How Does it Feel to Be a Problem? - Book Review

With his book, How Does it Feel to Be a Problem, author Moustafa Bayoumi writes about Arabs coping with their home, the United States, turning their back on them in this post 9/11 world we live in.

According to the introduction (necessary reading in the case of this book), Bayoumi sought out what it was like [...]

STAND UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age - Review

On Sunday, May 11, PBS will air another entry in their American at a Crossroads series with STAND UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age. This latest entry is decidedly less serious than the previous documentaries in this series but still takes on the ever important question of the role of Muslims in America after [...]

Khalifah Consciousness

As issues arise in Muslim communities, we are reminded of our duty to do what Allah (swt) has prescribed in Qur’an and accept the responsibility of Khalifah which Allah has bestowed upon us. Under the banner of Khalifah Consciousness we become more aware and are able to overcome the affects of deep psychological conditions that [...]

Film Review: Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden

Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame tackles a much more serious topic for his new documentary Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden. Spurlock travels to Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in his attempt to find the terrorist. Although he sets out with this grand plan in mind, [...]

It Was Bound to Happen. . .

In a recent turn of events, Geert Wilders, a right wing Dutch politician was able to get his anti-Koran film ‘Fitna’ on the Internet. The Dutch government is doing whatever it can in order to distance themselves from Wilders.
Wilders initially tried to get his film broadcast in his country but none of the channels [...]

“Rendition” Film Review

“Rendition” is about an Arab American who is suspected of being a terrorist supporter and is shipped overseas by the U.S. government to be tortured for information.
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TV Review - Aliens in America

Most of us are already familiar with the premise of Aliens In America, the new sitcom that debuted Monday on the CW: A Pakistani exchange student comes to live with the Tolchuks in Wisconsin. Hilarity ensues.

Ever since it was picked up by CW, the show has garnered good reviews from critics. After watching the first [...]

Book Review - Acts of Faith by Eboo Patel

After I heard Eboo Patel speak at the Civic Engagements lecture at ISNA (ok, ok, I was only in there for the last 10 minutes but he closed the lecture with style with his final comments), I wanted to check out his book Acts of Faith in which he describes his trying to find his [...]

Book Review: Unimagined

In Unimagined: A Muslim Boy Meets the West, Imran Ahmad narrates life growing up Pakistani and Muslim in England. Born in Karachi, he migrated to England with his family as a very young boy. Ahmad did his best to fit in a land dominated by those with a different religion and color of skin who [...]

Book Review - The Reluctant Fundamentalist

America has always seen an influx of immigrants who come to the U.S. for upper education and opporunties that may escape them in their homeland. Mohsin Hamid tells the story of one such immigrant in The Reluctant Fundamentalist. The title refers to Changez from Lahore, Pakistan, who left his country to pursue [...]

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