips from an Expert Chef!
Guest: Kocoa Scott-Winbush, Chef Consultant, author of "Cooking with Kocoa"
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Listen
Topic: Obama's Afghanistan Plan Could Be His "Fatal Mistake"
Guest: Jurgen Todenhofer, Recently in Iraq and Afghanistan, a former German Parliamentarian, Author of "Why Do You Kill? The Untold Story of the Iraqi Resistance”
Topic: Afghanistan and Pakistan
Guest: David Harris, Author and Journalist
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Listen
Topic: The Spirit of Eid
Guest: IFS Girl Scouts
Guest: Imam Senad Agic, Islamic Cultural Center of Greater Chicago in Northbrook, IL
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, November 23, 2009 Listen
Topic: $1 Trillion for War: What Could It Have Gotten?
Guest: Chris Wells, North American Spokesperson for New Humanism, World March for Peace and Nonviolence
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Sunday, November 22, 2009 Listen
Topic: Creative Souls with Words and Movement
Guest: Umm Juwayriyah Maryam, Author
Guest: Yiser Ra Hotep, Yoga Instructor
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, November 21, 2009 Listen
Topic: Obama Trapped Behind Wall of Mideast Containment
Guest: Ira Chernus, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, November 20, 2009 Listen
Topic: Hajj travels
Guest: Saqib Shafi, Future Hajji, President of Qabeelat Wasat, the Chicago Chapter of AlMaghrib Institute
Guest: Fahim Rafeek, CEO of HajjUSA, Hajj Provider Since 2002
Guest: Nura Maznavi, Counsel, Program to Combat Racial and Religious Profiling
Host: Janaan Hashim
Thursday, November 19, 2009 Listen
Topic: Hunger In The U.S.
Guest: Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director of Food First/The Institute for Food and Development Policy
Topic: Poverty And Unemployment Fuel The Conflict In Afghanistan
Guest: Shannon Scribner, Policy Advisor on Humanitarian Issues with Oxfam America
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Listen
Topic: Jain Religion
Topic: The World Parliament of Religions
Guest: Naresh Jain, member of the Board of Trustees/Directors of the Council for a Parliament of World’s Religions
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Listen
Topic: Staying Healthy and Fit During the Holidays
Guest: Toby Smithson, National Spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association
Guest: Dusten Nelson, President of Core Fitness Chicago
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, November 16, 2009 Listen
Topic: The GOP’s Accusations that CAIR is “Anti-Semitic”
Guest: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago
Topic: Viva Palestina Convoy
Guest: Fatima Mohammadi, Viva Palestina USA National Organizer
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Sunday, November 15, 2009 Listen
Topic: Through our Lens
Guest: Radcliffe Roye, Photographer, New Muslim Cool Photo Book
Guest: Mustapa Davis, Film Maker, Film Entitled Deen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, November 14, 2009 Listen
Topic: The Holy City of Mecca is Getting a Makeover
Guest: Ali Al-Ahmed, Saudi Scholar and Expert on Saudi Political, Institute for Gulf Affairs
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, November 13, 2009 Listen
Topic: Obama's Asia Trip Agenda
Guest: Joseph Gerson, Director of Programs for the American Friends Service
Topic: Iraqi Oil
Guest: James Paul, Executive Director of Global Policy Forum
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, November 12, 2009 Listen
Topic: Anniversary of Sikh Massacre in 1984
Guest: Mr. Kirpal Singh Nijher, World Sikh Council America Region Representative
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Listen
Topic: Fort Hood Shooting
Guest: Ibrahim Hooper, National Communications Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Guest: Dahr Jamail, Author of "The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Listen
Topic: Hajj travels
Guest: Saqib Shafi, Future Hajji, President of Qabeelat Wasat, the Chicago Chapter of AlMaghrib Institute
Guest: Fahim Rafeek, CEO of HajjUSA, Hajj Provider Since 2002
Guest: Nura Maznavi, Counsel, Program to Combat Racial and Religious Profiling
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, November 9, 2009 Listen
Topic: His Path in Studying the Quran and Islam in a Literary Context
Guest: Nouman Ali Khan, Founder and CEO of Bayyinah
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Sunday, November 8, 2009 Listen
Topic: Through our Lens
Guest: Radcliffe Roye, Photographer, New Muslim Cool Photo Book
Guest: Mustapa Davis, Film Maker, Film Entitled Deen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, November 7, 2009 Listen
Topic: Documentary on Today’s Afghanistan
Guest: Ian Olds, Director of Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, November 6, 2009 Listen
Topic: Two-Day Intensive Muslim-Non-Muslim Relations
Guest: Abdul Malik Mujahid, President of Sound Vision
Topic: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Recent Comments About Palestine and Israel
Guest: Phyllis Bennis, Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, November 5, 2009 Listen
Topic: Going To Hajj
Guest: Tuba Mujahid, Host for Radio Islam
Topic: Pakistan: Increase in Instances of Terrorism
Guest: Dan Pearson, Co-Coordinator Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Listen
Topic: Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago: CommUnity Dinner
Guest: Kiran Ansari, Executive Director of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Topic: Rifqa Bary and the Xenos Cult: Judge Limits her Phone Access
Guest: Davi Barker, SF Muslim Examiner
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Listen
Topic: 8 Tips on Making Elections Better
Guest: Rob Richi, Executive Director of FairVote, Co-author of "Every Vote Equal" and "Whose Votes Count."
Topic: Congress to Condemn Goldstone Report on Gaza?
Guest: Philip Rizk, Documentarian of "This Palestinian Life"
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, November 2, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: The Financo-State: Are You Ready for the Next Crisis?
Guest: Paul Craig Roberts, Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration
Topic: Life of a Political Prisoner
Guest: Khaled Muammer, Graduated from the University of Kentucky in Journalism, Father a Prisoner in Libya
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Sunday, November 1, 2009 Listen
Topic: Music with a Mission
Guest: Music from Independent Artist
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, October 31, 2009 Listen
Topic: Recent Claim by Four congressmen that Muslim interns are attempting to infiltrate the American Government. How should Muslims thinking about getting involved in politics react?
Guest: Suhail A. Khan, Fellow for Christian-Muslim Understanding at the Institute for Global Engagement
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, October 30, 2009 Listen
Topic: U.S. Imperialism
Guest: David Swanson, Author of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, October 29, 2009 Listen
Topic: A Woman Among Warlords
Guest: Malalai Joya, Author "A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Woman Who Dared to Speak Out," Youngest Woman Elected to the Afghan
Parliament in 2005
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: Images and Realities of Pakistan
Guest: Mark LeVine, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, Culture and Islamic Studies
Topic: Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Guest: Captain Yusuf Yee, National Delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Graduate of West Point who served as the Muslim Chaplain for the U.S. Prison Camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Listen
Topic: Acquiring Better Governance and Security: The Need for Letting Women Into Politics
Guest: Swanee Hunt, U.S. Ambassador 1993-1997, Director of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Chair of the Initiative for Inclusive Security
Guest: Dominique Soguel, Arabic Editor and Correspondent, Women's eNews
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, October 26, 2009 Listen
Topic: The Financo-State: Are You Ready for the Next Crisis?
Guest: Paul Craig Roberts, Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration
Topic: Life of a Political Prisoner
Guest: Khaled Muammer, Graduated from the University of Kentucky in Journalism, Father a Prisoner in Libya
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Sunday, October 25, 2009 Listen
Topic: Serving the Community
Guest: Rufus and Jenny Triplett, Founders of Dawah International LLC and Prison World Magazine
Guest: Riyaad "The Blackman" Quayuum, Founder of www.muslimheat.com
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, October 24, 2009 Listen
Topic: Going Bankrupt: Why the Debt Crisis Is Now the Greatest Threat to the American Republic
Guest: Pr. Chalmers Johnson, Author of "Blowback Trilogy, Nemesis"
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Friday, October 23, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Unveiled IslamicConcern.com: A Site Exploring Animal-friendly Alternatives
Guest: Hanif Akhtar, Volunteer for PETA
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Listen
Topic: Why Muslim Lawyers are urging Muslims not to talk to Officials unless an Attorney is present
Guest: Farhana Khera, Executive Director of Muslim Advocates and the National Association of Muslim Lawyers
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Listen
Topic: Beliefs and Realities on Iran
Guest: Vafa Jazemi Zergani, Iranian American
Guest: Juan R. I. Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, October 19, 2009 Listen
Topic: Students Stand Up at UofC against Olmert & Abbas and the Goldstone Report
Guest: Ali Abunimah, Writer and Commentator on Middle East and Arab-American Affairs, Executive Director of the Electronic Intifada
Guest: Sanah Yassin, Student at UIC in Political Science, Attendee at Ehud Olmert’s Speech at UofC
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, October 18, 2009 Listen
Topic: Inspired by the Creator with Our Creation
Guest: Dr. C. Siddha Weber, Natrapath Doctor, Mural Poet
Guest: Evin Marie Rayford, Play Writer, Founder of Black Noise Productions
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, October 17, 2009 This show is temporarily unavailable
Topic: Re-Broadcast
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, October 16, 2009 Listen
Topic: Veterans on Afghanistan
Guest: Mike Ferner, President of Veterans for Peace, Veteran of the Vietnam War
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, October 15, 2009 This show is temporarily unavailable
Topic: Re-broadcast
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Listen
Topic: World Parliament of Religions
Guest: Rev. Dr. William E. Lesher, Chair of the Board of Trustees of World Parliament of Religions
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Listen
Topic: Physican On Health Care
Guest: Dr. Paul Hochfeld, Emergency Room Physician, Good Samaritan Hospital, Corvallis, Oregon
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Monday, October 12, 2009 Listen
Topic: Recent Settler Attacks on Al-Aqsa Worshipers
Guest: Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, October 11, 2009 Listen
Topic: Being an Example for the Youth
Guest: Shawn Al' Sharieff, DJ
Guest: Yahsmin Mayaan Binti BoBo, Music Journalist, Activist
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, October 10, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: Protesting Ehud Olmert's Visit to University of Chicago
Guest: Maureen Clare Murphy, Managing Editor of The Electronic Intifada Website, Member of the Palestine Solidarity Group of Chicago
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, October 09, 2009 Listen
Topic: Evolution Theory and Islam
Guest: Abdul Matteen Rafiqi, Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago
Topic: Muslim Women Networking
Guest: Yvonne Maffei & Sadaf Khan, Falaha: Muslim Women Networking Event
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, October 08, 2009 Listen
Topic: The Renewal of the Patriot Act
Guest: Gilbert Mercier, French filmmaker, Photojournalist based, Co-Founders & Editors of News Junkie Post
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Listen
Topic: Domestic Violence Awareness
Guest: Dawn Dalton, Executive Director, Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network
Guest: Khalid Griggs,Imam Community Mosque of Winston, Salem, North Carolina
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Listen
Topic: $1 Trillion for War: What Could It Have Gotten?
Guest: Chris Wells, North American Spokesperson for New Humanism, World March for Peace and Nonviolence
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Monday, October 05, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: Another Year of War in Afghanistan
Guest: Medea Benjamin, Co-founder of the Women's Peace Group CODEPINK, Just back from Afghanistan
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, October 04, 2009 Listen
Topic: Independent Artist and Music
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, October 03, 2009 Listen
Topic: The Immigrant Experience: Assimilation and Acculturation
Guest: Naseer Ul-Haq, Indian Immigrant
Guest: Salman Ali Mirza, Indian Immigrant
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, October 02, 2009 Listen
Topic: Assassination of Ex-Prime Minister Bhutto
Guest: Junaid Ahmad, President of the U.S.-based National Muslim Law Students Association
Guest: Dr. Asraf Toor, Executive Director of Pakistan American National Alliance (PANA)
Host: Frederick Thaufeer al-Deen
Thursday, October 01, 2009 Listen
Topic: Gaddaf: Libya After 40 years
Guest: Mohamed Ali Abdullah, Current Deputy Secretary General of National Front for the Salvation of Libya
Guest: Khaled Muammer, Graduated from the University of Kentucky in Journalism
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Listen
Topic: Muslim Women Artwork
Guest: Sadaf Syed, Photographer, Author of Icover : A Day in the Life of an American Muslim COVERed Girl
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Listen
Topic: UN and Disarmament
Guest: Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director of the Western States Legal Foundation
Guest: Sam Husseini, Communications Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Monday, September 28, 2009 Listen
Topic: An Imam’s Journey in American Mosques
Guest: Sheikh Kifah Mustapha, Imam & Associate Director of Mosque Foundation Bridgeview
Guest: Sheikh Hussain Kamani, Imam of Islamic Center of Chicago
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, September 27, 2009 Listen
Topic: 30 Mosques in 30 Days and Slam Poetry
Guest: Bassam Tariq, Journey in Ramadan Visting 30 different Nosques in 30 days Along with Aman Ali
Guest: Omari "King Wise" Barksdale, Slam Poet, Activist and Author
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, September 26, 2009 Listen
Topic: Health Care: Republican/Democrat Debate
Guest: Igor Volsky, Health Care Researcher/Blogger for ThinkProgress.org and The Progress Report at the Center for American Progress Action Fund
Guest: Greg D’Angelo, Policy Analyst, Center for Health Policy Studies
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, September 25, 2009 Listen
Topic: Physican On Health Care
Guest: Dr. Paul Hochfeld, Emergency Room Physician, Good Samaritan Hospital, Corvallis, Oregon
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Thursday, September 24, 2009 This show is temporarily unavailable
Topic: UN and Disarmament
Guest: Sam Husseini, Communications Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy
Guest: Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director of the Western States Legal Foundation
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Listen
Topic: Muslim Democrats
Guest: Mehrunisa Qayyum, Interim Director of Muslim Democrat
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Listen
Topic: United Nations Report on Israel and the International Criminal Court
Guest: Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Monday, September 21, 2009 Listen
Topic: Eid Arts Evening Special
Host: Dawud Wharnsby Ali
Sunday, September 20, 2009 Listen
Topic: Eid Arts Evening Special
Host: Dawud Wharnsby Ali
Saturday, September 19, 2009 Listen
Topic: Health Care: Republican/Democrat Debate
Guest: Igor Volsky, Health Care Researcher/Blogger for ThinkProgress.org and The Progress Report at the Center for American Progress Action Fund
Guest: Greg D’Angelo, Policy Analyst, Center for Health Policy Studies
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, September 18, 2009 Listen
Topic: Time Management
Guest: Dr. Mohamad Chehade, Senior Consultant MLC Solutions, Inc.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, September 17, 2009 Listen
Topic: Homeland Insecurity
Guest: Louise Cainkar, Author Homeland Insecurity
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: Eid Preparation
Guest: Kiran Ansari, Editor of the Chicago Crescent
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Listen
Topic: The American Muslim Identity: Ups and Downs From Personal Experience
Guest: Hailey Woldt, Ibn Khaldun Research Fellow at American University and research associate at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University
Guest: Abdelnasser Rashid, Harvard University undergraduate student
Guest: Zarinah Nadir, Attorney
Guest: Sadia Ahmed, Program Associate, American Friends Services Committee
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, September 14, 2009 Listen
Topic: History of The Quran: Memorization, Collection, and Ramadan
Guest: Yasir Birjas, University of Madinah's College of Shariah, Imam at Orland Park Prayer Center
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Sunday, September 13, 2009 Listen
Topic: Tips for the Night of Power and Inspirational Music
Guest: Music by Various Artists
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, September 12, 2009 Listen
Topic:(re-broadcast) Facing Racism in Islam
Guest: Omar Mohammed, Imam of Masjib Al-Faatir
Host: Amir and Mohammed
Friday, September 11, 2009 Listen
Topic: 9/11
Guest: Valerie Lucznikowska, Sept 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Lost Her Nephew Adam P. Arias in the World Trade Towers on 9/11
Guest: Nancy Meyer, Sept 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Lost her Sister-In-Law of Lauren Grandcolas on United Flight 93
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Thursday, September 10, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: Iraq Violence and Occupation
Guest: Chris Hedges, Senior Fellow at The Nation Institute, Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and the Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 This show is currently unavailable
Topic: American Ramdan: The Stories of Muslim Americans and Their Struggle This Month
Guest: Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Visiting Professor of Law
Guest: American Muslims in the Chicagoland Area
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Listen
Topic: Torture
Guest: Glenn Greenwald, Author of "How Would a Patriot Act?"
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Monday, September 7, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: Rifqa Bary and the Xenos Cult
Guest: Davi Barker, SF Muslim Examiner
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, September 6, 2009 Listen
Topic: Benefits of the Holy Month
Guest: Shawntell Muhammad, Natural Health Coach, Journalist
Guest: Zin, Emcee, Radio Host, Activist
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, September 5, 2009 Listen
Topic: Iraq in Hell
Guest: Michael Schwartz, Author of War Without End: The Iraq War in Context, Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook State University
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Friday, September 4, 2009 Listen
Topic: Unemployment Rates and the Politics of Numbers
Guest: Max Wolff, An Instructor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School University
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Thursday, September 3, 2009 Listen
Topic: Creative Productions: Producing and Publishing Radio
Guest: Samantha Broun, Latecomer to Radio, Manages the Website for Transom.org
Guest: Lloyd Brodnax King, Content Director for Vocalo.org
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 Listen
Topic: Afghanistan After Elections
Guest: Jake Diliberto, Founding Member of Vets for Rethinking Afghanistan
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Listen
Topic: Netanyahu's Recent Trip to Europe
Guest: Professor Francis Boyle, Scholar in International Law and Human Right, University of Illinois College of Law
Topic: Muslim Civil Right
Guest: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago
Host: Thaer Ahmed
Monday, August 31, 2009 Listen
Topic: Memories of Edward Kennedy
Guest: Atif Harden, Former Staff Member for Edward Kennedy
Host: Abul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, August 30, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: Muslim Convention
Guest: Ndidi Okakpu, Journalist for Muslim Journal
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, August 29, 2009 Listen
Topic: Documentary on Today’s Afghanistan
Guest: Ian Olds, Director of Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, August 28, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: Memories of Edward Kennedy
Guest: Atif Harden, Former Staff Member for Edward Kennedy
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Thursday, August 27, 2009 Listen
Topic: Civil Rights Protections for our Children: The Case of Shaquanda Cotton and the Disgraced Juvenile System of Texas
Guest: Brian Muhammad, Civil Rights Attorney and Activist
Guest: Creola Cotton, Mother and Civil Rights Activist
Guest: Brenda Cherry, Activist, President of Concerned Citizens for Racial Equality
Host: Frederick Al-Deen (re-broadcast)
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Listen
Topic: Media Coverage of the Healthcare Debate
Guest: Isabel Macdonald, Macdonald is Communications Director with FAIR
Host: Imran Husain
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Listen
Topic: Back to School and Back to Ramadan
Guest: Khalida Baste, Principal at Aqsa School
Guest: Hanan Abdallah, Principal at Universal School
Guest: Kiran Ansari, Editor of the Chicago Crescent
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Monday, August 24, 2009 Listen
Topic: Researching the Muslim/Arab Communities
Guest: Ahmed Al-Ashqar, Senior at UIC majoring in English
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, August 23, 2009 This Show is Unavailable
Topic: Artistic Creation in Ramadan
Guest: DJ Mecca, Artist
Guest: Kafale Fashions, Clothing Line Creator
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, August 22, 2009 Listen
Topic: Entrepreneurship
Guest: Ayesha Akhter, Mosaic Soap Bakery
Guest: Patrick Murphy, Assistant Professor and a Member of DePaul University's Entrepreneurship Faculty.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Friday, August 21, 2009 Listen
Topic: Back to School and Back to Ramadan
Guest: Khalida Baste, Principal at Aqsa School
Guest: Hanan Abdallah, Principal at Universal School
Guest: Kiran Ansari, Editor of the Chicago Crescent
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Thursday, August 20, 2009 Listen
Topic: Ramadan the Spiritual Benefits to the Body and Soul
Guest: Inamul Haq, Expertise in Islamic Theology, Qur’anic Studies, International Educational Background, and Interreligious Professional Experience
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Listen
Topic: Entrepreneurship
Guest: Ayesha Akhter, Mosaic Soap Bakery
Guest: Patrick Murphy, Assistant Professor and a Member of DePaul University's Entrepreneurship Faculty.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 Listen
Topic: U.S. Bases in the World
Guest: Chalmers Johnson, Chairman of the Center for Chinese Studies and of the Department of Political Science at Berkeley, Author of The Sorrows of Empire
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Monday, August 17, 2009 Listen
Topic: Ramadan in School, Work, and Everyday Environment
Guest: Samana Siddiqui, Content Manager for Sound Vision
Guest: Amina Saeed, Illinois Attorney in Private Practice, President of the Muslim Bar Association
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, August 16, 2009 Listen
Topic: Multi-Tasking Mothers
Guest: Yavonka Muhammed, Poet, Hip-Hop Artist, Home School Mother
Guest: Fanta Celah, Jewelry Designer, Vocalist, Painter
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, August 15, 2009 Listen
Topic: Revolutionizing the World
Guest: Charles Barron, New York City Councilman, Former Black Panther
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Friday, August 14, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: Miracle Invention in Clear Water
Guest: Bud Foltz, Spokesperson for Lifesaver Systems
Topic: Ramadan Readings
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, August 13, 2009 Listen
Topic: Young Muslim Americans: Life Beyond Your Islamic Environment
Guest: Amal Ali, Youth Organizer Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Guest: Basil Ali, B.A. in Biology and Political Science Benedictine University (BU), Vice President of Muslim Student Association at BU
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Listen
Host: Imran Husain
Topic: My Halal Kitchen
Guest: Yvonne Maffei, Founder of My Halal Kitchen
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Listen
Topic: Muslims and a Safe America
Guest: Sameer Ahmed, Yale Law School National Litigation Project, JD Candidate
Guest: Kamran Memon, Esq., Founder and Director, Muslims for a Safe America
Guest: Dr. Husain, Director of Muslim Educational and Cultural Center of America, Willowbook
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, August 10, 2009 Listen
Topic: American Ramadan at the University
Guest: Elharith Elsiddig, President of CAIR-UIUC, President of the MSA-UIUC
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, August 9, 2009 Listen
Topic: Expanding Culture
Guest: Shawn Ali Al' Sharrieff aka DJ Mecca, Dj and Producer
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, August 8, 2009 Listen
Topic: Dialogue in Islam
Guest: Sayed Ammar Nakshawani, M.A. in Islamic Studies
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, August 7, 2009 Listen
Topic: Entrepreneurship
Guest: Ayesha Akhter, Mosaic Soap Bakery
Guest: Patrick Murphy, Assistant Professor and a Member of DePaul University's Entrepreneurship Faculty.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, August 6, 2009 This Show is Unavailable
Topic: Updates on Afghanistan
Guest: Dr. Gareth Porter, Historian and Journalist Specializing in U.S. National Security Policy
Guest: Sonali Kolhatkar, Host and Producer of Uprising, Co-Director of Afghan Women's Mission
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Listen
Topic: Microfinance in a World Recession
Guest: Camilla Nestor, VP Microfinance- Grameen Foundation
Guest: Anne Hastings, Executive Director of Bank Fonkoze, Haiti
Co-Host: Janaan Hashim and Carli Pierson
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 Listen
Topic: Homeland Insecurity
Guest: Louise Cainkar, Author Homeland Insecurity
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Monday, August 3, 2009 Listen
Topic: Revolutionizing the World
Guest: Charles Barron, New York City Councilman, Former Black Panther
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, August 2, 2009 This Show is Unavailable
Topic: The Art of Storytelling
Guest: Progress Theatre, Performance Group
Guest: Niambi Muhammad, Storyteller, Poet
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, August 1, 2009 This Show is Unavailable
Topic: Youngest Chaplain in NY's History
Guest: Khalid Latif, Executive Director and Chaplain (Imam) for the Islamic Center at New York University
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, July 31, 2009 Listen
Topic: Minimum Wage Raise
Guest: Holly Sklar, Co-author of the Report "Raise the Minimum Wage to $10 in 2010" and the Book "Raise The Floor: Wages and Policies That Work For All Of Us"
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, July 30, 2009 Listen
Topic: Iraq: Myth and Reality
Guest: James Paul, Executive Director of Global Policy Forum
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Listen
Topic: An Interview with Ahmed Kathrada
Guest: Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, Veteran of the South African Liberation Struggle, Political Prisoner for 26 years on Robben Island and Pollsmoor Maximum Prison
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Listen
Topic: Preventing Cancer by Healthy Living
Guest: Kate Wolin, Sc.D., Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, co-author of newly released study in British Journal of Cancer, Physical Activity and Colon Cancer Prevention: A Meta-analysis
Guest: Timothy J. Moynihan, M.D., Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, July 27, 2009 Listen
Topic: An Imam’s Journey in American Mosques
Guest: Sheikh Kifah Mustapha, Imam & Associate Director of Mosque Foundation Bridgeview
Guest: Sheikh Hussain Kamani, Imam of Islamic Center of Chicago
Host: Thaer Ahmad
Sunday, July 26, 2009 Listen
Topic: Creating Careers from Natural Talents
Guest: Yvonne Shai Hawkins, Wholistic Health Organizer
Guest: Yaw, Chicago Singer, Appeared on a VH1 Special
Host: Jamilla firdausee
Saturday, July 25, 2009 Listen
Topic: Imprisoning Immigrants for Profit
Guest: Tom Barry, Directs the TransBorder Project of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC.
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, July 24, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: The Need for Mass Transit
Guest: Anise Jenkins, President of the Stand Up! For Democracy in D.C. Coalition (Free D.C.)
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, July 23, 2009 Listen
Topic: Eyewitness Account on the Recent Convoy to Gaza
Guest: Iman Boundaoui, Passenger on the Convoy
Guest: Thaer Ahmad, Passenger on the Convoy
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Listen
Topic: Time Management
Guest: Dr. Mohamad Chehade, Senior Consultant MLC Solutions, Inc.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 This Show is Unavailable
Topic: The Current Situation in Somalia
Guest: David Whitehouse, Book Review Editor for the International Socialist Review, Regular Contributor to the ISR on Asia and Africa
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Monday, July 20, 2009 Listen
Topic: Growing up Muslim in a Hebrew School
Guest: Zeba Khan, Muslim American who Attended Hebrew Academy of Toledo, Advocate for Muslim-American Civic Engagement, Founder of Muslim-Americans for Obama
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, July 19, 2009 This Show is Unavailable
Topic: Family Values Through Music
Guest: Floyd Boykin Jr., Poet, Author
Topic: Travelling Hip Hop School
Guest: Mr. Shakur, Founder of True School University
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, July 18, 2009 Listen
Topic: Health Care Reform
Guest: Dave Lindorff, Philadelphia-based journalist and columnist
Guest: Quentin Young, National coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Program
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, July 17, 2009 Listen
Topic: Hopeless Economy?
Guest: Paul Craig Roberts, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Thursday, July 16, 2009 Listen
Topic: Law on Torture
Guest: Christopher Pyle, Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College, Author of "Getting Away with Torture,"
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 This show is unavailable
Topic: "America Was Not Born as a Colonial Power."
Guest: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Author of the Forthcoming Books "Home of the Brave" and "Myth and Empire: Indigenous History of the United States."
Host: Imran Husain
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Listen
Topic: Integrating Muslims
Guest: Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Monday, July 13, 2009 Listen
Topic: Facing Bigotry
Guest: Samana Siddiqui, Content Manager for Sound Vision
Guest: Dona J. Stewart, Assistant Professor of Geography and Associate Director of the Center for Middle East Peace, Culture and Development at Georgia State University
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, July 12, 2009 This Show is Unavailable
Topic: Independent Artistry
Guest: Ang13, Hip Hop Artist
Guest: NoTry Do, Artist, Host, Entrepreneur
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, July 11, 2009 Listen
Topic: $96 Billion More for War
Guest: Jo Comerford, Executive Director of the National Priorities Project
Topic: The Road Out of Iraq
Guest: Brian M. Downing, Author of The Military Revolution and Political Change
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, July 10, 2009 This Show is Unavailable
Topic: Why People Make Decisions
Guest: Dan Ariely, Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, July 9, 2009 Listen
Topic: Perspectives on the U.S. Olympics Bid for Chicago
Guest: Kurt Summers, Chief of Staff to the President of Chicago 2016
Guest: Bob Quellos, Writer for Socialist Worker, Organizer for No Games Chicago
Topic: Olympics in Chicago: How Muslim Community Can Get Involved
Guest: Junaid Afeef, Executive Director of Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Listen
Topic: Violence in China
Guest: Nury Turkel, Uyghur American Association
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Listen
Topic: Religious Freedom in the U.S. Military
Guest: Michael Weinstein, President and Founder of Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Monday, July 6, 2009 Listen
Topic: Conflict in Pakistan: Pakistani Physicians Perspective
Guest: Dr. Mohammed Iqbal Khalil, Director of Razi Institute of Medical Sciences
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, July 5, 2009 Listen
Topic: Creating for the Children
Guest: Brother G, Author of Book Series "Shades of Memnon"
Guest: Isa and Aaron Cooper, Founders of Arc 360 Records
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, July 4, 2009 Listen
Topic: Torture: An American Legacy
Guest: Carl Boggs, Author of “The Hollywood War Machine,” “Imperial Delusions: American Militarism and Endless War”
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, July 3, 2009 Listen
Topic: Independence Day Recitations
Topic: U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq: Looking Ahead
Guest: Raed Jarrar, Iraqi blogger
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Thursday, July 2, 2009 Listen
Topic: Young Muslim Americans: Life Beyond Your Islamic Environment
Guest: Amal Ali, Youth Organizer Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Guest: Basil Ali, B.A. in Biology and Political Science Benedictine University (BU), Vice President of Muslim Student Association at BU
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Topic: Re-boardcast
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Listen
Topic: Eyewitness Account of Pakistan’s 3 Million Refugees
Guest: Dan Pearson, Co-Coordinator Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Monday, June 29, 2009 Listen
Topic: How to get a Job in Today's Economy
Guest: Lindsey Pollak, Author of Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, June 28, 2009 Listen
Topic: Live on Location with Real Hip Hop
Guest: Mike-E, Poet, Emcee, Musician, Activist
Guest: Lewis Taylor, Graffiti Artist
Guest: Keenan H., Graphic Designer, Multi-Media Specialist
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, June 27, 2009 Listen
Topic: Torture: An American Legacy
Guest: Carl Boggs, Author of “The Hollywood War Machine,” “Imperial Delusions: American Militarism and Endless War”
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, June 26, 2009 Listen
Topic: General Strike: Possible in Iran? In the U.S.?
Guest: Bill Fletcher, Co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal and Author of “Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice."
Guest: Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Thursday, June 25, 2009 Listen
Topic: Fighting the Muslim Civil Rights Cases: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Case, The Holy Land case, The Six Imams Case
Guest: Khalil Meek, President of the Muslim Legal Fund of America
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Listen
Topic: An In-Depth Look at Christian Evangelicalism & Christian Zionism
Guest: John Hubers, webmaster of a website challenging Christian Zionism
Guest: Abu Talib Khan, Convert to Islam & Former Christian Evangelical
Guest: Rabbi Haim Beliak, Co-Director of Jews On First
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Listen
Topic: Pre-Marriage Counseling: Key to a Healthy Marriage
Guest: Fatima Mirza, Pre-marital Counseling Recipient
Guest: Sh. Kifah Mustapha, Imam, Mosque Foundation
Guest: Aneesah Nadir, Ph.D., President, Islamic Social Services Assn., USA
Host: Janaan Hashim
Monday, June 22, 2009 Listen
Topic: Viva Palestina
Guest: George Galloway, Member of Parliament Great Britain
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, June 21, 2009 Listen
Topic: PBS Debut of “New Muslim Cool” and Stop the Violence Tour
Guest: Kauthar Umar, Photographer, Journalist, Co-Producer of "New Muslim Cool"
Guest: JahJah Shakur, National Executive to KRS1
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Saturday, June 20, 2009 Listen
Topic: Zabiha Meat: What You Want to Know
Guest: Qaid Hassan, Taqwa Eco-Foods, Membership Coordinator
Guest: Yasir Syeed, Co-Founder of Green Zabiha
Host: Amir Haq
Friday, June 19, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Hijabi Fashions for the Summer
Guest: Sadia Satta, Co-Founder of Islamic Outfitters
Guest: Meha Ahmad, B.A. in Journalism from Columbia College Chicago
Thursday, June 18, 2009 Listen
Topic: Young Muslim Americans: Life Beyond Your Islamic Environment
Guest: Amal Ali, Youth Organizer Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Guest: Basil Ali, B.A. in Biology and Political Science Benedictine University (BU), Vice President of Muslim Student Association at BU
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Listen
Topic: A Rabbi’s Stand in Support of Palestinian Rights
Guest: Rabbi Brant Rosen, Rabbi of Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston IL
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Listen
Topic: Where are we with Iran?
Guest: William Beeman, Author of The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs": How the United States and Iran Demonize Each Other
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Monday, June 15, 2009 Listen
Topic: Obama’s Approach to Palestine
Guest: Dr. Noam Chomsky, Author of Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance and 9-11
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sunday, June 14, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: "New Muslim Cool"
Guest: Hamza Jason Perez, Featured Artist in the Film
Saturday, June 13, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Afghanistan
Guest: Jacob Diliberto, Founding Member of Vets for Rethinking Afghanistan
Topic: International Monetary Fund
Guest: Robert Naiman, Policy Director and National Coordinator at Just Foreign Policy
Friday, June 12, 2009 This show is unavailable
Host: Ahmed Aduib
Topic: Obama Violating the Constitution on his Plan for Detainees in Guantanamo
Guest: Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights
Topic: Where are we with Iran?
Guest: William Beeman, Author of The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs": How the United States and Iran Demonize Each Other
Thursday, June 11, 2009 This show is unavailable
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Holocaust Museum Shooting
Guest: David Neiwert, Author of "The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right"
Guest: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of the Chicago Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Listen
Host: Imran Husain
Topic: My Halal Kitchen
Guest: Yvonne Maffei, Founder of My Halal Kitchen
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Peace Movement and Obama's Hope for Palestine
Guest: David Hosey, National Media Coordinator of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Monday, June 8, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Where are the Cars Going?
Guest: Eric C. Cahill, Senior Director of Progressive Automotive X PRIZE
Sunday, June 7, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: International Influences in the Arts
Guest: Jessica Care Moore, International poet, Writer and CEO of Moore Black Press Publishing Co.
Guest: Amina Waheed, Arts and Culture Coordinator for IMAN
Saturday, June 6, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Imprisoning Immigrants for Profit
Guest: Tom Barry, Directs the TransBorder Project of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC.
Friday, June 5, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Hijabi Fashions for the Summer
Guest: Sadia Satta, Co-Founder of Islamic Outfitters
Guest: Meha Ahmad, B.A. in Journalism from Columbia College Chicago
Thursday, June 4, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Obama’s Speech in Cairo
Guest: Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director of Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
Guest: Radwan A. Masmoudi, Founder and President of the Center of the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID)
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Downfall of the Economy: Food Stamp Usage Increasing 15% and the Indicators of Unemployment, Hunger and Homelessness in Chicago Metropolitan
Guest: James H. Lewis, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer for The Chicago Community Trust
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Listen
Co-Host: Janaan Hashim and Carli Pierson
Topic: Microfinance in a World Recession
Guest: Camilla Nestor, VP Microfinance- Grameen Foundation
Guest: Anne Hastings, Executive Director of Bank Fonkoze, Haiti
Monday, June 1, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Reforming Illinois Politics
Guest: John Laesch, Military Veteran who served as an Intelligence Analyst in the Middle East, Candidate for 14th Congressional District in Illinois
Sunday, May 31, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Young Leaders and What Music Influences Them
Guest: Muhammad Everett, Poet, Activist
Saturday, May 30, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Zabiha Meat: What You Want to Know
Guest: Qaid Hassan, Taqwa Eco-Foods, Membership Coordinator
Guest: Yasir Syeed, Co-Founder of Green Zabiha
Friday, May 29, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Toxic Chemicals in Cosmetics and Green Cosmetics
Guest: Sean Gray, Senior Analyst for Environmental Working Group (EWG)
Thursday, May 28, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: An Interview with Ahmed Kathrada
Guest: Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada,Veteran of the South African Liberation Struggle, Political Prisoner for 26 years on Robben Island and Pollsmoor Maximum Prison
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Summertime Healthy Living
Guest: Hannah El-Amin, Registered Dietitian, Licensed Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator
Guest: Colleen Lammel-Harmon, Registered Dietitian, Executive Director, Mayor’s Fitness Council
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Interfaith Work to Better Humanity
Guest: Hakan Berberoglu, Asst. Director, Niagara Foundation
Guest: Gregory Pierce, Leader, United Power for Action and Justice
Guest: Fatema Haji-Taki, Civil Liberties Program Assoc., Unitarian-Universalist Services Cmte
Monday, May 25, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: What’s Wrong with the Taliban?
Guest: Dr. Muhammad Shafiq, Executive Director of the Center for Interfaith Studies, Dialogue (CISD), Professor of Islamic and Religious Studies at Nazareth College
Sunday, May 24, 2009 This Show is Unavailable
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Over 30 years of History: Music and Culture in Chicago
Guest: Kelan Phil Cohran, Legendary Musician
Guest: Maggie Brown, Chicago Jazz legend, Daughter of Oscar Brown Jr.
Friday, May 22, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Toxic Chemicals in Cosmetics and Green Cosmetics
Guest: Sean Gray, Senior Analyst for Environmental Working Group (EWG)
Thursday, May 21, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: War and Peace in Afghanistan
Guest: Dr. Toor, Chairman of Pakistan American Nation Alliance, President of Pakistan American Democratic Forum
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Guest: Dan Pearson, Co-Coordinator Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Listen
Host: Imran Husain
Topic: Muslim Voting Bloc
Guest: Safiya Ghori-Ahmad, Government Relations Director for Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
Topic: Obama Administration Engagement in the Muslim Community
Guest: Haris Tarin, Director of Community Development for MPAC
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 This show is unavailable
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Where is Islam's Loving Mercy in Today's World?
Guest: Mokhtar Maghraoui, PhD, Resident Scholar, Islamic Center of Boca Raton and Lead Scholar, Annual Purification of the Soul Retreat
Monday, May 18, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Civil Liberties
Guest: Lynne Stewart, Attorney Wrongly Convicted on Terror Charges
Sunday, May 17, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firadusee
Topic: Being a Role Model to the Youth
Guest: Tiffany Suriah Harmon Sha'ir, Vice President of Hip Hop Congress in Cincinnati, Ohio
Topic: Building a Community with Faith
Guest: Hakiym Sha'ir, President of the Hip Hop Congress, Poet and Community Leader
Guest: Muhammad Everette, Activist and Poet
Saturday, May 16, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: $96 Billion More for War
Guest: Jo Comerford, Executive Director of the National Priorities Project
Topic: The Road Out of Iraq
Guest: Brian M. Downing, Author of The Military Revolution and Political Change
Friday, May 15, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: How Torture Facilitated Invasion
Guest: Benjamin Davis, Professor of Law at the University of Toledo College of Law
Thursday, May 14, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: US Wars and the US Budget
Guest: Paul Craig Roberts, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration, Co-author of "The Tyranny of Good Intentions."
Topic: Rethink Afghanistan Project
Guest: Robert Greenwald, President of Brave New Foundation, Political Activist, Director/Producer of the Documentary "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers"
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 This show is unavailable
Host: Suzanne Akhras
Topic: Empowering Women
Guest: Sammer Ghouleh, Founder and President of Spirit Magazine
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Empowerment: Your Rights, Exercising Them, and Muslim Lobby Day
Guest: Akil Vorha, Director, Muslim Charity Works Campaign, Muslim Advocates
Guest: Delila Benameur, Chairperson, Board of Directors, Mosque Foundation Community Center
Guest: Nia Hasan, Sr. Policy Analyst, Illinois State Senate
Monday, May 11, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Drones
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Sunday, May 10, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Arts and Entertainment
Guest: Aisha Durr, Sound Right and Indigo
Guest: Asad Jafri aka DJ Man-o-Wax, Art and Culture Coordinator for IMAN
Saturday, May 9, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Prosecution of Bush Administration Officials
Guest: David Swanson, Author of the Upcoming Book "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union."
Friday, May 8, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Going into Gaza by Boat and American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC): Charges Against Two Former Officials of AIPAC
Guest: Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the Peace Group CodePink
Topic: Doctors Arrested at Senate "Roundtable" on Healthcare
Guest: Margaret Flowers, M.D., Co-Chair of the Maryland Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program
Thursday, May 7, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Center for Neighborhood Technology: Promoting More Livable and Sustainable Urban Communities
Guest: Stephen A. Perkins, Ph.D., Senior Vice President at Center for Neighborhood Technology
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Graduation Day: What Are the Do’s and Don’ts?
Guest: Hanan Abdallah, M.Ed., Assistant Principal at Universal School
Guest: Anna Post, Emily Post’s Great-Great-Granddaughter and an Author and Spokesperson for The Emily Post Institute
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Al Nakba, the Catastrophe, 61 Years Later
Guest: Amani Ghouleh, Publisher, The Arab Horizon
Guest: Mahmoud Salah, born in the village of Sar'a, Palestine in 1932, he was 16 years old when he witnessed firsthand the Nakba
Guest: Kristin Szremski, Director of Media and Communications for the American Muslims for Palestine
Monday, May 4, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Academic Freedom of Speech, Torture, and War on Immigrants
Guest: Dave Lindorff, Philadelphia-based Journalist and Columnist, Author of “The Case for Impeachment”
Sunday, May 3, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Tribute to Sound
Guest: Tyson Amir, TKASH, Stacy Epps, Soulflower, Yassir Chadley, Ms. Undastood
Topic: A Youth and Her Influences in Music and Staying Positive
Guest: Maryam Mohammed, 11 year old Actress and Writer
Saturday, May 2, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Adam Ghazi
Topic: Hang Up on Motorola Campaign
Guest: Katherine Fuchs, National Organizer for the the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Topic: Stop U.S. Aid to Israel
Guest: Josh Ruebner, National Advocacy Director of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Friday, May 01, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Barbie: Shaping Girls Minds?
Guest: Lisa Pecot-Hebert, Professor of Communications at DePaul University
Thursday, April 30, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: India and Pakistan Relations, the Afghan Conflict, and the Water despite Between Two Nuclear Powers
Guest: M. Reza Pirbhai, Assistant Professor of South Asian History at Louisiana State University
Guest: Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Executive Director, Kashmiri American Council/Kashmir Center
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Stuck at the Border: Improving Border Crossings for American Muslim Travelers
Guests: Zacariya Reed, Firefighter, Toledo Fire Department, 20-year former member of the National Guard, Gulf War veteran, and victim of unending government scrutiny when travelling to Canada
Guest: Shahid Buttar, Legal Counsel, Muslim Advocates, Program to Combat Racial & Religious Profiling
Guest: Lee Tien, Sr. Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Using Volunteer Internships to Increase Hiring Potential
Guest: Marthe T. Druska, Senior Associate Director, Employer Relations & Development, Career Advising & Planning Services, University of Chicago
Guest: Angela Adams, Senior HR Specialist, The Management Association of Illinois
Guest: Gerald Hankerson, Outreach Coordinator, CAIR-Chicago
Monday, April 27, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Addressing American Muslim Concerns with the Obama Administration as They Relate to the Palestinian/Israeli Issue
Guest: Nadia Hijab, Senior Fellow at the DC-based Institute for Palestine Studies
Sunday, April 26, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Pure Art From the Soul From Around the Globe
Guest: Khari Lemuel, Composer, Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Guest: Ms Latifah, Poet, Rapper, Singer
Guest: Poetic Pilgrimage, Duo Rap Group From the UK
Saturday, April 25, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Environmental Issues: Islam and the Ecology
Guest: Hamid Mavani, Ph.D., McGill University, Institute of Islamic Studies
Friday, April 24, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Earth Day: Go Green!
Guest: Sean Miller, Director of Education at Earth Day Network
Thursday, April 23, 2009 Listen
Host: Humaira Basith
Topic: Toward a Green Economy
Guest: Kevin Danaher, Executive Director of Global Exchange
Topic: Auto Bailout
Guest: Mark Brenner, Director of Labor Notes, an Independent Periodical on Labor Based in Detroit
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Today’s Economy: Where are We?
Guest: Arun Gupta, Editor of The Indypendent Newspaper in New York City Focusing on Economics
Topic: How are Food Banks Doing During this Economic Downfall?
Guest: Bob Dolgan, Director of Communications for the Greater Chicago Food Depository
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Listen
Host: Suzanne Akhras
Topic: Helping our Communities Through Local Organizations
Guest: Itedal Shalabi, Executive Director, Arab American Family Services
Guest: Nareman Taha, Executive Director, Arab American Family Services
Monday, April 20, 2009 Listen
Host: (Re-Broadcast) Fredrick al-Deen
Topic: The Demographics, Experiences and Needs of America's Ex-POWs
Guest: Thomas Miller, Assistant Director, The Missouri POW Oral History Project
Guest: Lawrence R Mayes, Reviewer of Several Books on America's Prisoners of War (POWs)
Sunday, April 19, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Women in the Arts –This Month’s Community Café
Guest: Poetic Pilgrimage, London Hip-Hop Artist and Poets
Guest: Sound Right, Chicago's Rhythmic Ensemble
Saturday, April 18, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Adam Ghazi
Topic: Headlines
Friday, April 17, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Taxes Going to Military Spending
Guest: Carol Kiger Allen, Retired Economist, on the board of the Coalition for Peace Action & Peace Action Education Fund in New Jersey
Thursday, April 16, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Obama's Afghanistan Plan Could Be His "Fatal Mistake"
Guest: Jurgen Todenhofer, Recently in Iraq and Afghanistan, a former German Parliamentarian, Author of "Why Do You Kill? The Untold Story of the Iraqi Resistance”
Topic: Afghanistan and Pakistan
Guest: David Harris, Author and Journalist
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Starting a Small Business in Today’s Economy
Guest: Abed Bengali, Businessman
Guest: Stephen Konkle, Economic Development Specialist
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Minority Media and Shaping a Collective Identity
Guest: Ayesha K. Mustaphaa, Editor-in-Chief, Muslim Journal
Guest: Amani Ghouleh, Editor-in-Chief, Arab Horizons
Monday, April 13, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Growing up Muslim in a Hebrew School
Guest: Zeba Khan, Muslim American who Attended Hebrew Academy of Toledo, Advocate for Muslim-American Civic Engagement, Founder of Muslim-Americans for Obama
Sunday, April 12, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Celebrating National Poetry Month
Guest: Deana Deen, Chicago Poet, Author, Activist
Guest: Evin Rayford, Poet, Playwright, Director, Musician
Saturday, April 11, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: The Power of Branding in the Obama Campaign
Guest: Patt Cottingham, Brand Communication Strategist
Topic: Obama in Iraq - Military Spending - Drone Attack Protests
Guest: Adam Kokesh, Iraq War Veteran and a Member of the Board of Iraq Veterans Against the War
Friday, April 10, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Understanding Islam Through the Virtual World
Guest: Joshua S. Fouts, Chief Global Strategist for Dancing Ink Productions.
Thursday, April 9, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Obama's Afghanistan Plan Could Be His "Fatal Mistake"
Guest: Jurgen Todenhofer, Recently in Iraq and Afghanistan, a former German Parliamentarian, Author of "Why Do You Kill? The Untold Story of the Iraqi Resistance”
Topic: Afghanistan and Pakistan
Guest: David Harris, Author and Journalist
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Understanding Passover with a Contemporary Application
Guest: Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Congregation Nahalat Shalom, Albuquerque
Guest: Jaw-Dropping Headlines: From Returning a $358,000 Endorsed Cashiers Check to Cleaning With Gasoline While Smoking
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Summertime Fun and Youth
Guest: Amira Daoud, Counselor Mosque Foundation Community Center
Guest: Lena Tleib, Youth Activist, Muslim Youth Sports Camps
Guest: Kiran Ansari, Editor, Chicago Crescent
Monday, April 6, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Obama Next Steps
Topic: Palestine
Guest: Jim Wall, Contributing Editor for Christian Century Magazine
Guest: Connie Baker, Greater Chicago Caucus
Sunday, April 5, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Spring Cleaning and Healing
Guest: Rita Stewart, Life Coach
Guest: Dr. Aya Posey, Naturopathic
Saturday, April 4, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Adam Ghazi
Topic: Being a Minority on a TV Show
Guest: Sonal Shah, Dr. Sunny Dey from Scrubs
Topic: New Movie Premiere Karma Calling
Guest: Kavi Ladnier, Karma Calling
Guest: Samrat Chakrabarti, Karma Calling
Friday, April 3, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Stuck at the Border: Improving Border Crossings for American Muslim Travelers
Guest: Zacariya Reed, Firefighter, Toledo Fire Department, 20-year former member of the National Guard, Gulf War veteran, and victim of unending government scrutiny when travelling to Canada
Guest: Shahid Buttar, Legal Counsel, Muslim Advocates, Program to Combat Racial & Religious Profiling
Host: Julia Salameh
Topic: Growing Role of the Muslim Community in Local Issues
Guest: Maher Abdelhaq, Representing the Mosque Foundation
Thursday, April 2, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: State of Muslim Websites
Guest: Mohammed Aleem, the CEO of Islamicity.com
Topic: Web Marketing
Guest: Dr. Ralph Wilson, Editor, Internet Marketing Expert
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Listen
Host: Imran Husain
Topic: NCAA Final Four: Michigan State
Guest: Monica Conyers, Detroit City Council President
Topic: Globalization from Below
Guest: Jeremy Brecher, Co-founder of Global Labor Strategies
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Acquiring Better Governance and Security: The Need for Letting Women Into Politics
Guest: Swanee Hunt, U.S. Ambassador 1993-1997, Director of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Chair of the Initiative for Inclusive Security
Guest: Dominique Soguel, Arabic Editor and Correspondent, Women's eNews
Monday, March 30, 2009 Listen
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Towards a Just Foreign Policy
Guest: Robert Naiman, Senior Policy Analyst and National Coordinator at Just Foreign Policy
Topic: Iraqi displacement crisis and DAI¹s work with Iraqi refugees
Guest: Noah Baker Merrill is an American co-coordinator of Direct Aid Iraq
Sunday, March 29, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: God Conscience Music
Guest: Various Artists, Liza Garza-"My Everything", Amir Sulaiman -Dead Man Walking Poem, Kumasi-Amazing Grace, Latifah Muhammad -Radio, Aja Robinson and Samir Zamunda -Outside My Window, Brother Ali -Good Lord
Saturday, March 28, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Kosovo War: "Humanitarian Interventionism": Ten Years Later
Guest: David Gibbs, Author of First Do No Harm:
Humanitarian Intervention and the Destruction of Yugoslavia
Friday, March 27, 2009 Listen
Host: Julia Salameh
Topic: Mexico and the "War on Drugs"
Guest: John Gibler, Author of Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt
Topic: Is Justice Finally in Sight for Sami Al-Arian?
Guest: Nicole Colson, Reporter for Socialist Worker Newspaper and SocialistWorker.org
Thursday, March 26, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Mohammed Ali Legacy and the Ali Center
Guest: Greg Roberts, President and CEO of the Muhammad Ali Center
Topic: A Model Presentation for a “Post-oil” World
Guest: Justin Dargin, Research Fellow with The Dubai Initiative, a Specialist in International Law and Energy Law
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Duaa: Building a Relationship with God
Guest: Samana Siddiqui, Content Manager for Sound Vision
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Listen
Host: Connie Baker
Topic: 5th District Candidate
Guest: Tom Geoghegan, Public Interest Lawyer, Author, and Democratic Congressional Candidate
Guest: Jan Donatelli, Airline Pilot and Union Activist, Executive Board of VETPAC as National Labor Outreach Director
Monday, March 23, 2009 Listen
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Towards a Just Foreign Policy
Guest: Robert Naiman, Senior Policy Analyst and National Coordinator at Just Foreign Policy
Topic: Iraqi displacement crisis and DAI¹s work with Iraqi refugees
Guest: Noah Baker Merrill is an American co-coordinator of Direct Aid Iraq
Sunday, March 22, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Documentary: Warring Factions: A film addressing the continental, cultural and political divide between America and Iran from a personal perspective.
Guest: Justin Mashouf, Filmmaker, a half-Iranian Muslim American
Saturday, March 21, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Environmental Issues: Islam and the Ecology
Guest: Hamid Mavani, Ph.D., McGill University, Institute of Islamic Studies
Friday, March 20, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Stereotypes of Muslims and Western Media
Guest: Dr. Jack G. Shaheen, Internationally Acclaimed Author and Media Critic, Author of “Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People”
Thursday, March 19, 2009 This show is unavailable.
Topic: Re-Broadcast
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Iraq War Anniversary
Guest: Ann Wright, US Army/Army Reserves Veteran who retired as a Colonel and a Former U.S. Diplomat who resigned in March 2003 in Opposition to the War in Iraq
Guest: John Laesch, Military Veteran who served as an Intelligence Analyst in the Middle East, Candidate for 14th Congressional District in Illinois.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Immigration Then and Now: Comparing the Irish Immigrant to Today's Immigrant
Guest: Siobhan Murphy, Esq., Descendant of Catholic Irish Immigrants to Chicago
Guest: Rachel Rondy, Esq., Immigration Attorney, Amal Law Group, LLC
Monday, March 16, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Domestic Violence: The Muslim Reaction
Guest: Salma Abugideiri, Licensed Professional Counselor
Sunday, March 15, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Taking Care of Yourself as a Women
Guest: Aqua, Makeup Artist, Author of “Super Women and Goddess.”
Guest: Ms. Wright, Founder of Fetch Accessories
Saturday, March 14, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Imprisoning Immigrants for Profit
Guest: Tom Barry, Directs the TransBorder Project of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC.
Friday, March 13, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Climate Change Threatens Island Tourism
Guest: Keith Nurse, Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services at the Cave Hill Campus (Barbados) of the University of the West Indies (UWI).
Thursday, March 12, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Freeman's Attack on "Israel Lobby"
Guest: Jim Lobe, Chief of the Washington Bureau of Inter Press Service
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Stuck at the Border: Improving Border Crossings for American Muslim Travelers
Guests: Zacariya Reed, Firefighter, Toledo Fire Department, 20-year former member of the National Guard, Gulf War veteran, and victim of unending government scrutiny when travelling to Canada
Guest: Shahid Buttar, Legal Counsel, Muslim Advocates, Program to Combat Racial & Religious Profiling
Guest: Lee Tien, Sr. Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Recognizing International Women's Month in Chicago
Guest: Anisha Patel, Founder and Executive Director, Muslim Women's Alliance, host of “Celebrating the Muslim Woman” brunch
Guest: Asayo Horibe, President, The Buddhist Council of the Midwest, sponsor of “Buddhist Women's Conference.”
Monday, March 09, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Obama Next Steps
Topic: Palestine
Guest: Jim Wall, Contributing Editor for Christian Century Magazine
Guest: Connie Baker, Greater Chicago Caucus
Sunday, March 08, 2009 This show is unavailable
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Influence of Islam on Hip Hop
Guest: Excerpts and Highlights form the Nation of Islam Savior's Day Event Various Artist: Hip Hop Artist- Brother J of X-Clan, Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers, KAM, Ashehed Muhammad, and more...
Saturday, March 07, 2009 Listen
Host: (Re-Broadcast) Dr. Aminah McCloud and Anthony Simpkins
Topic: Understanding the Language and Law: A Look at Terror and Alleged Terrorist in the United States
Guest: Scott Hibbard, Political Science Professor, DePaul University
Friday, March 06, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Barbie: Shaping Girls Minds?
Guest: Lisa Pecot-Hebert, Professor of Communications at DePaul University
Thursday, March 05, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Comparing the Today’s Economy to the Great Depression.
Guest: Rick Perlstein, Author of the New York Times Bestseller, “Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America.”
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: State of Muslims in America
Guest: Magali Rheault, Senior Analyst with the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Muslims Serving in the U.S. Military: From Training to Retirement
Guest: Asma Shethwala, S-5 Academic Corporal, Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership, Mary Baldwin College
Guest: Qaseem Ali Uqdah, Retired Gunnery Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps and Executive Director of the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council
Monday, March 02, 2009 Listen
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: All Kids health insurance program
Guest: Dhanya P. Limaye, M.D. Heartland Health Center
Guest: Tamerine Siddiqi, All Kids Health at CIOGC
Sunday, March 01, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Black History
Guest: Khalid El-Hakim, Founder of Black History 101 Mobile Museum
Topic: Muslim Film
Guest: Murad Aldin Amayre, Director, Filmmaker of Socially Conscious Films that Focus on Muslim Life
Saturday, February 28, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Prosecution of Bush Administration Officials
Guest: David Swanson, Author of the Upcoming Book "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union."
Friday, February 27, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Corporate Involvement in the Military
Guest: Pratap Chatterjee, Investigative Journalist, Author, Managing Editor of CorpWatch
Topic: Health Care's Central Role
Guest: Ellen Shaffer, Co-director of the Center for Policy Analysis
Thursday, February 26, 2009 Listen
Host: (re-broadcast) Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Parents Responsibilities Regarding Schooling
Guest: Sr. Jenin Othman, Active Parent in Universal School
Guest: Sr. Suzanne Akhras Sahloul, Active Parent in Universal School
Guest: Sr. Raghad, Presidant of Mothers Club
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Efforts to Create a More Just U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Palestine
Guest: Josh Ruebner, National Advocacy Director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Guest: Kristin Szremski, Media Chairwoman, American Muslims for Palestine's National Board of Directors
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Understanding and Helping the Troubled Young Adult
Guest: Arif Syed, M.D., Clinical Psychiatrist
Guest: Andres Durbak, Chicago Public School Office of Safety and Security
Monday, February 23, 2009 Listen
Host: (re-broadcast) Fredrick al-Deen and Co-Host Dr. Aminah McCloud, Islamic World Studies Pf.
Topic: "Expectations of the Community"
Guest: Prof. Khaled Khesk, DePaul University, Islamic World Studies Program
Guest: Aminah Mitchell, M.Ed., High School Educator and Counselor
Sunday, February 22, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Conscious Music and the Arts/ Black History Events and Black Poets
Guest: Derelek of Iron Mic Coalition, a hip- hop group from Memphis, TN
Saturday, February 21, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Environmental Issues: Islam and the Ecology
Guest: Hamid Mavani, Ph.D., McGill University, Institute of Islamic Studies
Friday, February 20, 2009 This show is unavailable
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: The Legacy of Malcolm X
Guest: Kevin Gray, Civil Rights Organizer in South Carolina
Thursday, February 19, 2009 This show is unavailable
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Domestic Violence in the Muslim Community
Guest: Azam Nizamuddin, Attorney and Principal of The Law Office of Azam Nizamuddin, Professor in the Department of Theology at Loyola University of Chicago
Guest: Itedal Shalabi, Executive Director, Arab American Family Services
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Listen
Host: Imran Husain
Topic: "America Was Not Born as a Colonial Power."
Guest: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Author of the Forthcoming Books "Home of the Brave" and "Myth and
Empire: Indigenous History of the United States,"
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Preventing Cancer by Healthy Living
Guest: Kate Wolin, Sc.D., Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, co-author of newly released study in British Journal of Cancer, Physical Activity and Colon Cancer Prevention: A Meta-analysis
Guest: Timothy J. Moynihan, M.D., Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Monday, February 16, 2009 Listen
Host: (re-broadcast) Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Obama Report Card, Black History Month, and Ethnic Distinctions.
Sunday, February 15, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: African Americans and Jazz
Guest: Theophilus Reed, Signer, Jazz Teacher, and Musician
Guest: Senebella, Chicago Musician
Saturday, February 14, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Zabiha Meat: What You Want to Know
Guest: Qaid Hassan, Taqwa Eco-Foods, Membership Coordinator
Guest: Yasir Syeed, Co-Founder of Green Zabiha
Friday, February 13, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: New Technology in War
Guest: Peter Warren Singer, Senior Fellow and Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution
Guest: Gareth Porter, Investigative Historian, Journalist Specializing in U.S. National Security Policy, Author of "Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.”
Thursday, February 12, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: How to Attain an Internship in Government
Guest: Assad R. Akhter, Legislative Director, 8th District of New Jersey
Topic: Current News
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: 5th Congressional District
Guest: John Laesch, Military Veteran who served as an Intelligence Analyst in the Middle East, Candidate for 14th Congressional District in Illinois.
Guest: The Year of Lincoln and John Brown
Guest: David Reynolds, Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center, Author of “Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson”
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Pre-Marriage Counseling: Key to a Healthy Marriage
Guest: Fatima Mirza, Pre-marital Counseling Recipient
Guest: Sh. Kifah Mustapha, Imam, Mosque Foundation
Guest: Aneesah Nadir, Ph.D., President, Islamic Social Services Assn., USA
Sunday, February 8, 2009 This show is unavailable
Host: (re-broadcast) Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Music Culture
Guest: Rasheeda Sadiya, Poet, Activist, Educator, Co-director of Crossing Limits
Guest: Sekou, Drummer, Traditional African Rhythms
Guest: Rasheed Knox, Founder of Artist United
Saturday, February 7, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: The Immigrant Experience: Assimilation and Acculturation
Guest: Naseer Ul-Haq, Indian Immigrant
Guest: Salman Ali Mirza, Indian Immigrant
Friday, February 6, 2009 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Understanding Islam Through the Virtual World
Guest: Joshua S. Fouts, Chief Global Strategist for Dancing Ink Productions.
Thursday, February 5, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: U.S. Policy on Torture
Guest: Captain Yusuf Yee, National Delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Graduate of West Point who served as the Muslim Chaplain for the U.S. Prison Camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Listen
Host: (Re-broadcast) Imran Husain
Topic: Torture in America: what the administration is trying to cover up
Guest: Mr. Cole, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center
Guest: Kamran Memon, founder of Muslimsforasafeamerica.org
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Minority Media and Shaping a Collective Identity
Guest: Ayesha K. Mustaphaa, Editor-in-Chief, Muslim Journal
Guest: Amani Ghouleh, Editor-in-Chief, Arab Horizons
Monday, February 2, 2009 Listen
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Obama Report Card, Black History Month, and Ethnic Distinctions.
Sunday, February 1, 2009 This show is unavailable.
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Being a House Music DJ in the Home of House Music and Upcoming Worldwide Show
Guest: Aaron Cooper aka DJ Audio, House Music DJ
Topic: Talking about His Upcoming Album in February
Guest: Yahya Muhammad, Poet and Artist
Saturday, January 31, 2009 Listen
Host: Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Where are we with Afghanistan?
Guest: Ray McGovern, CIA analyst for 27 years, Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
Friday, January 30, 2009 This show is unavailable
Host: Tuba Mujahid and Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Wasting and Saving Food: Tips and Facts.
Guest: Maurice Weaver, Vice President of Communications at Global Food Banking Network
Thursday, January 29, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Kathy Kelly's Eye-Witness Account of the Israeli Invasion
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 This show is unavailable.
Topic: Re-Broadcast
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 This show is unavailable.
Topic: Re-Broadcast
Monday, January 26, 2009 Listen
Host: (Re-Broadcast) Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: The Demographics, Experiences and Needs of America's Ex-POWs
Guest: Thomas Miller, Assistant Director, The Missouri POW Oral History Project
Guest: Lawrence R. Mayes, Reviewer of Several Books on America's Prisoners of War (POWs)
Sunday, January 25, 2009 Listen
Host: (re-Broadcast) Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Artist Perspective on Gaza
Guest: Alex Schein, Song Writer
Guest: Rasheed Booth, Fashion Designer
Guest: Julia Salameh, Artist, Activist and Community Organizer, Member of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)
Saturday, January 24, 2009 Listen
Host: (re-Broadcast) Amir Haq
Topic: The Blue and White Elephant in the Oval Office: Dual Loyalties Will Doom Obama
Guest: Rannie Amiri, Independent Commentator on Political Issues Involving the Middle East and Greater Islamic World
Thursday, January 22, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Current Topics: Gaza, President Obama, and More!
Guest: Connie Baker, Greater Chicago Caucus
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Special Presidential Section of the New York Times: Asking Obama About Gaza.
Guest: Edina Lekovic, MPAC's Communications Director, Represented MPAC at a United Nations Seminar on "Confronting Islamophobia.”
Topic: Withdrawing U.S. Aid to Israel and Next Steps.
Guest: Rafiq Jaber, Arab Muslim activist, co-founder of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), former President of the Mosque Foundation in Illinois for two years.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: American Muslims and President Obama's Inauguration
Guest: Abdul Malik Mujahid, MuslimDemocrats.net, attendee of Obama's swearing-in ceremony and Inauguration Ball
Guest: Tabassum Haleen, worked on Obama campaign and attended Obama's swearing-in ceremony and Inauguration Ball
Guest: Aneesa Nadir, PhD, African American who attended the DNC
Saturday, January 17, 2009 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Obama Inaugural and King's Legacy
Guest: Glen Ford, Executive Editor of BlackAgendaReport.com
Guest: Rev. Graylan Hagler, National President of Ministers for Racial, Social and Economic Justice of The United Church of Christ
Friday, January 16, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Food Reform, Genetically Modified Food, and Hunger in the world
Guest: Eric Holt Gimenez, Food First
Thursday, January 15, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Faith Collaboration for a Just Peace in the Middle East
Guest: Rev. Larry Greenfield, Executive Minister, American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago
Topic: The Apartheid in Palestine
Guest: Ed Thompson, Common Cause
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Breaking the Barriers to Gaza
Guest: Ramzi Kysia, Arab-American Writer, Non-violence Trainer and Activist
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Humor in Difficult Times
Guest: Maysoon Ziyad, Comedienne, Actress and Activist
Guest: Don Baird, Phd, Clinical Psychologist
Monday, January 12, 2009 Listen
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: “Journalism, Politics and the Law: The strange case of the Burris appointment to the United States Senate”
Guest: Dr Clarke Caywood, Northwestern University Professor, Public Affairs Specialist
Guest: Dr Donna Leff, Northwestern University Professor
Sunday, January 11, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Emails from Gaza
Topic: Music and Entertainment
Guest: Said, Performer and Signer
Guest: Stahhr Thafemcee, Performer, Singer
Saturday, January 10, 2009 This show is unavailable.
Topic: Re-Broadcast
Friday, January 9, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Re-Broadcast
Thursday, January 8, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Working towards Improving a New Government
Guest: Bob Edgar, President and CEO of Common Cause
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Understanding and Appreciating Ashura
Guest: Heena Musabji, Esq.
Guest: Dr. Abbas Jaffer, Visiting Lecturer, Bait al-Ilm Center; Lecturer, Islamic College in London
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: New Radio Islam Segment: "Emails From Gaza" with Callers' Thoughts
Guest: The TSA and Our Civil Liberties
Guest: George Selim, Dept. of Homeland Security, Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Guest: Neha Singh, Western Region Director, The Sikh Coalition
Sunday, January 4, 2009 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Artist Perspective on Gaza
Guest: Alex Schein, Song Writer
Guest: Rasheed Booth, Fashion Designer
Guest: Julia Salameh, Artist, Activist and Community Organizer, Member of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)
Saturday, January 3, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: The Political Situation in Gaza
Guest: Rannie Amiri, Independent Commentator on Political Issues Involving the Middle East and Greater Islamic World
Friday, January 2, 2009 This show is currently unavailable.
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Jewish Voice for Peace
Guest: Lynn Pollack, Activist for a Just Peace between Israelis and Palestinians, Served on the National Board of Jewish Voice for Peace and Active on the Chicago Chapter
Topic: What if Your Daughter was in Gaza, Obama?
Guest: Jim Wall, Contributing Editor for Christian Century Magazine
Thursday, January 1, 2009 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: The Siege on Gaza: The American Reaction
Guest: Dr. Hatem Bazian, President of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Palestinian-American Academic at the University of California, Berkeley.
Topic: The Media Coverage of Gaza
Guest: Ibrahim Hooper, Director of Strategic Communications for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Listen
Host: Imran Husain
Topic: Gaza: The Humanitarian Situation
Guest: Mustafa Mahboob, Islamic Relief Fund
Topic: Gaza: Community Organization
Guest: Junaid Afeef, Executive Director of CIOGC
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Live from Gaza: Eye Witness Account from the Front Line
Guest: Ewa Jaziewicz, Co-Coordinator, Free Gaza Movement, living in Gaza
Sunday, December 28, 2008 Listen
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Positive Feel Good Music
Guest: Emcee Zin, Artist, Activist, Journalist, and Radio Personality
Topic: How to Manage Stress in Today's World
Guest: Tahirah, Facilitator of Self-help, Self-healing Workshops, and Television Host
Topic: Dealing With Topics in the Muslim Community
Guest: Amir Muhammad aka Modern Day Prince, Artist and Writer
Saturday, December 27, 2008 Listen
Host: (re-broadcast) Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Anti-War Candidate, Pro-War Cabinet?
Guest: Robert Parry, Editor of ConsortiumNews.com
Guest: Sam Husseini, Communications director of the Institute for Public Accuracy
Friday, December 26, 2008 This show is unavailable
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Palestine the Holy Land a Shared Heritage
Guest: Ed Thompson, Made Two Recent Trips to the Occupied Territories, Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy
Topic: AFSC-IFPB Delegations
Guest: Miryam Rashid, Middle East Program Director for American Friends Service Committee
Thursday, December 25, 2008 Listen
Host: Humaira Basith
Topic: UN Investigator Expelled by Israel
Guest: Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, UN Investigator
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 This show is unavailable.
Host: (Re-Broadcast)
Monday, December 22, 2008 Listen
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: Muslim Marriages in the West: Why Muslim Marriages Fail
Guest: Attorney Mariyam Khan, Amal Law Group
Guest: Attorney Gregory Abdellah Mitchell
Sunday, December 21, 2008 Listen
Host: (Re-broadcast) Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and Culture
Guest: Ty Tabing, Chicago Loop Alliance for Looptopia
Guest: DJ K Salaam, Peace Activist and DJ
Guest: Julia Salameh, Muslim Artist: Graphic Arts/Painting
Saturday, December 20, 2008 Listen
Host: (re-Broadcast) Adam Ghazi and Amir Haq
Topic: The Spiritual Benefits of Traveling
Friday, December 19, 2008 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Torture from The Highest Levels of Government
Guest: Khalil Marrar, Author of "The Arab Lobby and US Foreign Policy: Two State Solution," Professor at DePaul University
Thursday, December 18, 2008 Listen
Host: (Re-Broadcast) Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Parents Responsibilities Regarding Schooling
Guest: Sr. Jenin Othman, Active Parent in Universal School
Guest: Sr. Suzanne Akhras Sahloul, Active Parent in Universal School
Guest: Sr. Raghad, Presidant of Mothers Club
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Listen
Host: (Re-Broadcast) Salman Azam
Topic: Muslim Retirement Plans
Guest: Monem Salam, Director of Islamic Investing/Deputy Portfolio Manager at Saturna Capital
Topic: Educating the Ummah: Development in Literacy
Guest: Shazeen Mufti, Development manager of DIL
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: A Season of Giving During a Time of Need
Guest: Itedal Shalabi, Executive Director, Arab American Family Services
Guest: Bob Dolgan, Greater Chicago Food Depository
Guest: Bilal Mujahid, Director, Sacrifice This Eid Program, Annual Meat Drive
Guest: Connie Martin, Mosque Foundation, Food Pantry Program
Monday, December 15, 2008 This show is unavailable
Host: (Re-Broadcast)
Sunday, December 14, 2008 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Music Culture
Guest: Rasheeda Sadiya, Poet, Activist, Educator, Co-director of Crossing Limits
Guest: Sekou, Drummer, Traditional African Rhythms
Guest: Rasheed Knox, Founder of Artist United
Saturday, December 13, 2008 This show is unavailable
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Gates in Afghanistan
Guest: Robert Naiman, Senior Policy Analyst, National Coordinator at Just Foreign Policy
Friday, December 12, 2008 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Empowering Our Youth!
Guest: Gihad Ali, Youth Organizing Program Coordinator at the Arab American Action Network, Runs AYWA (Alliance of Young Women Activists)
Guest: Aysha AlAkhras. 17 years old, Attends John Hancock High School, Palestinian, Born and Raised in a Refugee Camp in Jordan.
Guest: Khaled Ahmed, Youth Worker, Teaches Hip-Hop and Social Awareness.
Thursday, December 11, 2008 This show is unavailable
Host: Humaira Basith
Topic: Primary Care
Guest: Dr. Harris, President of ACP
Topic: Have the Conversation with Your Loved Ones This Holiday Season
Guest: Joel Policzer, Senior Vice President and National Medical Director for VITAS Innovative Hospice Care
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Listen
Host: (Re-Broadcast) Jenan Diab
Topic: Eid Programming
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Listen
Host: (Re-Broadcast) Jenan Diab
Topic: Eid Programming
Monday, December 8, 2008 This show is unavailable
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: Marriage Series Part 2
Guest: Imam Ousmane of Masjid al Faruq, Chicago, IL
Guest: Imam Omay al Khatib, Masjid al Fahjr, Indianapolis Indiana
Guest: Dr. Khalid Kheskh, Islamic World Studies Professor at DePaul University (called in)
Sunday, December 7, 2008 Listen
Host: (Re-Broadcast) Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Sunday Night Culture and Entertainment
Guest: Bilal Mujahid, Spokesperson for Sacrifice for Eid
Guest: Saveera Iftikhar, Photographer
Guest: Camille Irvine, Traveler
Saturday, December 6, 2008 Listen
Host: (Re-Broadcast) Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: HAJJ - Experiences
Guest: Abdul Malik Mujahid, Executive Producer, Hajji
Friday, December 5, 2008 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: Hajj and Umrah: A Spiritual Journey!
Guest: Imran Baig, Co-chair of the Islamic Education Committee and Former President of the Islamic Center of Naperville
Guest: Shaher-bano Yousuf, M.A. Religious Studies from Boston University, Concentration on Women in Islam
Guest: Ahmed Aduib, Senior at Columbia College, Majors in Marketing and Public Relations, He performed 'Umrah in July 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008 Listen
Host: Humaira Basith
Topic: WMD Report -- Ignoring Root Causes?
Guest: Joseph Gerson, Director of Programs for the American Friends Service Committee in New England
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Muslims and a Safe America
Guest: Sameer Ahmed, Yale Law School National Litigation Project, JD Candidate
Guest: Kamran Memon, Esq., Founder and Director, Muslims for a Safe America
Guest: Dr. Husain, Director of Muslim Educational and Cultural Center of America, Willowbook
Monday, December 1, 2008 Listen
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: Marriage Series Part 1
Guest: Dr Popenoe
Sunday, November 30, 2008 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Arts and Culture
Guest: Andy C, Black Stone Theater Connection (BSTC), Producer
Guest: Alex Schein, Songwriter, Singer
Saturday, November 29, 2008 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Anti-War Candidate, Pro-War Cabinet?
Guest: Robert Parry, Editor of ConsortiumNews.com
Guest: Sam Husseini, Communications director of the Institute for Public Accuracy
Friday, November 28, 2008 Listen
Host: Tuba Mujahid
Topic: The Success and Failures of the Peace Movement
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Thursday, November 27, 2008 Listen
Host: (Re-Broadcast) Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Pilgrims, Indians, & Myths of the First Thanksgiving
Topic: Reducing Stress & Anxiety: Over the Holiday, and Always!
Guest: Edward Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Founder of the Global Healing Center
Topic: Turkey Tips from an Expert Chef!
Guest: Scott-Winbush, Chef Consultant, Author: Cooking with Kocoa
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 This show is unavailable
Host: Aysha Shalabey and Janaan Hashim
Topic: Tips on Surviving the Holiday Season: Nutritional, Money Management, and Avoiding Identity Theft
Guest: Mari Frank
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: The American Muslim Identity: Ups and Downs From Personal Experience
Guest: Hailey Woldt, Ibn Khaldun Research Fellow at American University and research associate at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University
Guest: Abdelnasser Rashid, Harvard University undergraduate student
Guest: Zarinah Nadir, Attorney
Guest: Sadia Ahmed, Program Associate, American Friends Services Committee
Monday, November 24, 2008 Listen
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: CPS: Special Programs for Counseling Survivors of Trauma
Guest: Mr Grebell, Journalist, Propublica
Guest: Cathy Malatt, Head of Crisis Intervention Office
Sunday, November 23, 2008 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Stop the Violence Tour with KRS1
Guest: Jah Jah Shakur, Director of Communications for the Temple of Hip Hop and KRS1 Stop the Violence Movement
Guest: Maimouna Youseff, Of Three Generations, Theater Performance Troupe
Saturday, November 22, 2008 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: The Blue and White Elephant in the Oval Office: Dual Loyalties Will Doom Obama
Guest: Rannie Amiri, Independent Commentator on Political Issues Involving the Middle East and Greater Islamic World
Friday, November 21, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Minorities in India
Guest: Biju Mathews, Associate Professor of Business at Rider University in NJ and a NYC based Community Organizer.
Guest: Sheikh Obeid
Thursday, November 20, 2008 Listen
Host: Humaira Basith
Topic: Toward a Green Economy
Guest: Kevin Danaher, Executive Director of Global Exchange
Topic: Auto Bailout
Guest: Mark Brenner, Director of Labor Notes, an Independent Periodical on Labor Based in Detroit
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Host: Re-Broadcast
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Healthy Living Amongst Germs and the Flu Bug
Guest: Karama Thiab, MD, Internist, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook Co., Department of Medicine, Ambulatory Care Clinic and General Medicine Clinic
Guest: Dr. Nisreen Ansari, Physician, Access Community Health Care, Summit, IL.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Host: Re-Broadcast
Sunday, November 16, 2008 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Taking Care of Yourself as a Women
Guest: Aqua, Makeup Artist, Author of “Super Women and Goddess.”
Guest: Ms. Wright, Founder of Fetch Accessories
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Host: Re-Broadcast
Friday, November 14, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Run for Congressman
Guest: Sam Rasool, Ran for Congressman for the Sixth District Virginia 2008
Topic: Election Lessons
Guest: Harvey Wasserman, Co-author of the book, “What Happened in Ohio?”
Thursday, November 13, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: The Stock Exchange and Our Economy
Guest: Dr. Pervaz Ahmed, Professor of Finance
Guest: Jim Wall, Contributing Editor for Christian Century Magazine
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Listen
Host: Aysha Shalabey and Imran Husain
Topic: Our Youth, Internet, Facebook, and Becoming Anti-Social
Guest: Dr. Arif Said, Child and Adolescent Psychologist
Guest: Dr. Andrea Weiner, Author, Speaker, and Mother
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Honoring Our Vets
Guest: Abdul Rashid Abdullah, Deputy Executive Director of the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veteran Affairs Council
Guest: Anthony Vaughn, Supervisor, Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
Sunday, November 09, 2008 This show is unavailable
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Dedicated to President Elect Barack Obama
Guest: Mannie, Photographer, Painter, Clothing Designer; founder of MannMade LLC, Volunteered in the campaign in Cincinnati, Ohio
Guest: Kalimah Azeez, Activist, Student, Volunteered in the Obama Campaign in Philadelphia, PA
Guest: Evin Rayford, Volunteered in Chicago and Indiana Campaign, Activist, teacher, counselor
Saturday, November 08, 2008 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Coffee House Talk
Friday, November 07, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid and Connie Baker
Topic: Obama: What Now?
Guest: Jim Wall, Contributing Editor for Christian Century Magazine
Guest: Dr. Aminah McCloud, Professor of Islamic World Studies at DePaul University
Thursday, November 06, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: The Memories of African American Growing up in North Carolina
Guest: Fredrick Al-Deen
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Listen
Host: Aysha Shalabey and Janaan Hashim
Topic: Obama Elected President.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Reflections on Election Day
Guest: Voters From Around the U.S.
Monday, November 03, 2008 Listen
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: The Campaign!
Guest: T. Rowan, Professor of Political Science at Chicago State University
Guest: Dr. Aminah McCloud, Professor of Islamic World Studies at DePaul University
Sunday, November 02, 2008 Listen
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Arts and Culture
Guest: Sultan Sharrief, Filmmaker, Director, Writer
Guest: N.E.S. aka Jamiel Jackson, Chicago Hip Hop Artist
Guest: Jonathan St. Clair aka Super InLight, Choreographer, Instructor, Acrobat
Saturday, November 01, 2008 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Iraq in Hell
Guest: Michael Schwartz, Author of War Without End: The Iraq War in Context, Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook State University
Friday, October 31, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: What Happens After Elections?
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Topic: How Individual's Can Affect Policy and Politics.
Guest: Salim Muwakkil, Journalist, Senior Editor of "In These Times"
Thursday, October 30, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid and Connie Baker
Topic: Political Activism
Guest: Saudia Mohammed, Activist
Topic: Verifying Your Votes
Guest: Sean Flaherty, Researcher With the Verified Voting Foundation
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Listen
Host: Aysha Shalabey
Topic: Health, Fitness, and Food: What We Need to Know.
Guest: Shireen Pishdad, Founder of Taqwa Eco Food
Guest: Sandy Abdullah, Fitness instructor, Service Coordinator at Women's Workout World
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Somalis Fighting For Religious Accommodation in Nebraska
Guest: Muhammad Rage, Somali Community Organizer
Guest: Rita Kapitan, Esq, Legal Counsel to Somali Community
Monday, October 27, 2008 Listen
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: Economic Crisis
Guest: Professor Robert, Professor of Economics at DePaul University
Sunday, October 26, 2008 Listen
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Expression through Film
Guest: Nsenga Knight, Filmmaker, "As the Veil Turns."
Guest: Musa Syeed, Filmmaker, "A Son's Sacrifice."
Friday, October 24, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid, Connie, and Jim Wall
Topic: * Lawsuit in Response to Long Lines * Black Turnout
Guest: Kevin Gray, "Waiting for Lightning to Strike: The Fundamentals of Black Politics."
Topic: Election Day
Guest: Greg Priece, United Power
Thursday, October 23, 2008 Listen
Host: AbdulMalik Mujahid, Connie, and Jim Wall
Topic: Polling
Guest: John Zogby, Pollster, President and CEO of Zogby International
Guest: Jim Wall, Contributing Editor for Christian Century Magazine
Topic: Immigration
Guest: Cristobal Cavazos, Immigrant Solidarity DuPage
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Listen
Host: Imran Husain and Ayesha Shalabey
Topic: Vote Yes - Vote No: Two Opposing Views on the Illinois Constitutional Convention
Guest: Jack Carey, President, Illinois State Bar Association
Guest: Pat Quinn, Illinois Lt. Governor
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Fighting the Fight: Looking behind the Scene of Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Racism in the U.S.
Guest: Dr. Steve Salaita, Author and Asst. Prof. of English at Virginia Tech University
Guest: Steve Randell, Sr. Analyst at Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting and Co-Author of Smearcasting: How Islamophobes Spread Fear, Bigotry, and Misinformation
Monday, October 20, 2008 Listen
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: Cultural Link to personality and Strategies for Facilitating the Acculturation of Persons from Traditional Dictatorial and Patriarchal Cultures.
Guest: Dr Salaam Almarayati, Executive Director of MPAC
Saturday, October 18, 2008 Listen
Host: Amir Haq
Topic: How Forgotten Iraq May Elect the Next President.
Guest: Ira Chernus, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Thursday, October 16, 2008 Listen
Host: Connie Baker
Topic: Debate Fallout
Guest: Max Wolff, an instructor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School University
Guest: Jim Wall, Contributing Editor for Christian Century Magazine
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Listen
Co-Host: Aysha Shalabey and Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (GIOGC)
Guest: Junaid Afeef, Interim Executive Director of CIOGC
Topic: Palos Heights Rape Hoax
Guest: TBA
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Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Fashionably Muslim: Designer Lines and the Developing American Muslims Identity
Guest: Nazila Shaw, Designer, Sharah Collection
Guest: Elif Kavakc, Designer, Kavakci Couture
Guest: Nia MacKay, President-Elect, Peacemakers, Inc, Co-Sponsor of Covered In Style Fashion Show
Monday, October 13, 2008 Listen
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: The Demographics, Experiences and Needs of America's Ex-POWs
Guest: Thomas Miller, Assistant Director, The Missouri POW Oral History Project
Guest: Lawrence R. Mayes, Reviewer of Several Books on America's Prisoners of War (POWs)
Saturday, October 11, 2008 Listen
Host: Mohammed Gaber
Topic: The Illinois Constitutional Convention and the Vote YES Rally.
Guest: Lina Jamoul, Professional Organizer for United Power
Topic: Muslim's Pushing for Voting YES for the IL Constitutional Convention and the Mosque Role in Politics
Guest: Ousama Jammal, Mosque Foundation Member
Thursday, October 9, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Muajhid and Connie Baker
Topic: Election laws
Guest: Jim Allan, Serves on the Board of Elections Commissioners for the City of Chicago
Topic: Religious Institution's Getting Involved in Politics. Should One Vote Yes or No?
Guest: Ramey Ko, Public Interest Attorney, Founder of the Asian Americans for Obama
Wednesday, October 8, 2008: Listen
Host: Re-broadcast
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: The Student and Immigrant Vote in the Upcoming Election
Guest: Mike Connery, Author of, "Youth to Power: How Today's Young Voters Are Building Tomorrow's Progressive Majority."
Guest: Muhammed Abdulla, Freshman, Loyola University at Chicago
Guest: Laura Seago, Research Associate, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
Guest: Ahlam Jbara, Director of Outreach and Interpretation Project of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Monday, October 6, 2008 Listen
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: Voter registration and Blackbox Balloting: will voters votes count?
Guest: Junaid Hafeef, Interim Executive Director of CIOGC
Guest: Beverly Harris, Official from Chicago's Election Commission (INC)
Friday, October 3, 2008 Listen
Host: Jenan Diab
Rebroadcast
Topic: Eid Programming
Thursday, October 2, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid and Connie Baker
Topic: The Movie: "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West."
Guest: Rev. Robert Chase, Founder of ChangetheStory.net
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Listen
Host: Jenan Diab
Rebroadcast
Topic: Eid Programming
Saturday, September 27, 2008 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: U.S. Economy
Guest: Robin Hahnel, Author of "Panic Rules!: Everything You Need to Know About the Global Economy."
Thursday, September 25, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid and Connie Baker
Topic: Headliners
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Rebroadcast: Global Warming: A Primer, Latest Study, and What We Can Do
Guest: Matthew Hurgtin, Ph.D., Northwestern University Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Guest: Patrick Megonigal, Ph.D., Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Guest: Kathy Tholin, General Manager, Center for Neighborhood Technology
Monday, September 22, 2008 Listen
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Topic: The Night of Power
Guest: Dr. Aminah McCloud, DePaul University, Program Director of Islamic World Studies Program
Sunday, September 21, 2008 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Breast Cancer Awareness
Guest: Sandy Abdullah, Arab American Family Services
Topic: Hip Hop Artist
Guest: Rebel Diaz, Hip Hop Artist
Saturday, September 20, 2008 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Coffee House Talk
Friday, September 19, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Democratic Party/ Grass Root
Guest: Pervaz Ahmed (Florida), Former chair of CAIR, Professor
Guest: A.J. Durrani (Houston), Member Platform of Democratic Party
Thursday, Sepetmber 18, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid and Connie Baker
Topic: The Illinois Constitutional Convention
Guest: Greg Pierce, United Power
Guest: Jane Doner, League of Women Voters of Illinois
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Listen
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: U.S. raids on Pakistan
Guest: Gareth Porter
Topic: Unite to fight Hunger
Guest: Mostafa Mahboob, Islamic Relief Representative
Guest: Erum Ibrahim, DePaul University UMMA (MSA) President
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Iraqis Committed to a Peaceful Tomorrow
Guest: Katherine Kaufka, Esq., Executive Director, International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA)
Topic: Modern Slavery - Human Trafficking in the U.S. and Beyond
Guest: Claude d'Estrée, Chairperson, Task Force on Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking
Guest: Terry Kay Rockefeller, American delegate to Iraq as consultant for LaOnf - No To Violence Campaign
Monday, September 15, 2008 Listen
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen and Co-Host Dr. Aminah McCloud, Islamic World Studies Pf.
Topic: "Expectations of the Community"
Guest: Prof. Khaled Khesk, DePaul University, Islamic World Studies Program
Guest: Aminah Mitchell, M.Ed., High School Educator and Counselor
Sunday, September 14, 2008 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Tribute to Imam Worth Deen Mohammed - "reflections"
Guest: Dr. Abdullah Yasin, Elijah Mohammad, & Omar Abdullah
Guest: Taheerah Abdul Rahman, Rashad Abdul Rahman, Rasheedah Azeez, & Rashed Amir Mohammad
Thursday, September 11, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid and Connie Baker
Topic: The influence of Palin's religious background on politics
Guest: John Hubers, Pastor of Reformed Church in America
Guest: Rabbi Haim Baliak, Founder of JewsOnFirst
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Listen
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Br. W.D. Mohammed
Guest: Imam Fredrick Al-Deen
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Helping at Home, Helping Abroad
Guest: Mike Swiess, Day of Dignity Coordinator and Nazia Naqvi, National Coordinator
Guest: Steve Sosobee, CEO, Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF)
Guest: Majid, 12-year-old Iraq boy receiving new legs through PCRF
Guest: Ra-id Abdulla, M.D., PCRF Field Physician
Sunday, September 7, 2008 Listen
Host: Jamilla Firdausee
Topic: Artists
Guest: Sonia Hassan, Founder of American Hi-Fi events and Student of healing
Guest: Kevin Ware, CEO of IMAX consultants and Fresh Aire events
Guest: Tislam, Hip-Hop artist from Maryland
Saturday, September 6, 2008 Listen
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: McCain's Pick for V.P.
Guest: Peter Cohan, Blogger
Thursday, September 4, 2008 Listen
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid and Connie Baker
Topic: Republican Party
Guest: Hesham Hassaballa, Republican
Guest: Feroz Ahmed, Republican
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Listen
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Facing Domestic Violence, Breast Cancer and Menopause
Guest: Shireen Salman, Director of Domestic Violence Programs, Arab American Family Services
Guest: Aysha Shalabey, Project Manager for Menopause and Breast Cancer Awareness, Arab American Family Services
TUSEDAY, AUGUST 26, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Why there "Is no Sin In Islam"
Guest: Aminah McCloud, Professor of Islamic Studies
Guest: Tal-Deen
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MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Why there "Is no Sin In Islam"
Guest: Dr. Aminah McCloud, Professor of Islamic Studies
Guest: Tal-Deen
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: NATO: Past, Present, and Future
Guest: Lawrence S. Kaplan, Kent State University Professor Emeritus of History
Topic: Presidential Nominees and Morality
Guest: Frederick Clarkson, Author and Professor
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008
Host: Connie Baker
Topic: Grassroots Class on Air
Guest: Peggy Flanagan, Director of the Native American Leadership Program at Wellstone Action
Guest: Christin Segalis, Political Activist
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Headlines of This Week
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2008
Co-Hosts: Janaan Hashim and Zaineb Abdulla
Topic: Crazy Headlines and More!
Guest: You - our listeners!
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MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Perpetual War: What Our Future Holds
Guest: Andrew Bachvich, Author and History Professor at Boston University
Topic: Musarraff Gone: The Future of Pakistan in Question
Guest: Anita Weiss, Author and Investigative Journalist
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Beautiful Handcrafted jewelry and accessories
Guest: Madame Pilar Audain-Reed
Topic: "Becoming a Published Author.” "Women of Integrity.” "What to do after you are layed off.”
Guest: Theresa Banks-Author/Publisher
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2008
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammad Gaber
Topic: Coffee House Talk
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Rebroadcast
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: The Democratic Convention of 1968
Guest: Omar Lopez, 4th District Candidate and Activist
Topic: Walking the Walk: Against the War
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Peace Activist
Topic: What's going on at the Convention: Hilary's Delegates
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Escalation in the Caucasus, Russian and Georgian Conflict
Guest: Marshall Goldman, Harvard University
Topic: The Olympics: The Commercialization of Sports
Guest: Jennifer Wedekind, Author and Journalist
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Back to School! Prepping for Class and After School Programs
Guest: Hanan Abdallah, M.Ed., Vice Principal of Universal School
Guest: Zaid Khatar, After School Matters
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MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Demonization of China
Guest: Diana Wu, Co-Founder of Chin Jurn Wor Ping (Moving Forward for Peace)
Guest: Henry Rosemont, Author and Philosopher
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Rebroadcast
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Wastefulness of the Rich
Guest: Glen Barry, Executive Director of Ecological
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Pakistan, America, and Bombings: What's going to happen?
Guest: Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy, Author and Professor
Topic: What's the deal with our oil?: Prices and profits
Guest: Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen's Energy Program
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: The Fallout of the World Trade Organization
Guest: Deborah James, Author and Activist
Topic: Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Still Backing Predatory Lending?
Guest: Bruce Marks, CEO of the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America
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MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: India and the Muslims: Past and Present
Guest: Faroooq Murad, Political Activist and Muslim Leader
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: British Muslims: How they Fare
Guest: Faroooq Murad, Political Activist and Muslim Leader
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THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Latino Politics in Chicago and DuPage
Guest: Rita Gonzales, Organizer/Spokesperson for DuPage Democrats
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Minimum Wage Increase: Success or Failure?
Guest: Holly Sklar, Senior policy advisor to the Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign
Topic: Muslim Singles Network
Guest: Sema Ariman, Organizer and Lead Project on the Muslim Singles Network Event
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TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
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MONDAY, JULY 28, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Mental and Physical Expectations for Old Age
Guest: Dr. Robert Kane, Chair, Long-term Care and Aging, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Boating for Peace: Breaking the Gaza Siege
Guest: Moinr Deeb, Activist and Organizer of Boating Event
Guest: Hedy Epstein, Holocaust Survivor and Peace Activist
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THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Delegates, Conventions, and the Parties
Guest: James Wall, Political Analyst, Blogger, Journalist
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Nominees and their plans for the Greater Mideast
Guest: Pepe Escobar, Author and Journalist traveling with Nominees
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TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Reliving Nagasaki - With Iran?
Guest: William Hartung, Director, Arms and Security Initiative, New America Foundation
Guest: Jacqueline Cabasso, Exec. Director, Western States Legal Foundation
Guest: Jedidjah DeVries, Outreach Director, Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
Guest: John Burroughs, Exec. Director, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
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MONDAY, JULY 21, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Rebroadcast
Topic: Iran: An Alternative to Bloodshed
Guest: Alexander Patico, Treasurer, Campaign Against Sanctions & Military Intervention in Iran
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SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Arts and Entertainment with Jamila
Guest: Tahirah Madyun-Holistic Living Consultant
Guest: Ghalib Ghallab-Jazz Musician
Guest: Philemon Najeib: Photojournalist, Filmmaker
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FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: The Stand-off with Iran
Guest: William Beeman, Author and Journalist
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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Diabetes: The Silent Killer
Guest: Lou Philipson, PhD/MD, University Of Chicago Hospital, Department of Endocrinology
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Rebroadcast
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TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Breaking Barriers: Middle Eastern Women Visit the U.S.
Guest: Peggy Parfenoff, Executive Director of IVCC
Guest: Nabiha Zerigui, Visiting Algerian Lawyer
Guest: Hana Bubshait, Visiting Saudi Arabian, Planning & Programs Analyst with Saudi-Aramco
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MONDAY, JULY 14, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Concerns and Problems Facing Indian Muslims
Guest: Syed Shahabuddin, Indian Muslim Leader and Author
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Sunday, JULY 13, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Art and Culture
Guest: NYOIL- Hip-Hop new release album HoodTreason 2
Guest: Kafele-Composer, Producer and Trumpeter from Chicago
Movie Review-- "Hancock"
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FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafa
Topic: Congress War Powers
Guest: Francis Boyle, Professor of Law at U of I in Urbana
Topic: Columbia and FARC: What’s the deal?
Guest: Erina Uozumi, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs
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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: The Green Party in Chicago
Guest: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator for Green Party
Topic: The Hispanic Movement in 2008 Elections
Guest: Jorge Mojica, Journalist and Activist
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Rebroadcast
Topic: Simplified Living: Going back to the basics
Guest: Gerald Iversen, National Coordinator, Alternatives for Simple Living
Guest: Linda Barker, Founder & Director, Sistas of the Hood
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TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Religious Profiling: Undermining Trust Between Law Enforcement and the Community
Guest: Brandon Mayfield, Esq., wrongfully arrested in connection with the 2004 Madrid Bombing
Guest: Junaid Afeef, Esq., Director of Public and Government Affairs, CIOGC
Guest: Kareem Shora, Esq, LLM, Executive Director of ADC-National
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MONDAY, JULY 7, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Racism and Religionism: Profiling and Unlawful Arrests
Guest: Aaron Thompson, Eastern University of Kentucky
Guest: David Harris, Pittsburg University
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SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Healing Through Art
Guest: Orron Kenyetta, Poet and Activist from Chicago
Guest: Dawoud, Renegade Sufi-Musician and artist
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FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Muslims and Independence Day
Guest: Judge David Shaheed, Sitting Judge and Imam
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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Muslims Helping Neighbors
Guest: Ashfaq Mohiuddin, Activist, Director of Umma Center
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Reactions to the DC Handgun Ban
Guest: Anise Jenkins, Standup! For Democracy in D.C.
Topic: Situation in Zimbabwe
Guest: Edwin S. Segal, Professor of Anthropology, University of Louisville
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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Identity Theft: Don't be Caught Off Guard
Guest: Mari Frank, Esq., Author and Founder of Identitytheft.org
Topic: Public Campaign Finance: Riddle or Reform?
Guest: Massie Ritsch, Communications Director for the Center for Responsive Politics
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MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Trusting the Media
Guest: Joe Torres, Free Press
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FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: New Rulings of the Supreme Court: Guns and Rape
Guest: Brady Center against Gun Violence
Guest: Michael L. Radelet, Institute of Behavioral Science
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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008
Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Islam Under Attack: Understanding Islamophobic Trends
Guest: Phyllis Bennis, Author of "Responding to Islamophobia: A Pro-Active Strategy"
Topic: Driving Under the Influence
Guest: Donald McNamara, Regional Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Great Lakes Region
Guest: John Ulczycki, Executive Director of Transportation Safety, National Safety Council
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Greener World
Guest: Harvey Wassermen, author of SOLARTOPIA: Our Green-Powered Earth, A.D. 2030
Topic: Problems with Health Care Companies
Guest: Esther Wanning, President of the Marin Country Chapter of Health Care for All
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TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Living with Disability
Guest: Ronza Othman, Esq., Blind Attorney, President of the Illinois Assn of Blind Students
Guest: Aziza Nassar, Loyola University Senior afflicted with Muscular Dystrophy
Guest: Sammer Ghouleh, Poet and Mother of a Daughter with Cerebral Palsy
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MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Being Prepared: Life Saving Techniques
Guest: Aton Edwards, Preparedness Expert
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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Another Blow for Gitmo
Guest: Pardiss Kebriaei, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
Topic: Obama’s Foreign Policy
Guest: Bill Moyer, Director of the Backbone Campaign
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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: John Laesch and Grassroots Organizing
Guest: John Laesch, Grassroots Organizer/Progressive Democrat
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Tomato Recall -- Is Irradiation the Solution?
Guest: Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Watch
Topic: Taxi Unions in Chicago
Guest: Fayez Khozindar, of the United Taxidrivers Community Council
Guest: Ron Florence, spokesperson the United Taxidrivers Community Council
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TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: American Empire?: Permanent Military Bases in Iraq
Guest: Catherine Lutz, Political Science, Brown University
Topic: Israeli Divestment, Palestinian Right
Guest: Lynn Pollock, Jewish Voices for Peace
Guest: Collen Koffman, Presbyterian Alliance for Divestment
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MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Rebroadcast
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SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Culture in Chicago
Guest: Zakeya Cartman-Asst. Executive Director, Chinyera Moody-Program Director
Of Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center
Guest: Lauren Deutsch-Executive Director of Jazz Institute of Chicago
Guest: Maryam Muhammad-Youth Actor from ETA Theater Company
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SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2008
Host: Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Campaign to Change America's Foreign Policies
Guest: Michael Ostrolenk, The President of American Conservative Defense Alliance
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FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Iraqi Refugees
Guest: Haitham Alzureiq, American Friends Service Committee, Refugees from Iraq
Topic: Food Crisis around the World
Guest: Maurice Weaver, Food Banking
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THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Rebroadcast
Topic: An In-Depth Look at Christian Evangelicalism & Christian Zionism
Guest: John Hubers, webmaster of a website challenging Christian Zionism
Guest: Abu Talib Khan, Convert to Islam & Former Christian Evangelical
Guest: Rabbi Haim Beliak, Co-Director of Jews On First
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Global Warming: What to do?
Guest: Harvey Wassernman, author "SOLARTOPIA: Our Green-Powered Earth, A.D. 2030."
Topic: Israel, AIPAC, and America
Guest: Naseer Aruri, Chancellor Professor Emeritus, Political Science, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
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TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Beefing up your college resume
Guest: Usra Ghazi, Student Advisor and Counselor
Guest: Hanan Abdallah, Vice Principal and Student Advisor, Universal School
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MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: All Kids Health Insurance program
Guest: Dhanya P. Limaye, M.D. Heartland Health Center
Guest: Tamerine Siddiqi, All Kids Health at CIOGC
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SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: The Latest in Arts and Entertainment
Guest: Charles Trimbach, President of Iraqi Art Gallery
Guest: Blade-Triple aka Hudhafah, Film-maker and Spoken Word Artist
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SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2008
Host: Amir and Mohammed
Topic: Facing Racism in Islam
Guest: Omar Mohammed, Imam of Masjib Al-Faatir
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FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Unions in Peril
Guest: Bill Fletcher, Author and Activist
Topic: Subidize for Nuclear Power
Guest: Karl Grossman, Professor and Author, State University of New York
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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2008
Host: Susanne Sahloul
Co-Host: Connie Baker
Topic: All about you and Bird-Dogging
Guest: Julie Heun, Political Activist
Topic: Third Party Politics
Guest: Bill Scheurer, Third/Moderate Party Founder
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: McCain and Hagee: The Religious Right
Guest: Sarah Posner, Author and Investigative Journalist
Topic: No Fear Coalition and Whistleblowers
Guest: Marsha Coleman Adebayo, No Fear Coalition
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TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Peace in Islam
Guest: Imam Khalid Griggs, Community Mosque
Guest: Imam Yahya Al-Hendi, Chaplain at Georgetown University
Guest: Dr. Rita Marie Johnson, Advisor to Costa Rican President
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MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Delegates and Superdelegates: What's the Deal?
Guest: Hiam Nawas, Author and Political Scientist
Guest: Darnell West, Professor of Politics, Brown University
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SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Title: Sunday Night Arts and Culture Night
Guest: Omar Atia, VP of MAS Youth
Guest: Jahmeso Powell, Creative Director of Underlined Magazine
Guest: Journalist 103- Hip Hop MC
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SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008
Host: Amir Haq & Mohammad Gaber
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FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: The Illusion of the World Map
Guest: Denis Wood, ODT Maps
Guest: Ambassador Ed Peck, Former US Ambassador
Topic: McClellan and Bush: How Damaging?
Guest: Vincent Bugliosi, Former Prosecutor and Author
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THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Greater Chicago Caucus
Guest: Connie Baker, Greater Chicago Caucus
Topic: Medical Situation in Burma: Doctors without Borders
Guest: Dr. Nora Rowley, Physician, Doctors without Borders
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Attacks in S. Africa: Immigration at Heart
Guest: Imani Countess, Director of Public Policy
Topic: Muslims in India: Challenges
Guest: Dr. Omar Khalidi, Librarian/Historian at MIT
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TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
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Topic: Executive Excess: the Staggering Cost of Corporate Leadership
Guest: Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Organizer, The Program on Inequality and the Common Good
Topic: Displaced Iraqis Straddle the Borders
Guest: David Enders, Freelance Journalist, Reports from Iraq
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MONDAY, MAY 26, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: USA Patriot Act II: Further Erosions
Guest: Ed Yohnka, Executive of Communications, ACLU Illinois
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SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2008
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: The effects of uranium on the earth and military personnel
Guest: Doug Rokke, Independent Scientist on Radiation and Public Health Issues
Guest: Leure Moret, Former Project Director on Depleting Uranium for the US Army
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FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Spies for Hire: Intelligence Outsourcing
Guest: Tim Shorrock Investigative Journalist
Topic: Bush: Convicted War Criminal?
Guest: Peter Erlinder, William Mitchell College of Law
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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Jews in Iran
Guest: Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Rabbi and Peace Activist
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Lobbyist Conflicts: McCains real people
Guest: Cliff Schecter, Author and Journalist
Topic: Problems facing Muslim Families
Guest: Zaid Shakir, Zaytuna Institute
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TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: 60 Years in Palestine: Celebration or Dismay?
Guest: Khairi Shadid, Palestinian American National Conference
Guest: Alice Rothchild, Author of “Broken Promises, Broken Dreams”
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MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: White Man's Privilege
Guest: Tim Wise, Author and Activist
Topic: Recession: It's Effect on You
Guest: Dean Baker, Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
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SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2008
Host: Mohammed Gaber
Title: Latino American Muslims and American Hijabis
Guest: Diana Pena, Co-Founder of Chicago Association for Latino American Muslims
Guest: Serena Gaber, Hijabi
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FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: 60 Years: The Palestinian Catastrophe
Guest: Salman Abu Sitta, Palestine Land Society
Topic: Voter Id Battle
Guest: Linda Brown, Executive Director, Arizona Advocacy Network
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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Co-host: Humaira Basith
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Topic: Islamo-fascism or phobia?: Why the Neo-Con Right Fears Islam
Guest: Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Guest: Robert Spencer, Director, Jihad Watch
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Muslim Participation in '08 Election
Guest: Eboo Patel, Author and Activist
Topic: Natural Disasters: Earthquakes
Guest: Peggy Hellwig, Seismologist, UCBerkley
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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Tolerance in Islam
Guest: Prof. Abu El Fadl, Professor of Islamic Theology
Guest: Prof. Ghazi, Professor of Islamic History
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MONDAY, MAY 12, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Sky High Death Toll: Cyclone in Burma
Guest: Hal Nathan, Founder and President of the Foundation for the People of Burma
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SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Guest: Adisa Banjoko, Founder of Hip-Hop Chess Federation
Guest: B-Vox, Chicago DJ
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SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2008
Host: Amir Haq and Camille Irvine
Topic: News Headlines (Presidential Elections and Myanmar relief)
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FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Hajj and Muslims: Peace and Forgiveness
Guest: Asim Khwaja, Associate Professor of Public Policy
Topic: Julia Ward Howe: Pushing for Peace on Mother's Day
Guest: Valarie Zeiglar, Professor of Religious Studies at DePaw University
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THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Rebroadcast
Topic: Commercial Competition vs. Greed: Where to Draw the Line?
Guest: Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History, University of California; Author, State of the Union: A Century of American Labor
Topic: Human Rights in Pakistan: the Struggle Continues
Guest: Tighe Barry, Member of Code Pink, Anti-war Activist
Guest: Medea Benjamin, Co-founder, Code Pink
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Veteran Suicides: Worse than War
Guest: Penny Coleman, Author and Activist
Topic: The Pope and Islam: Icy Relationship
Guest: Frank Cordaro, Des Moines Catholic Worker, Former Priest
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TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence
Guest: Itedal Shalabi, Co-founder, Executive, Arab American Family Social Services
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MONDAY, MAY 5, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Sustainable Living
Guest: Mr. Dervaes, Path to Freedom
Topic: Patriot Act in 2008
Guest: Nancy Talanian, Co-founder, Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Guest: Brent Mesick, Chicagoland Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
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SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Guest: Ahmad Zahra, Filmmaker, On Common Grounds
Guest: Phraim, Spoken Word Artist
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SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2008
Host: Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Town hall discussion about Muslim converts and problems we face
Guest: Mike Swies, Polish Convert
Guest: Shyaw Sviram, Indian Convert
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FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Gun Violence in Chicago
Guest: Mark J. Walsh, Field Director, Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Topic: Unites States, Iraq, and Sadr: Civilians in the crossfire
Guest: Beau Grosscup, Professor International Relations, California State University
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THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Rebroadcast
Topic: Black Men in America are in Danger: Solutions in Context
Guest: Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League
Guest: Phillp Jackson, Executive Director, Black Star Project
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Culture Wars
Guest: Marcia Hermansen, Director of Theology, Islamic Studies, Loyola University
Topic: Indiana Voter ID Supreme Court Decision
Guest: Justin Levitt, Levitt is counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice
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TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Cozy Relations: The Government and Big Media
Guest: Isabel MacDonald, Fair Media Watch
Topic: FDA: Lax on Regulations
Guest: William Hubbard, Alliance for Stronger FDA
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MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Police Brutality: A Continuing Legacy
Guest: De Lacy Davis, founder and president of Black Cops Against Police Brutality
Topic: Invasion of E-Privacy
Guest: Marvin Ammori, general counsel of Free Press
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SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and Culture
Guest: Ty Tabing, Chicago Loop Alliance for Looptopia
Guest: DJ K Salaam, Peace Activist and DJ
Guest: Julia Salameh, Muslim Artist: Graphic Arts/Painting
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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2008
Host: Amir Haq and Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Mandatory Service playing at the Tribeca Film Festival
Guest: Nirah Shirazipour, Producer of EyesInfinite Films
Guest: Jessica Habie, Founder and President of the EyesInfinite Foundation
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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Uplifting the People: Brothas Keepa
Guest: Jmalo Torriel, Co-Founder Brotha's Keepa
Guest: Ayele Akibulan, Co-Founder Brotha's Keepa
Topic: Addressing Autism
Guest: Dr. Andy Shih, Vice President of Scientific Affairs at Autism Speaks
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THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Marching for Rights: Workers March May 1st
Guest: Jorge Mohicka, Worker's rights organizer
Topic: Needlessly Starving: Food Waste
Guest: Ryan Zinn, Campaign Coordinator, Organic Consumers Association
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Muslim Retirement Plans
Guest: Monem Salam, Director of Islamic Investing/Deputy Portfolio Manager at Saturna Capital
Topic: Educating the Ummah: Development in Literacy
Guest: Shazeen Mufti, Development manager of DIL
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TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: An American Islamic School’s Senior Class Trip to Turkey
Guest: Delila Benameur, Dean of Students, Universal School
Guest: Aya Odeh, Senior, Universal School
Guest: Nadia Ahmed, Senior, Universal School
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MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: "Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Guest: Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved
Topic: Peace with Hamas: Carter in Palestine
Guest: Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy
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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Second Chances: We all deserve one!
Guest: Congressman Danny Davis
Topic: Victory for Democracy: Maoists Win Majority
Guest: Pramod Parajuli, Professor at Portland State University
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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Imams, the Community, and Family Issues
Guest: Inamul Haq, Professor of Islamic Theology, Elmhurst College
Guest: Sheik Kifah Mustapha, Imam and Associate Director, Mosque Foundation
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Millions Starving for Fuel: The Global Food Crisis
Guest: Katarina Wahlberg, Social and economic policy program coordinator for the Global Policy Forum
Topic: Community Builders
Guest: Dr. Qauder, Founder and CEO of Community Builders
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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Micro-Loans: Small Starts, Big Outcomes
Guest: Alex Counts, Pressident and CEO of Grameen Foundation
Guest: Jeremiah Grossman, Program Specialist at IRIS Center at the University of Maryland, Dep't of Economics
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MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Zimbabwe: On the Brink
Guest: Edmond Keller, Director of UCLA's Globalization Research Center–Africa
Topic: Airlines and Whistleblowers
Guest: Paul Hudson, executive director of the Aviation Consumer Action Project
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SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Supporting Muslim Theatre
Guest: Calvin Hunt, Senior Director of Performance and Production, Alvin
Ailey American Dance Theater
Guest: Maiesha McQueen and Cristal Chanelle Truscott, Progress Theatre
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SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008
Host: Amir and Mohammed
Topic: Presidential Town Hall Discussion
Guest: Sarosh Bukhari, Town Hall Panelist
Guest: Yousef Zaffar Khan, Town Hall Panelist
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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Humanitarian Situtation in Gaza
Guest: Andrew Whitley, Director of the Representative Office of UNRWA
Topic: Tap vs. Water: Which is safer?
Guest: Deborah Lapidus, National Organizer of the Think Outside the Bottle campaign
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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Parent's Responsibilities Regarding Schooling
Guest: Sr. Jenin Othman, Active Parent in Universal School
Guest: Sr. Suzanne Akhras Sahloul, Active Parent in Universal School
Guest: Sr. Raghad, President of Mothers Club
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Fed Dealings: For Private or Public Interest?
Guest: Thomas Ferguson, Professor at University of Massachusetts
Guest: Robert Johnson, former chief economist of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee
Topic: Pakistan and the Future
Guest: Ethan Casey, Co-Producer of "Pakistan Live"
Guest: Fawad Butt, Co-Producer of "Pakistan Live"
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TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Turkey's Struggle for Democracy: The Islamist vs. Secularist Perspectives
Guest: Merve Kavakci, Professor at Georgetown University & Islamist Turkish Activist
Guest: Ali Gursoy, Member of Numerous American-Turkish Organizations
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MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: "The Unrealized American Dream"
Guest: Dedrick Muhammad, Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies
Topic: Democrats for War?: the Fine Red Line
Guest: Joshua Holland, Independent Journalist
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SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Go Green in schools, homes, and companies
Guest: Jill Buck, Executive Director of Go Green Initiative
Guest: Kamilah Shuaibe. Remarkable Current Art
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SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008
Host: Adam Ghazi
Topic: Rebroadcast
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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Radio Islam: Its past works and future aspirations Pt. 2
Guest: Mohammad Gaber, Exec at Pepsi Co., Saturday night host
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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Radio Islam: Its past works and future aspirations Pt.1
Guest: Frederick Al-Deen, Imam and host of Radio Islam
Guest: Janaan Hashim, Chair advisory board of Radio Islam
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Gas prices: How high and hard in a struggling economy?
Guest: Prof. Henry Lee, Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program within the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Topic: Ballots in November: Important Changes
Guest: Rob Richie, executive director of FairVote
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TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: East invades West: Fashion First
Guest: Amrita Singh, Jeweler/Fashion Designer
Guest: Nigel Barker, Judge on America's Next Top Model
Guest: Bali Rajani, Former Director of Elite Model Management in Bombay
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MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Prophetic speech of religious leaders
Guest: Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Reverend and hip-hop political activist
Guest: Khalid Griggs, Imam and Scholar
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SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Upcoming events in Chicago and Muslim youth groups and programs
Guest: Ndidi, Muslim Community Youth Activist
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SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008
Host: Amir Haq
Host: Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Immigrant Rights
Guest: Silva Vega, Director of Welcoming Center for Immigrants
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FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Experience? Fact or Fiction in 2008 Campaigns
Guest: Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus
Topic: Escalating Tensions in Iraq
Guest: Raed Jarrar, Iraqi journalist and expert
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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Working for the Poor: The Human Development Foundation
Guest: Navaid Abadi, Co-Chairman of Human Development Foundation
Topic: Taxes in Chicago, Highest in the nation?
Guest: Patrick Fleenor, Chief Economist at Tax Foundation
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Behind Bars: Muslims in the US Correctional system
Guest: Dr. Fardosi, Chaplain for State prisons
Guest: Khalid Bilal, Chaplain for City prisons
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TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Women for Peace
Guest: Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Anti-War Activist
Guest: Mishkat al-Moumin, former Minister of the Environment in the Interim Iraqi Government
Guest: Carol Crabtree Donovan, President, Peacemakers Incorporated
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MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Book Review: Mind Wars and the question of Islamic ethics
Guest: Aminah McCould, Islamic Studies professor at DePaul University
Topic: Veterans and the VA: "The Unknown Fallen"
Guest: Kevin and Joyce Lucey, Anti-War Activists
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FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Looking at Obama’s Preacher Host
Guest: Rev. Halger, national president of Ministers for Racial, Social and Economic Justice
Topic: The Iraq war: 5 years later
Guest: James Paul is executive director of Global Policy Forum
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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: China: Suppressing the Uygur's and Tibetans
Guest: Alim Seytoff, General Secretary and Spokesperson
Guest: Tseten Wangchuk Sharlho, Tibetan journalist and independent researcher
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Adm. Fallon and Attacking Iran
Guest: Garth Porter, Journalist and Author
Topic: Israeli bias in the US Election?
Guest: James Aburezk, Ex-Senator from South Dakota
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TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Shedding Light on Common Misperceptions of American and Middle Eastern Muslim Women
Guest: Daisy Khan, Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement
Guest: Asuma Khan PhD, Editor-in-Chief of Muslim Girl Magazine
Guest: Manal Radwan, Global Core Team of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies at Columbia University
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MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Rebroadcast
Topic: Imperialist American Government: The Secret American Society
Guest: John Dean, Noted Political Author and Former President Nixon White House Counsel
Guest: Christopher Pyle, Professor of Politics and Civil Liberties Expert
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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008
Host: Fredrick Al-Deen
Rebroadcast
Topic: An In-Depth Look at Christian Evangelicalism & Christian Zionism
Guest: John Hubers, webmaster of a website challenging Christian Zionism
Guest: Abu Talib Khan, Convert to Islam & Former Christian Evangelical
Guest: Rabbi Haim Beliak, Co-Director of Jews On First
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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: The Death Penalty on Trial
Guest: David Masci, Pew Forum
Topic: Constructing the Enemy: Muslims and Islam
Guest: Junaid Rana, Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Bush and McCain on Torture
Guest: Sam Provance, former sergeant specializing in intelligence analysis-formerly stationed at Abu Ghraib
Topic: Iraq Veterans Speak: Winter Soldier Hearings
Guest: Adam Kokesh, Co-chair of Iraq Veterans Against the War
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TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Crisis in Colombia: Argentina's new female President
Guest: Professor Julio Burdman, Director of International Relations at the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires
Topic: Women's plight across the world: Venezuelan crisis!
Guest: Nathaly Mueller, House wife and native of Venezuela
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MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Open Mic: Thoughts from the Community
Topic: Increasing the Military Budget? The Democrats want to buff the military
Guest: William Hartung, Director of the Arms and Security Project at the New America Foundation
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SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdusee
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and Culture
Guest: Sam Daley Harris, Project Director of Microcredit Summit
Guest: Kerwin "Kasuf" Young, Music Producer
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FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: International Women's Day: Tidbits and Talk
Guest: Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director and Co-founder of National Women's History Project
Topic: South American in turmoil: Unrest spreads to the South
Guest: Mario Murillo, Associate professor of communication at Hofstra University
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THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Business Leaders Authorized to Shoot to Kill: FBI Deputizes Big Business
Guest: Matt Rothschild, Editor of The Progressive Magazine
Topic: Nader Enters the Fray: Another "spoiler" election year?
Guest: Steven Hill, Director of the political reform program at the New America Foundation
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Islamophobia and the 2008 Primaries
Guest: Ahmed Rehab, Executive of CAIR-Chicago
Topic: Targeting of Innocents: Gaza Under Fire and Under the Radar
Guest: Jesse Bacon, Jewish Voices for Peace
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TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Flavor of the Month: Women's Appreciation
Guest: Samer Ghouleh, Poet & Writer
Guest: Carolyn Rouse, Assistant professor of Anthropology
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MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Economy and our Stock Market
Guest: John Miller, Professor of Economics
Topic: Suffering of Innocence: Gaza in turmoil
Guest: Mazin Qumsiyeh, Activist and Writer
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SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and Entertainment
Guest: Saad Omar, Song Writer
Guest: Sean Fahey and Jermiah Hammerling, Creative Directors of Endless Production
Guest: Black Dot, Author of "Da Hip Hop Play"
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SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2008
Host: Amir and Mohammed
Topic: Going Bankrupt: Why the Debt Crisis Is Now the Greatest Threat to the American Republic
Guest: Pr. Chalmers Johnson, Author of "Blowback Trilogy, Nemesis"
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Pens and Swords: Bias in the Media
Guest: Marda Dunsky, Author and Journalist
Topic: Bush and Peace? Bush appoints Representative to Organization of the Islamic Conference
Guest: Ahmed Rehab, Executive of CAIR-Chicago
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: China, Pollution, and the Olympics: The future of the games
Guest: Jacques Leslie, writer and activist
Topic: Gitmo Trials Rigged?: More trouble for the Bush administration
Guest: Ross Tuttle, documentary filmmaker and freelance journalist
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008
Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Reboardcast
Topic: Across the Globe for an American Education
Guest: Jawad Masri, International Exchange Student, Palestine
Guest: "Mustafa," International Exchange Student, Iraq
Guest: Rawan Najjar, International Exchange Student, Jordan
Guest: Hiyam Hamdan, Local Coordinator, Council on International Educational Exchange
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: African American Struggle: Religion in America
Guest: Dr. Eddie Glaude, Professor of Religion at Princeton University
Topic: Soul Food: Adaptation to Muslim African Americans
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Owning your Religion
Guest: Aminah McCloud, Islamic Studies Professor at DePaul University
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2008
Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and Entertainment
Guest: Darina Marie Mutawakil, Columbia College student studying television production
Guest: Elijah Muhammad, celebrity photographer
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2008
Host: Adam Ghazi
Topic: Visiting the Torture Museum, Barbarism Then and Now
Guest: Karen Greenberg, Executive Director of NYU School of Law
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: African American History Month: Reaching out to the Youth
Guest: Dr. Lisbeth Gant-Britton, adjunct professor and student affairs officer of the UCLA African-American Studies Program
Topic: Cuba and Latin America: America's involvement and its future
Guest: Chris Agee, Adjunct lecturer at the City University of New York
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Building Bridges: Jewish and Muslim Coalition for Peace
Guest: Kalman Resnick, Immigration Attorney, Co-Founder of the Arab and Jewish American Peace Coalition
Guest: Maha Jarad, Palestinian Activist, Co-Founder of the Arab and Jewish American Peace Coalition
Topic: Flexing the Muscle?: U.S. shoots down Spy Satellite
Guest: Stephen Young, United Concerned Scientist Rep
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Easy Access: Gun violence in US
Guest: Rev. Pfleger, Pastor of St. Sabina, anti-firearms organizer
Guest: Alec Harris, United Power Organizer
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Cuba in Limbo: Castro Steps Down
Guest: Chris Agee, Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology
Topic: Kosovo: The future of the Balkans
Guest: Dr. Kukaj, Former Representative of Albania in Egypt
Topic: Gitmo: Facing Death Penalty
Guest: Terry Rockefeller, documentary film producer, member of Peaceful Tomorrow's
Guest: Lynne Kates, Center for Constitutional Rights, Guantanamo Justice Initiative
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: National School Shootings: Killing becoming Trendy?
Guest: Dr. Pamela Riley, Executive Director of Students Against Violence Everywhere
Guest: Brehanna Jordan, member of National Youth Advisory Board of SAVE
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Black History Show
Guest: Asad Jafri, Director of Art of IMAN
Topic: Discussed life her after finding out her husband had AIDS
Guest: LaJoyce Brooklin, Author of "Fire Under Faith"
Topic: History of Black American Muslims
Guest: Imam Talib, Imam of Malcolm X Mosque in Harlem
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2008
Host: TBA
Topic: TBA
Guest: TBA
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: A Muslims journey during the Slave Trade
Guest: Alex Kronomer, Co-Producer of Prince Among Slaves
Topic: Islamic Art and Cultural Contributions
Guest: Amir Muhammad, Exhibit Organizer of the Islamic Heritage Exhibit
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
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Topic: Global Warming: A Primer, Latest Study, and What We Can Do
Guest: Matthew Hurgtin, Ph.D, Northwestern University Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Guest: Patrick Megonigal, Ph.D., Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Guest: Kathy Tholin, General Manager, Center for Neighborhood Technology
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Rebroadcast
Topic: Approaching Interfaith Work: Three Perspectives
Guest: Scott Alexander, Professor, Catholic Theological Union
Guest: Azam Nizamuddin, Attorney and Member of Interfaith Committee, Council of Islamic Organizations of Chicago
Guest: Noah Silverman, Member, Interfaith Youth Core
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Stem Cell Research Debate
Guest: James Reston, Author of "Fragile Innocence: A Father's Memoir of His Daughter's Courageous Journey"
Guest: Dr. Mathew Lensch, Genetics Specialist in the Daley Laboratory at Children's Hospital Boston/ Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Harvard Medical School
Topic: Muslim Civil Rights
Guest: Engy Abdelkader, Esq., Member of Amal Law Group and author of "A Muslim Woman's Guide to Her Civil Rights: When Faith Practices Trigger Discrimination in America."
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Rebroadcast
Topic: Approaching Interfaith Work: Three Perspectives
Guest: Scott Alexander, Professor, Catholic Theological Union
Guest: Azam Nizamuddin, Attorney and Member of Interfaith Committee, Council of Islamic Organizations of Chicago
Guest: Noah Silverman, Member, Interfaith Youth Core
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2008
Host: Jamila Firdause
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and History Show
Guest: Dr. Kim Searcy, Professor of African History in Loyal University
Guest: Sama Wareh, Artist of 'What is written and what is not' exhibit
Guest: D-Nick, Member of Fuw
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2008
Host: Adam Ghazi
Topic: Is Religion a Threat to Democracy? Faith Talk on the Campaign Trail
Guest: Ira Chernus, Author of 'Monsters To Destroy: The Neoconservative War on Terror and Sin'
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Declaration of principles: America's Iraqi quagmire to continue
Guest: Jennifer Van Bergen, Author, Activist and Educator
Topic: Black History Month: Slaves built Capitol Hill
Guest: Jesse Holland, Author of Slaves Built Capitol Hill
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Budget Analysis
Guest: Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University
Topic: The Shady Firestone operation
Guest: Tim Newman, Campaigns Assistant at the International Labor Rights Forum, a member of the Stop Firestone Coalition
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Super Tuesday Results: Republican frontrunner and Democratic horse race arise.
Guest: Greg Livingston, National Field Secretary and Chief of Field Operations for the RainbowPUSH Coalition
Guest: Connie Baker, GCC Rep
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Super Tuesday! Results of the elections from around the Country
Guest: Doah AbuSara, Student Election Judge
Guest: Farheen Hakeem, political activist
Guest: Fouad Pervez, US policy analyst
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Election Time: Getting to know your local candidates
Guest: Annie Talkman, Executive Director of Operation Turn DuPage Blue
Guest: Laural Bault, Organizer for A+ coalition of Illinois
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Knowing your Candidates: On Civil rights
Guest: Nancy Murray, Director of Education, ACLU of Massachusetts
Guest: Ron Sullivan, professor at Harvard Law School
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Stem Cell Research: Breakthrough or Myth?
Guest: Dr. Landis, Director of the National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Topic: Knowing your Candidates: On The Iraq War
Guest: Robert Naiman, Senior Policy Analyst and National Coordinator at Just Foreign Policy
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: White House for Sale?
Guest: Craig Holman, Legislative Representative for Public Citizen’s Congress Watch
Topic: Researching your Candidate: Knowing the Truth
Guest: Mike Wessler, media director for Project Vote Smart
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Will peace and freedom in Palestine mark the Bush legacy?
Guest: Francis Boyle, scholar in the areas of international law and human rights
Topic: Spying and the Government: Immunity for Criminality
Guest: Hope Marston, Bill of Rights Defense Committee
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MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Race and American politics in 2008 elections
Guest: Kevin Gray, civil rights organizer in South Carolina and former president of the state ACLU
Guest: Earl Ofari Hutchinson, nationally acclaimed author and political analyst
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Pakistani Revival? Majority in Pakistan want Islam in Politics
Guest: Clay Ramsay, Director of Research at PIPA and a CISSM fellow, co-founder of PIPA
Topic: Muslim Mutual Funds: Rewarding the non-interest
Guest: Bassam Osman, Trustee of the North American Islamic Trust and President of the Dow Jones Islamic Index Fund
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Avoiding Doomsday: CTA Funding Solution
Guest: Rick Harris, president of ATU Local 308, CTA Union Representative
Topic: Restoring Americans' Moral Authority
Guest: Guest: Ed Yohnka, Director of Communications and Public Policy, ACLU of Illinois
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2008
Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Era of Change? Illinois Constitution up for Change.
Guest: Gregory F. Pierce, president and co-publisher of ACTA Publications in Skokie
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2008
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Profound Experiences: Stories from Hajj
Guest: Kifah Mustafa, Imam & Associate Director, Mosque Foundation
Guest: Hanan Abdullah, Hajji from Dec, 2007
Guest: Shaz Kaiserrudin Hajji from Dec, 2007
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MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2008
Host: Abdul-Malik Mujahid
Topic: Martin Luther King and his Vision
Topic: Gaza in Turmoil: The endless Israeli siege
Guest: Ali AbuNimah, Co-Founder of the Electronic Intifada
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Culture in Chicago
Guest: Zakeya Cartman-Asst. Executive Director, Chinyera Moody-Program Director
Of Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center
Guest: Lauren Deutsch-Executive Director of Jazz Institute of Chicago
Guest: Maryam Muhammad-Youth Actor from ETA Theater Company
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2008 Host: Amir and Mohammed
Topic: The 2008 Combatants for Peace US Tour
Guest: Yonaton Shapira, Founding member of Combatants for Peace
Guest: Bassam Aramin, Founding member of Combatants for Peace
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2008 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: The War on the home front: Our economy
Guest: Dean Baker, Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
Topic: Kenya, from Champion of Hope to Heralder of Woe
Guest: Roxxane Lawson, Africa Director at Trans-African Forum
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008 Host: Salman Azam
Topic: A real democracy? Our electoral system in perspective
Guest: Ryan O’Donell, Director of Presidential Reform Program
Guest: Steven Hill, director of the political reform program at the New America Foundation
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008 Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Escaping the Chains of Stereotype: Rebuilding the Muslim Reputation
Guest: Zainab Salah, High school student and victim of discrimination
Guest: Ibrahim Hooper, National Spokesman, Council on American-Islamic Relations
Guest: Bryan Siebuhr, Reverend at the Midwest Buddhist Temple
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008 Host: Jenan Hashim
Topic: Honor Killings: A Universal Problem
Guest: Ruby Khan, Exec. Dir. of Hamdard Center for Health and Human Services
Guest: Maryam Gilani, Domestic Violence program director
Guest: Samana Siddiqui, freelance journalist and Sound Vision content manager
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MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: How Real a Change? Examining the Candidates Foreign Policy Advisors
Guest: Kelly Beaucar Vlahos, journalist for American Conservative
Guest: Stephen Zunes, Middle East editor for Foreign Policy in Focus
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2008 Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Chinese New Year event and history of Chinese culture
Guest: Yi Lu, President of Chicago's Sounds of Hope
Guest: Zeshan Bagewadi, Western Classical Music Singer
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2008 Host: Adam Ghazi
Topic: Ash-Har's career with CNN Pakistan
Guest: Ash-Har Quraish, KCTV Chief of Investigative Reporting
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2008 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Health care reform or bust?
Guest: Dr. Don Mccane, Senior Health Policy Fellow for Physicians for a National Health Plan
Guest: Alwyn Cassil, director of public affairs for the Center for Studying Health system Change
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2008 Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Iraq Update: Iraq Shaped by the Surge
Guest: David Enders, journalist from Iraq and author of "Baghdad Bulletin."
Guest: Kathy Kelly, coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Topic: Interpreting the Polls: What Iowa and New Hampshire actually mean
Guest: John Zogby, Founder of the Zogby Poll
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008 Host: Imran Husain
Topic: Torture in America: what the administration is trying to cover up
Guest: Mr. Cole, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center
Guest: Kamron Memon, Founder of Muslimsforasafeamerica.org
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2008 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Global Warming, A Threat?
Guest: William Burns is a Senior Fellow at Santa Clara Law
Guest: Anne Petermann is a Co-Director of Global Justice Ecology Project
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MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2008 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The unknown Iraq war, Turkey and the Kurds
Guest: Merve Kavakci, Ex-Parliament Member in Turkey
Guest: Khalil Demir, director of Zakat Foundation in Chicagoland area
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2008 Host: Jamilla Firduasee
Topic: Book review A Plentiful Harvest by Terrie Williams
Guest: Triple Blak- Def Poetry Jam activist and author
Guest: Mary Lahaj and Mumina Kowalsk
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2008 Host: Amir Haq
Host: Mohammed Gaber
Topic: Inter-racial marriages
Guest: Hiba and Altaf
Guest: Humaira and Edmond
Guest: Jacinda and Zeid
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2008 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Children in danger, the abuse of the vulnerable
Guest: Roy Harly, Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse of America in Illinois
Guest: Sis Wenger, President and CEO of National Association for Children of Alcoholics
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2008 Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Annapolis and Islamabad, the New Year's foreign policy
Guest: Robert Naiman, National Coordinator of Just Foreign Policy
Guest: Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy Analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus & a Provost in Journalism
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2008 Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Six Years On: Has the Government's Infringement on Civil Rights Made Us Safer?
Guest: Nancy Murray, Director of Education, ACLU of Massachusetts
Topic: Petitioning Congress to Defend Our Constitution
Guest: Ed Yohnka, Director of Communications and Public Policy, ACLU of Illinois
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2008 Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Iran: Rogue or Simply Bold? Ahmadinejad in the US
Guest: Dr. Stephen Zunes, Middle East Editor, Foreign Policy in Focus Project, Author, Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism
Topic: Israel: A Threat to Peace and International Law
Guest: Jennifer Loewenstein, Associate Director of the Middle East Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Board Member of ICAHD-USA (Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Co-Host: Aminah McCloud
Topic: Top Stories of 2007
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2007
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: The beginning of Hip-Hop
Guest: DJ Tony Tone, First Hip-Hop DJ
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2007
Host: The Best of Radio Islam
Rebroadcast
Topic: Our Favorite Conversations
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Our Favorite Programs of 2007
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2007 Host: Frederick Thaufeer al-Deen
Topic: Assassination of Ex-Prime Minister Bhutto
Guest: Junaid Ahmad, President of the U.S.-based National Muslim Law Students Association
Guest: Dr. Asraf Toor, Executive Director of Pakistan American National Alliance (PANA)
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2007 Host: Br Abdul Malik
Topic: Planning for the new Year
Guest: Samana Siddiqui
Guest: Junaid Afeef
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2007 Host: The Best of Radio Islam
Rebroadcast
Topic: Our Favorite Conversations
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2007 Host: Frederick Thaufeer al-Deen
Topic: Celebrating Inter-Faith Families
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2007
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Movie Review of The Kite Runner
Guest: Elizabeth Rodriguez
Topic: Discuss positive Hip-Hop
Guest: Camille Irvine
Guest: Jah Jah Shakir, Founder of True Shades of Hip-Hop University
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2007
Host: Amir Haq
Title: Assessment on Iran
Guest: Dilip Hiro, Middle Eastern Expert
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Media Consolidation, Stranglehold on Free Speech
Guest: Jennifer Howard, Free Press Journalist
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2007 Host: Jenan Diab
Rebroadcast
Topic: Eid Programming
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2007 Host: Jenan Diab
Rebroadcast
Topic: Eid Programming
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: HAJJ - Experiences
Guest: Abdul Malik Mujahid, Executive Producer, Hajji
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Checks and Balances of the US Government Branches
Guest: Political Scientist
Topic: Understanding Election Jargon: from Primaries and Caucuses to Election Day
Guest: Prof. John Mark Hansen, U of Chicago
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Guest: Bilal Mujahid, Spokesperson for Sacrifice for Eid
Guest: Saveera Iftikhar, Photographer
Guest: Camille Irvine, Traveler
Title: Sunday Night Culture and Entertainment
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2007
Host: Adam Ghazi
Host: Elizabeth Rodriguez
Host: Camille Irvine
Title: The Single Life
Topic: Discussed different views and issues that come up while being a single muslim
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Movie Review: USA vs. Al-Arian
Guest: Line Halvorsen, Director, USA vs. Al-Arian; Human & Civil Rights Activist
Guest: John Sugg, Journalist; Senior Editor, Creative Loafing
Guest: Abdullah Al-Arian, Son of Political Prisoner Sami Al-Arian; Ph.D. candidate, Georgetown University
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Commercial Competition vs. Greed: Where to Draw the Line?
Guest: Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History, University of California; Author, State of the Union: A Century of American Labor
Topic: Human Rights in Pakistan: the Struggle Continues
Guest: Tighe Barry, Member of Code Pink, Anti-war Activist
Guest: Medea Benjamin, Co-founder, Code Pink
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Gitmo Detainees: Denied the Writ of Habeas Corpus
Guest: Pardiss Kebriaei, Attorney, Guantanamo Global Rights of Justice Initiative, Center for Constitutional Rights
Topic: Eliminating Racial Discrimination: US Human Rights Network Shadow Report 2008
Guest: Ajamu Baraka, Executive Director, US Human Rights Network
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Rebroadcast
Topic: Islam across Borders: A Special Interview with a Dutch-Muslim Delegation to the US
Guest: Leyla Cakir, Next Chairperson of Al-Nisa, Staff at 'Point Well Being' in Holland
Guest: Jihad Alariachi, Cast Member of 'The Girls of Halal' TV Show, Board of Directors, Muslim Youth of Amsterdam
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Government Loses Again: Reflecting on 21 Years of the "LA 8"
Guest: Michel Shehadeh, Acquitted Defendant, One of the "LA 8"
Guest: Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU, Southern California; Attorney on the "LA 8" Case
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2007 Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: How to Develop As An Artist
Guest: Royal Bayyan, Producer, Engineer, Musician-President-Raven Entertainment Group
Guest: Christie Z-Pabon-Publicist, Founder Muslims In Hip Hop and Tools of War
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Parental Involvement in Your Child’s Life
Guest: Reg Weaver, President, National Education Association
Topic: Is All Television Bad? What Makes Quality Media for Children?
Guest: Deborah L. Linebarger, Ph.D., Professor of "Children and Media: Cognitive Development," University of Pennsylvania
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Commercialized Kids: Why Children Demand So Much
Guest: Susan Linn, Author, Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood
Topic: Financial Responsibility: Teaching Children the Value of the Buck
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2007 Host: Imran Husain
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Foreclosures and the Falling Housing Market
Topic: Drivers Fund Mass Transit through Gas Tax
Guest: Ralph M. Martire, Executive Director, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Mukasey Crosses the Finish Line after Torturous Vote
Guest: Nathaniel A. Raymond, Senior Communications Strategist, Physicians for Human Rights
Guest: Asad Ba-Yunus, Attorney, Lubell & Rosen; President, Florida Muslim Bar Association
Guest: Marjorie Cohn, President, National Lawyers Guild; Author, Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act: Justified Safety or Constitutional Infringement?
Guest: Hope Marston, West Region Organizer, Bill of Rights Defense Committee
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2007 Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Cultivating Youth Through Edutainment
Guest: Jacinda Bullie and Jaquanda Villegas, Kuumba Lynx
Guest: Vent Movement- Poetry Emsemble from Aurora, Illinois- Featuring:
Yah Yah Muhammad, Trect, KIK and Hussain
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2007 Host: Adam Ghazi and Amir Haq
Topic: The Spiritual Benefits of Traveling
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Winter Tips: How to Stay Fit & Healthy
Guest: Constance D. Shabazz, M.D., Internal Medicine Physician, Chicago
Topic: Who's at Risk for the Ad14 Outbreak?
Guest: Jacqueline Tate, Epidemiologist, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: "I Do" to Love, Happiness, and... Debt? How to throw a Great Wedding at a Comfortable Price
Guest: Sheikh Abdul Rahman Khan, Resident Scholar, Islamic Foundation Villa Park
Guest: Baba Ali, Comedian, Creative Mind behind Ummah Film's "The Reminder" Series
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Strengths & Weaknesses of the Annapolis Peace Conference
Guest: Ali Abunimah, Author, One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, Co-founder, ElectronicIntifada.net
Guest: Amb. Robert Keeley, Former U.S. Ambassador; Chairman, Council for the National Interest Foundation
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Health Care Checkup on Clinton & Obama
Guest: Don McCanne, M.D., Senior Health Policy Fellow, Physicians for a National Health Program
Topic: Treating our Health Care System in Illinois
Guest: Johnathan VanderBrug, Health Care Justice Director, Campaign for Better Health Care
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Forbidding Right and Enjoining Immorality & Irresponsibility: The US Welfare System
Guest: Marva Arnold, Director, Division of Human Capital Development, Illinois Department of Human Services
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2007 Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Achieving the American Dream: Success Stories from across the Nation
Guest: Farooq Kathwari, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2007 Radio Islam wishes You a Happy Thanksgiving!
Rebroadcast
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Fast Food, Obesity, Your Health and Corporate Responsiblity
Guest: James M. Pivarnik, Ph.D., Center for Physical Activity and Health, Michigan State University
Guest: Mark Kastel, Co-Founder Cornucopia Institute
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Pilgrims, Indians, & Myths of the First Thanksgiving
Topic: Reducing Stress & Anxiety: Over the Holiday, and Always!
Guest: Edward Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Founder of the Global Healing Center
Topic: Turkey Tips from an Expert Chef!
Guest: Kocoa Scott-Winbush, Chef Consultant, author of "Cooking with Kocoa"
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: In Retrospect: The MANA Conference & African American Muslims
Guest: Ihsan Bagby, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at University of Kentucky
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Black Men in America are in Danger: Solutions in Context
Guest: Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League
Guest: Phillip Jackson, Executive Director, Black Star Project
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: "Rendition" isn't Fiction: a movie review & discussion
Guest: Melissa Goodman, ACLU Staff Attorney, Lawyer for Khaled El-Masri
Topic: Arab Heritage Month in Chicago
Guest: Widad Albassam, Board Member, Director of Arts Programming, Arab American Action Network
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Journey North: Why Mexican Migrants Prefer Life in the Shadows to Life at Home
Guest: Angelica Herrera, The Chicago Reporter, Author of "The Best of all Bad Choices"
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Nurturing the Spirit of Foster Care
Guest: Itadel Shalabi, Social Worker, Arab American Family Services
Guest: Najia Kurdi, Adoptive Mother
Guest: Humaira Basith, Adoptive Mother
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Islam across Borders: A Special Interview with a Dutch-Muslim Delegation to the US
Guest: Leyla Cakir, Next Chairperson of Al-Nisa, Staff at 'Point Well Being' in Holland
Guest: Jihad Alariachi, Cast Member of 'The Girls of Halal' TV Show, Board of Directors, Muslim Youth of Amsterdam
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2007 Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Where's the Faith in our Public School System?
Guest: Denise Dickson, Executive Director, Action Now for Working Families
Guest: Edmond Arroyo, School Social Worker, Hindsdale South High School
Guest: Howard Good, Ph.D., Author, Former New York School Board Member
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Analysis: Pakistan under Emergency Rule
Guest: Susan Musarrat Akram, Ph.D., Attorney, Int'l Human Rights, Boston University School of Law
Guest: Abdul Malik Mujahid, Ph.D., Pakistani-American Peace Activist, Chairman, CIOGC
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Online Consumer Profiling: Convenience or Infringment?
Guest: Jeff Chester, Founder & Executive Director, Center for Digital Democracy
Topic: The Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Bill
Guest: Erich Pica, Director of Economic Policy, Friends of the Earth
Guest: Jessy Tolkan, Executive Director of Programs, the Energy Action Coalition, Organized Powershift 2007
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Afghanistan: The Endless, Bitter War
Guest: Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy Analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus & a Provost in Journalism, University of California at Santa Cruz
Guest: Awista Ayub, Founder, The Afghan Youth Sports Exchange
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Children Left Behind: President Bush Threatens to Veto Health Insurance for Kids
Guest: Nayyera Haq, Spokeswoman, Children's Defense Fund
Guest: Barry Maram, Director, Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services
Guest: Theresa Eagleson, Administrator, Division of Medical Programs, Illinois Dept. of HFS
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Government Loses Again: Reflecting on 21 Years of the "LA 8"
Guest: Michel Shehadeh, Acquitted Defendant, One of the "LA 8"
Guest: Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU, Southern California; Attorney on the "LA 8" Case
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Congressional Concerns over Increase in Arab Ownership of US Stock Exchange
Guest: Jerome Corsi, PhD, Political Scientist, Author, "The Late Great USA"
Topic: The Disproportionate Rate of African-American Maternal & Infant Mortality
Guest: Robyn Gabel, Executive Director, Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
Guest: Angela Ellison, "Closing the Gap" Project Director, Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Smoking: What the Warning Labels Don’t Say
Guest: Michael Mark, Registered Nurse, Lung Health Expert
Topic: Would You Share a Cigarette with Your Child? The Dangers of Second-Hand Smoking
Guest: Marcella Bothwell, M.D., Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego; American Academy of Otolaryngology
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Origins of Halloween
Guest: Robert L. Park, Professor, University of Maryland
Topic: Behind the Borders: Iraq, Turkey & Kurds
Guest: Vera Saeedpour, Editor of Kurdish Life, Director of the Kurdish Library
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Segment I
Topic: The Political Will To Better America: Improving Our Laws to Ensure Security & Freedom
Guest: Farhana Khera, National Association of Muslim Lawyers, Muslim Advocates
Segment II: Rebroadcast
Topic: Muslim Refugees Around the World
Guest: Ahmed Khaled, Iraqi Refugee in Jordan; Professional Translator
Guest: Tim Irwin, UNHCR spokesman
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Abu Ghraib-- By America, In America: Allegations of Torture in the US Bureau of Prisons
Guest: Hakeem Shaheed, recently released federal prisoner who has filed a six count civil rights complaint against the Bureau of Prisons North Central Regional Director, the Warden and others
Guest: John Stainthorp, one of the attorneys for Hakeem Shaheed; attorney with People’s Law Office in Chicago
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Offering Reconciliation: Palestinians and Israelis find Peace through Art
Guest: Robi Damelin, lost her son to Palestinian fighters, member of the Bereaved Families Forum
Guest: Ali Abu Awad, was shot by Israeli soldiers and lost his brother in the conflict, joined the Bereaved Families Forum
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Is the City of Chicago's Budgeting Putting a Dent in Your Wallet? Tax Hikes & CTA Cuts
Guest: Laurence Msall, President, The Civic Federation (a tax watchdog group)
Guest: Sheila Gregory, General Manager of Public Affairs, Chicago Transit Authority
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Janaan Hashim & Humaira Basith Present: Islam Under Attack: Understanding Islamophobic Trends
*Special Interview with Phyllis Bennis, Author of "Responding to Islamophobia: A Pro-Active Strategy"
Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies & the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam
Topic: Driving Under the Influence
Guest: Donald McNamara, Regional Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Great Lakes Region
Guest: John Ulczycki, Executive Director of Transportation Safety, National Safety Council
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Co-host: Humaira Basith
Topic: Islamo- fascism or PHOBIA? Why the Neo-Con Right Fears Islam
Guest: Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Guest: Robert Spencer, Director, Jihad Watch
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Celebrating Pastoral Care Week
Guest: Javier Orozco, Associate Director, Religious Diversity & Loop Ministry, DePaul University
Guest: Jim Croegaert, Coordinator of Spiritual Services Department, Resurrection Medical Center
Guest: Saji Mukoot, Roman Catholic Priest, Chaplain, Resurrection Medical Center
Guest: Kifah Mustafa, Imam & Associate Director, Mosque Foundation
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2007 Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Searching for Survivors: the Lost Boys' Trip to South Sudan
Guest: David Morse, Freelance Journalist
Guest: Gabriel Bol Deng, One of the Lost Boys of Sudan
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Amir Haq
Guest: Istefa Naqui, President Islamic center of Suffolk County
Guest: Abigail Ozzanne, Christian Peacemaker Teams
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: 220 Years On: An In-Depth Look at the US Constitution
Guest: John Whitehead, Attorney & Author, President of The Rutherford Institute
Topic: RI Analysis: What's Behind the News Headlines
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Corporate Funding of Our Evening News
Guest: Diane Farsetta, PhD, Investigator & Senior Researcher, Center for Media & Democracy
Topic: The 'Cancel Debt Fast': Would You Risk Your Life to Save Another?
Guest: Reverend David Duncombe, United Church of Christ Minister, Fasted for 40 days to push for legislation to cancel debts of impoverished nations
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Pioneers in the Field of Law
Guest: Nikia Bilal, Partner, Amal Law Group, General Litigation
Guest: Majdel Musa, Partner, Amal Law Group, Business and Real Estate Law
Guest: Rima Kapitan, Partner, Employment Discrimination, Workers’ Comp., and Estate Planning
Topic: Improving Women's Socio-Political Status through Law
Guest: Janet Chung, Attorney, Northwest Women’s Law Center
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Recognizing the Milestones: American Civil Liberties Union
Guest: Adam Shwartz, Staff Attorney, ACLU
Guest: Akif Rahman, Named Plaintiff in a Class Action Lawsuit against DHS & FBI
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Winterizing Ourselves & Our Homes
Guest: Elizabeth Weintrab, Real Estate Broker, Home Buying & Selling Columnist, www.About.com
Topic: In Defense of Academic Freedom
Guest: Shereen Yusuf, Senior, DePaul University, Board Member of United Muslims Moving Ahead
Guest: Aminah McCloud, Ph.D., Islamic World Studies Program, DePaul University
Guest: Scott Hibbard, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, DePaul University
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Culture, Arts and Entertainment
Guest: Jayda Atkinson, Personal Chef
Guest: Co-Co, Poet
Guest: Laylah, Writer and Journalist
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2007 Host: Dawud Wharnsby Ali
Topic: Eid Arts Evening Special
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2007 Host: Dawud Wharnsby Ali
Topic: Eid Arts Evening Special
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Healing Power of Laughter
Guest: Clare Buie Chaney, Ph.D., L.P.C., Private Counselor, Inspirational Speaker
Topic: The Explosion of Islamic Comedy
Guest: Aman Ali, Muslim Standup Comedian
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Sound Advice from Sound Vision—How to Make your Eid a Special One
Topic: Let’s Talk: How to Establish Healthy Parent-Child Communication... on Sex
Guest: Tom Klaus, Advocates for Youth, Former organizer of Let’s Talk Month in Iowa
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Preparation not Procrastination: How to Beat the Rush before Eid
Topic: Muslim Journalists: A Cross-Examination
Guest: Madhu Krishnamurthy, Writer, The Daily Herald
Guest: Ahmed Soliman, Author, Born in the USA: Reflections of an Arab & Muslim-American Journalist
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Equal Right to Celebrate: Ramadan in Oak Lawn
Guest: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Chicago
Topic: Better than One Thousand Months: the Night of Power
Guest: Abdul Malik Mujahid, Executive Producer, Radio Islam
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2007 Host: Jamila Firdausee
Title: Eid from around the World
Guest: Jitu tha Jigganot, Hip Hop legend in Chicago
Guest: Jemka, Celebrating Eid in Bosnia
Guest: Ricardo Pena, Founder of the Latino Muslims of Chicago
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2007 Host: Adam Ghazi
Topic: Becoming an Entrepreneur
Guest: Irfan Javeed Hussain, Entrepreneur who Developed a $36 million Profile at Age 27
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: A Hushed Attempt to Partition Iraq: The Biden Amendment
Guest: Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, Anti-War Speaker with Global Exchange
Topic: Directing the Islamic Film Industry
Guest: Michael Wolfe, President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Suicide Epidemic
Guest: Dr. Paula Clayton, Medical Director, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Topic: Faith-Based Solutions to Suicide
Guest: Salma Abugideiri, Licensed Professional Counselor & Co-Director of the Peaceful Families Project
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Ramadan: Social, Economic, and Political Aspects
Guest: Dr. Sulayman Nyang, Professor of African Studies at Howard University
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: To Medina and Mecca or Bust: A Senior Class Trip During Ramadan
Guest: Zacharia Katerji, Senior at Universal School
Guest: Muhammed Abdulla, Senior at Universal School
Guest: Mr. A Sharara, Universal School Teacher and Senior Class Trip Chaperone
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Health & Wellness amongst Women of Color
Guest: Dr. Sakiliba Mines, Director of Health, National Congress of Black Women
Guest: Dr. Wynetta Frazier, President of National Hookup of Black Women
Guest: Dr. Latifah Sabree, Family Practice Physician, Chicago
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: The Importance of Being a Youth Role Model
Guest: Tari Simpkins, Member of IMAN Youth Program
Guest: Aamina Muhammed, Member of IMAN Youth Program
Topic: A Free Legal Service for Artists
Guest: William Rattner, Executive Director of Lawyers for Creative Arts
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2007 Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Current Events and News Headlines
Guest: Chad Schroeda, Host of World Wide Chaos
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Latest Developments in the Holy Land Foundation Trial
Guest: Lidel George, Attorney following HLF Case
Topic: A Ramadan Charity Initiative: CIOGC Chicken Drive
Guest: Bilal Mujahid, Organizer, Chicken Drive
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Quranic Preservation & Taraweeh Experiences
Guest: Inamul Haq, Professor of Islamic Studies, Elmhurst College
Guest: You! Call in and Share Your Taraweeh Experience, and be a Guest on Radio Islam!!
Call 773-777-1450!
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Afghanistan: The Endless, Bitter War
Guest: Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy Analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus & a Provost in Journalism, University of California at Santa Cruz
Guest: Awista Ayub, Founder, The Afghan Youth Sports Exchange
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Iran: Rogue or Simply Bold? Ahmadinejad in the US
Guest: Dr. Stephen Zunes, Middle East Editor, Foreign Policy in Focus Project, Author, Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism
Topic: Israel: A Threat to Peace and International Law
Guest: Guest: Jennifer Loewenstein, Associate Director of the Middle East Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Board Member of ICAHD-USA (Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Book Review
Guest: Chalmers Johnson, Author, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire and Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic
Topic: Empty Threats: The Non-Expulsion of Blackwater USA
Guest: Anthony Arnove, Editor, Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War and of Terrorism and War
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2007 Host: Adam Ghazi
Topic: Coping with Parental Death
Guest: Edward Arroyo, Counselor
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Jena 6 and the Enduring Engines of Racism
Guest: Jordan Flaherty, Journalist & Editor, Left Turn Magazine
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Media Inspired Violence: Inside the Minds of our Youth
Guest: Alice Mao, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
Guest: Michael Brody, Chair, Television & Media Committee, American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Media Consolidation: Minorities Pushed Off the Radio Dial
Guest: Jonathan Adelstein, FCC Commissioner
Guest: Carl West, Founder & Editor, The Truth Magazine
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Islamic Flix for Ramadan
Guest: Imran Randhawa, Co-Producer, "American Ramadan"
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Parenting With Scripture
Guest: Shahina Siddiqi, Executive Director, the Islamic Social Services Association of North America
Guest: Pamela Cosel, Freelance Writer, Christian Writers Group
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2007 Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: Sunday Night Entertainment
Guest: Tyson, Remarkable Current Artist
Topic: Inter-City Development for Kids
Guest: Khalid Samad, Founder, 'Peace In the Hood'
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2007 Host: Amir Haq
Topic: You are What You Eat
Guest: Chip Ward, Ecologist
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Eating Healthy - Living Strong
Guest: Tim Sanchez, Communications & Marketing Director, New American Dream
Guest: Sarah Baquer, Physician Assistant
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Ramadan Mubarak! A Special Program on the Muslim Month of Fasting
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: How Five Minutes Can Save a Life: Blood Donation
Guest: Amy Amy Gardner-Nummer, American Red Cross
Guest: Dina Rehab, CAIR Outreach Coordinator, Organizer of CAIR Blood Drive
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Six Years On: Has the Government's Infringement on Civil Rights Made Us Safer?
Guest: Nancy Murray, Director of Education, ACLU of Massachusetts
Topic: Petitioning Congress to Defend Our Constitution
Guest: Ed Yohnka, Director of Communications and Public Policy, ACLU of Illinois
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: 9/11 Eve: What Muslims Say about Terrorism
Guest: Ibrahim Hooper, Communications Coordinator, CAIR National
Topic: "The Terrorism Index"
Guest: Faz Shakeer, Research Director, Center for American Progress
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 Host: Jamila Firdausee
Guest: Wilma Fields, Genealogy Researcher
Guest: Al Burroughs, Sound Engineer (SOS Band), Founder ENBA
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 Rebroadcast
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Are You at Risk? Prostate & Ovarian Cancer
Guest: Diljeet K. Singh, MD, Dr.PH., Gynecologic Oncologist,
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Guest: William J. Catalona, M.D., Medical Director of the Urological Research Foundation
Guest: John Hustad, Survivor of Prostate Cancer
Guest: Luann Anderson, Board Member, Illinois National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Ramadan - A One Week Prelude
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Understanding Autism
Guest: Scott Bono, National Autism Association
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Saving Our Natural Resources: Water
Guest: Linda Kelly, Managing Director, Public Communications for the Water Environment Federation
Topic: Rainforest Conservation
Guest: Julianne Schrader, Education Manager at the Rainforest Alliance
Topic: The Quality of the Air We Breathe: Air Pollution in Illinois
Guest: Laurel Kroack, Chief of the Bureau of Air, Illinois EPA
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Iran: An Alternative to Bloodshed
Guest: Alexander Patico, Treasurer, Campaign Against Sanctions & Military Intervention in Iran
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Maurice Weaver
Topic: The U.S. and East African Relationship: Building Military, Creating Governments and Stopping Genocide
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 Host: Amir Haq
Topic: American vs British Muslim Rights
Guest: Zareen Roohi Ahmed, Chief Executive of the British Muslim Forum
Guest: Zahoor Qurashi, President of the Islamic Society of Britain
Guest: Baba Ali, President of Ummah Films
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Topic: Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
Guest: Layla Muhammad, Founder, Ash Shamsiyyah - The Umbrella
Guest: Navida Akhtar, Organizer for Breast Cancer Awareness, Hamdard Center
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Executive Excess: the Staggering Cost of Corporate Leadership
Guest: Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Organizer, The Program on Inequality and the Common Good
Topic: Displaced Iraqis Straddle the Borders
Guest: David Enders, Freelance Journalist, Reports from Iraq
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Building Bridges through Storytelling: "More Alike than Not"
Guest: Arif Choudhury, Professional Storyteller, Presenting the Muslim Perspective
Guest: Gerald Fierst, Professional Storyteller, Presenting the Jewish Perspective
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2007 Host: Kamran Memon
Topic: Detention without Charge: the Case of Jose Padilla & Others
Guest: David Cole, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center
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MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The Housing Market Crisis
Guest: Doug Henwood, Editor, Left Business Observer; Author, After the New Economy
Guest: Pat Abrams, Board Chairwoman, Chicago Rehab Network
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Struggle to Rid Lebanon of Cluster Munitions
Guest: George Cody, PhD, Executive Director of the American Taskforce for Lebanon
Topic: What's Wrong with the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement?
Guest: Christine Ahn, National Coordinator of Korean Americans for Fair Trade
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Pentagon-Media Collusion: What Goes on Behind Closed Doors
Guest: Jeff Cohen, Founder of FAIR, Author, "Cable News Confidential"
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: An Inside Perspective: Crisis in the Catholic Church
Guest: Jimmy Lago, Chancellor, The Archdiocese of Chicago
Topic: Alternative Sentencing: A New Approach to Treating Drug Offenders
Guest: Maria Muzaffar, Inner-City Muslim Action Network
Guest: Sultan Muhammad, Organizer, Inner-City Muslim Action Network
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: What to Expect at ISNA: A Pre-Convention Program
Guest: Ingrid Mattson, Ph.D., President, Islamic Society of North America
Guest: Asma Mirza, President, Muslim Students Association - National
Guest: Zaki Barzinji, President, Muslim Youth of North America - National
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MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Understanding the Nation of Islam
Guest: Professor Sulayman Nyang, African Studies Dept., Howard University
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2007 Host: Jamila Firduasee
Topic: The Latest in Arts and Entertainment
Guest: Charles Trimbach, President of Iraqi Art Gallery
Guest: Blade-Triple aka Hudhafah, Film-marker and Spoke Work Artist
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2007 Host: Amir Haq
Topic: New Headlines
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Haiti: Extreme Living
Guest: Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Topic: "Being Muslim"
Guest: Haroon Siddiqui, Author of "Being Muslim," Editor and columnist of "Toronto Star"
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Topic: Brace Yourself for the Native Deen & Sami Yusuf Concert!
Guest: Native Deen, Muslim Hip-Hop Group
Guest: Sami Yusuf, International Nasheed Artist
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2007 Host: Imran Hussain
Topic: Identities: A Threatened State
Guest: Jay Foley, Exec. Director, Identity Theft Resource Center
Topic: The Racial Factor in Drivers’ Consent Searches
Guest: Wendy Park, Civil Liberties Fellow & Staff Attorney, ACLU
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2007 Re-broadcast
Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: TBA
Guest: TBA
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MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Emigrating Roads– Destination: America
Guest: Lucyna Migala, Co-Founder, Artistic Director and GM of the Lira Ensemble
Guest: Kenneth Elisapana, Exec. Director, Founder, South Sudan Voices of Hope
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2007 Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Making Muslim voices heard
Guest: Ndidi Okakpu, Journalist for Cresent
Guest: Tareen Rudolph, Community Activist
Guest: Frederick Al-Deen, News Week Interviewee for American Muslims Article
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2007 Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Soldiers of Peace: Two Men, One Conflict, One Voice
Guest: Wa'el Salame, Combatants for Peace, Palestinian
Guest: Yonatan Gur, Combatants for Peace, Israeli
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafa
Topic: Disasters and Mental Health
Guest: Dr. Jerry Jacobs, Disaster Mental Health Institute, Univ. of South Dakota
Topic: Executive Privilege
Guest: Mark J. Rozell, Author of "Executive Privilege," Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Reliving Nagasaki - With Iran?
Guest: William Hartung, Director, Arms and Security Initiative, New America Foundation
Guest: Jacqueline Cabasso, Exec. Director, Western States Legal Foundation
Guest: Jedidjah DeVries, Outreach Director, Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
Guest: John Burroughs, Exec. Director, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2007 Host: Imran Husain
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: National ID Cards: Benefit or Threat?
Guest: James P. Harrison, Attorney at Law
Topic: Another Debate in the State: The Illinois Budget
Guest: Rep. Gary Hannig, 98th District, Deputy Majority Leader
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Children Left Behind: President Bush Threatens to Veto Health Insurance for Kids
Guest: Nayyera Haq, Spokeswoman, Children's Defense Fund
Guest: Barry Maram, Director, Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services
Guest: Theresa Eagleson, Administrator, Division of Medical Programs, Illinois Dept. of HFS
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MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Iraqi War Veterans Reveal Disturbing Patterns of Abuse
Guest: Laila Al-Arian, Co-Author of Article, "The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness"
Published in The Nation Magazine
Guest: Camilo Mejia, Iraqi War Vet, Author of "Road from Ar Ramadi:
The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Mejía"
Guest: Dante Zappala, Anti-War Activist
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2007 Rebroadcast:
Host: Salman Azam
Topic: The Real Situation in Iraq: A Marine's Tale
Guest: Liam Madden, specialist, Marines and co-founder, Appeal for Redress
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2007 Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Challenges and Outreach for New Muslims
Guest: Nancy Ali, Convert & Islamic Studies Teacher at Islamic Foundation Villa Park
Guest: Mary Ali, Convert & Islamic Studies Teacher at Muslim Community Center
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Analyzing Turkey's Parliamentary Elections
Guest: Kenan Ipek, Turkish Consul General of Chicago
Guest: David Cuthell, Exec. Director, Turkish & Middle East Studies,
Stevens Institute of Technology
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Tradition of Islamic Marriage in America
Guests: Omar Abdelghany & Hajar Abdul-Rahim, Husband & Wife who Met in High School
Guests: Mohammed Rasheed & Shayma Salman, Husband & Wife, Met Through Mutual Friend
Guest: Imam Kifah Mustapha, Associate Director, Mosque Foundation
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2007 Host: Imran Husain
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Latest in Chicago's Mob Trial
Guest: Jim Wagner, President, Chicago Crimes Commission
Topic: Another Blow to Immigration: Waukegan City Council
Guest: Jorge Mojica, Freelance Journalist and Community Organizer
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TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Racial Disparity Among Inmates on Death Row
Guest: David Jacobs, Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University,
Co-Author of "Minority Death Row Inmates Convicted of Killing Whites More Likely to Face Execution"
(To be published in August 2007 issue of American Sociological Review)
Guest: Regan McCullough, Research Director, Ill. Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Guest: Khalid Fattah Griggs, Father-in-Law to Former North Carolina Inmate,
Imam of Community Mosque of Winston-Salem, NC
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MONDAY, JULY 30, 2007
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: FBI Sting Operations: Bungle or Success?
Guest: Frank Bochte, Legal Advisor & Special Agent, Chicago FBI
Guest: Lawrence Lustberg, Former President, Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers of NJ
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SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Culture, Arts and Entertainment
Guest: Jayda Atkinson, Personal Chef
Guest: Co-Co, Poet
Guest: Laylah, Writer and Journalist
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SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2007 Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Political Activism and Grassroots Campaigns
Guest: Ira Chernus, Author, Monsters to Destroy: The Neoconservative War on Terror & Sin
Guest: Christine Gelly, The Greater Chicago Caucus
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FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Rape & Sexual Abuse of Native American & Alaska Native Women
Guest: Amanda Flott, Amnesty International
Topic: A U.S. Republic or Empire? Establishing Permanent Military Bases Abroad
Guest: Zoltan Grossman, Professor, The Evergreen State College in Olympia
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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Highlighting Talent Among Muslim Youth
Guest: Uzma Ahmad, Tennis Player
Guest: Amir Ahmad, Tennis Player
Guest: Zaineb Abdulla, Guitarist
Guest: Aaisha Durr, Spoken Work Poet
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2007 Host: Imran Husain
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: High-Risk Behaviors in Fallen Sports Heroes
Guest: John F. Murray, Sport & Clinical Psychologist
Guest: Laura Brown, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Another Look at Women for Peace
Guest: Carol Crabtree Donovan, International Women's Peace Conference Chairwoman
Guest: Nia MacKay, 3rd International Women's Peace Conference
Topic: To Vaccinate or not to Vaccinate: Understanding Gardasil
Guest: Judith Siers-Poisson, Author of "The Politics and PR of Cervical Cancer"
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MONDAY, JULY 23, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Protecting Your Home: Natural & Man-Made Disasters
Guest: Eric Schmitt, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Guest: Natalie Scholberg, Communications Director, Intermatic
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SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2007 Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: When Israelis and Palestinians Say No to War
Guest: Yonathan Shapira, Combatants for Peace Israeli Coordinator
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SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2007 Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Family and Youth Summer Programs
Guest: Mary Ali, Youth Coordinator for MCC Camp
Guest: Bombade Shakoor Abdullah, Principal of C-Mecca School
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FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Seven Wonders of the Muslim World
Guest: Samana Siddiqui, Author of "15 Vacation Spots for Muslims This Summer," Sound Vision
Guest: Yusuf Wazeerud-Din, Travel Agency Director, www.hajjmurshiddun.com
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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Taxation in the Lottery
Guest: Alicia Hansen, Staff Writer, Tax Foundation
Guest: W. Steven Barnett, Director, National Inst. for Early Education Research Center
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Impeaching Cheney: What do the polls say?
Guest: David Swanson, Creator of ImpeachCheney.org
Topic: Early Childhood Education
Guest: W. Steven Barnett, Director, National Inst. for Early Education Research Center
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TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Elder Abuse Awareness
Guest: Lois Moorman, Program Admin., Office of Elder Rights, IL Dept. on Aging
Guest: Ida Anger, Program Manager, Metropolitan Family Services
Guest: Itadel Shalabi, Social Worker, Arab-American Family Services
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MONDAY, JULY 16, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Simplified Living: Going back to the basics
Guest: Gerald Iversen, National Coordinator, Alternatives for Simple Living
Guest: Linda Barker, Founder & Director, Sistas of the Hood
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SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007 Re-broadcast
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and Entertainment
Guest: Dres, Event Host
Guest: Poetic Pilgrimage
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SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2007 Host: Amir Haq
Topic: The Halal Trademark
Guest: Mohammed Sadek, MD, VP of Islamic Food & Nutrition Council of America
Topic: A Personal Account from Iraq
Guest: Dahr Jamail, Independent Reporter
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FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Restoring Child Soldiers: Another Chance to Live
Guest: Patrick Komakech, Former Child Soldier, Uganda
Guest: Conrad L. Mandsager, Executive Director, ChildVoice International
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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Privatizing Iraqi Oil: Is the War About Oil Afterall?
Guest: Antonia Juhasz, Author: The Bu$h Agenda: Invading the World One Economy at a Time
Topic: The US Threat to Target Iran
Guest: David Barsamian, Author: Targeting Iran
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Muhammad Salah Verdict
Guest: Ahmad Salah, Son of Co-Defendent Muhammad Salah; United States v. Salah
Topic: Save Earth: "What's Faith Got to Do With It?"
Guest: Syed Reza, National Coordinator for Young Muslims Canada
Guest: Yaseen Poonah, Public Relations Coordinator for Young Muslims Canada
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TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2007 Host: Kamran Memon
Topic: What's Behind the London & Glasgow Attacks?
Guest: Sadiya Chowdhury, Editor, Islam Channel News, UK
Guest: Fahad Ansari, Islamic Human Rights Commission, UK
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MONDAY, JULY 9, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Documentary & Book Review
Guest: Norman Solomon, Author, War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
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SUNDAY, JULY 8, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Organ Donations and the Market for Body Parts
Guest: Lisa Hager, Secretary of State
Guest: Michelle Goodwin, Author "The Black Market for Body Parts"
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SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2007 Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Topic: Reflections: London's 7/7 Attacks
Topic: Little Mosques in Chicago
Guest: Usman Drame, Imam of Masjid Farooq
Guest: Dr. Badrudeen, Imam of Masjid Dawah
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FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Movie Review: Michael Moore's SICKO!
Guest: Quentin Young, M.D., National Chair, Physicians for a National Health Program
Guest: Deborah Richter, M.D., Physicians for a National Health Program
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THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Scooter Libby Pardon: Commutation or Cover-Up?
Guest: Elizabeth de la Vega, Author, "US v. George W. Bush et al"
Guest: Kara Gotsch, Director of Advocacy, The Sentencing Project
Guest: Monica Benderman, Co-Author, "Letters from a Ft. Lewis Brig"
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2007 Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Independence Day Special! The History of What We Celebrate
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TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: International Women's Struggle for Peace
Guest: Carol C. Donovan, Co-Chair, 3rd International Women's Peace Conference
Topic: Independence Day Series: Continuing the "Independence"
Guest: Judith Siers-Poisson, Assoc. Director: Center for Media & Democracy
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MONDAY, JULY 2, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Special Interview: Sam Greeenlee
Guest: Sam Greenlee, Author of "The Spook Who Sat by the Door"
Topic: Independence Day Series: Constitution 101
Guest: Matthew Rotschild, Ed. Progressive Magazine; Author of "You Have No Rights"
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SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2007 Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Summer Activies for the Youth
Guest: Tahera Ahmad, Board Direct for MCC Summer Camp
Guest: Ruby Khan, Exec. Dir. of Hamdard Center for Health and Human Services
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SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2007 Host: Re-broadcast
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FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Struggle to Rid Lebanon of Cluster Munitions
Guest: George Cody, PhD, Executive Director of the American Taskforce for Lebanon
Topic: What's Wrong with the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement?
Guest: Christine Ahn, National Coordinator of Korean Americans for Fair Trade
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THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: The Graduation Season: Islamic & Public Schools
Guest: Abdelnasser Rasheed, Universal Islamic School Valedictorian
Guest: Yasir Hussain, Public High School Graduate
Guest: Habeeb Qadri, MCC Islamic School Principal
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2007 Host: Imran Husain
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Gun Crimes & Gun Safety
Guest: Daniel Gross, Co-Founder, PAX USA
Guest: Sonya Barge, Speaker on Gun Safety
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TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Turkey's Struggle for Democracy: The Islamist vs. Secularist Perspectives
Guest: Merve Kavakci, Professor at Georgetown University & Islamist Turkish Activist
Guest: Ali Gursoy, Member of Numerous American-Turkish Organizations
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MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: The US Military's Air Campaign in Iraq
Guest: Dahr Jamail, Journalist, Reported extensively from Iraq
Topic: Voices on Gaza: Who's to Blame for the Turmoil in Palestine?
Guest: Jennifer Kauffman, The Arab American Institute
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SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2007 Re-broadcast
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Re-broadcast: Sunday Night Arts and Entertainment
Guest: Dres, Event Host
Guest: Poetic Pilgrimage
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SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2007 Host: Shiraz Malik
Topic: The Effects of Television on Youth
Guest: Melissa Henson, Director of Parents Television Council
Guest: Aalia Snell, Mother
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FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007 Host: Ayesha Mustafaa
Co-host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: Special Interview with Imam Zaid Shakir
Guest: Zaid Shakir, Muslim Scholar and Lecturer at Zaytuna Institute
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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-Host: Hiba Abdul-Rahim
Topic: "Presumption of Guilt" Discussion of Annual CAIR Report
Topic: The International Move to Ban the Use of Cluster Munitions
Guest: Ed Kenny, Senior Program Officer, Handicap International
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Protecting Academic Freedom
Guest: Matthew Abraham, Ass. Professor, DePaul University
Topic: IMAN Celebrates 10 Years of Community Involvement
Guest: Kyle Ismail, Associate Director, IMAN
Guest: Asad Jafri, Youth Coordinator, IMAN
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TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2007 Host: Janaan Hashim
Topic: Series: Opening Your Eyes: Conversations with Women From the Middle East
Guest: Sarah Harder, President, National Peace Foundation
Guest: Shiren Aly, Egyptian Delegate
Guest: Buthaina Daftardar, Saudia Arabian Delegate
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MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Terror and Torture: Protecting Civillians While At War
Guest: James Paul, Executive Director, Global Policy Forum
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SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 2007 Re-broadcast
Host: Jamila Firdausee
Topic: Sunday Night Arts and Entertainment
Guest: Dres, Event Host
Guest: Poetic Pilgrimage
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SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2007 Host: Amir Haq
Topic: Nuclear Weapons Programs Are about Regime Survival
Guest: Dilip Hiro, Middle Eastern expert and Author, Blood of the Earth
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FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2007 Host: Ayesha K Mustafaa
Topic: Israeli Occupation of Palestine: Leads To Infighting Between Palestinan Goverment
Guest: Edward Peck, Former Ambassador and Deputy Director of the White House Task Force - Regan Adminstration
Topic: Delegation Returns From Palestine: The Latest News from the Ground
Guest: Zarinah Shakir, Producer and Host,“Islamic Perspectives
Guest: Mike Daly, Outreach Coordinator, FOR’s Interfaith Peace-Builders
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THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2007 Host: Salman Azam
Co-Host: Sheneka Bolden
Topic: The Demise of Palestine: The Civil War for Occupied Land
Guest: Mona El-Farra, MD Physician, Human Rights Activist from Gaza
Topic: Former Israeli Solider Dreams of Peace for Palestine
Guest: Amir Terkel, Filmaker and Member, Jewish Voice for Peace
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2007 Rebroadcast
Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Child and Adult Development: When Raising a Child Becommings a Challenge
Guest: Arlene Harder, MFT, Founder and Editor Support4Change.com
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TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2007 Re-broacast
Host: Aminah McCloud
Topic: Empowering the Minority Voice in Politics
Guest: Professor Michael Fauntroy, George Mason University
Guest: Professor Rodney Hero, Notre Dame University
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MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2007 Host: Frederick Al-Deen
Topic: Politics, People and Genocide in Sudan
Guest: John Ukec Lueth Ukec, Sudanese Ambassador to the United States
Topic: Protecting Your Health: National Men's Health Week
Guest: Scott Williams, Communications Director, Men's Health Network
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SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2007 Host: TBC
Topic: TBC
Guest: TBC
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SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2007 Host: Shiraz Malik
Topic: Violence and the Media: Television and Our Children
Guest: Dan Isett, Director of Corporate and Government Affairs, Parent Television Counci
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