NPR AUDIO: “TV Show ‘All-American Muslim’ to Debut on TLC”
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NPR AUDIO: “Does Herman Cain Use ‘Lynching’ Too Freely?”
Tweet From National Public Radio November 4, 2011 This week’s Barbershop guys weigh in on the sexual harassment allegations dogging GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain’s campaign. They also discuss Kim Kardashian’s divorce and the return of the sketch comedy show In Living Color. Host Michel Martin checks in with author Jimi Izrael, attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, columnist...
NPR AUDIO: “Designer Brings Muslim Fashion To The Runway”
Tweet From National Public Radio by Margot Adler Fashion designer Nailah Lymus (third from right) stands with models wearing her latest collection after a runway show November 3, 2011 Nailah Lymus is a 27-year-old aspiring designer who had her first runway show during New York’s Fashion Week in September, and she has just had another...
NEWS: “Real-Life ‘Slumdog Millionaire’: Poor Clerk Wins $1M On Indian Game Show”
Tweet From National Public Radio by MARK MEMMOTT Sushil Kumar, left, with Bollywood actor and game show host Amitabh Bachchan, shows off his $1 million check. In a case of life imitating the movies, a young man in India who earns about $120 a month as a government office worker has won $1 million on his country’s...
NPR: “In Boston Terrorism Trial, A Free Speech Defense”
Tweet From National Public Radio Tarek Mehanna was arrested in 2009 and charged with conspiring to plot terrorist attacks. Opening statements in his trial are expected to begin Thursday. October 27, 2011 By Dina Temple-Raston Opening statements are expected to begin Thursday in an unusual terrorism trial, involving a young Massachusetts man named Tarek Mehanna....
NPR AUDIO: “Reflections of Ramadan from Childhood”
Tweet From National Public Radio Courtesy Of Arsalan Iftikhar | International rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar says Ramadan gives him a sense of appreciation for life. August 29, 2011 For the past month, Muslims around the world have been fasting in observance of Ramadan, abstaining from food and water during daylight hours. International rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar...
AP: “Pakistan Police Rescue Kidnapped American”
Tweet From NPR.org by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS August 25, 2011 Using tips from arrested suspects, police on Thursday safely recovered a U.S. development expert who was kidnapped almost two weeks ago in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, a senior police official said. Police traced the whereabouts of Warren Weinstein, 70, to Khushab city, located some...
NPR AUDIO: “In Rural Pakistan, A Rare Hospital for Women”
Tweet From National Public Radio By Julie McCarthy August 22, 2011 Women and children fill the waiting room of the Umrana Mumtaz Healthcare Trust Hospital in northwest Pakistan. The private medical clinic is leveraging technology and the Internet to serve tens of thousands of patients a year who otherwise would have little or no medical...
NPR AUDIO: “FBI Use of Confidential ‘Informants’ Skyrockets”
Tweet From National Public Radio August 21, 2011 In today’s post 9/11 America, there are 15,000 informants working with the FBI. That’s nearly three times as many as there were 25 years ago. Over the years, when there has been a surge in the number of informants the FBI recruits and uses, there’s a specific...
