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Swimming and Reporting as a Muslim Woman, with Rowaida Abdelaziz Oct 23, 2021

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Ahmed speaks with Huffington Post national reporter Rowaida Abdelaziz about her work covering American Muslims and her piece on swimming while a Muslim woman.

Due to an injury, YouTube uploads are delayed, but subscribe for a video version of this podcast soon: youtube.com/ahmed

Follow Rowaida: @Rowaida_Abdel

Read Rowaida's piece "When Swimming as Muslim Woman Becomes a Political Act": https://www.huffpost.com/entry/muslim-women-are-fighting-to-swim-in-america_n_5d5594d1e4b056fafd08aa70

Read Zainab Iqbal's piece, "I'm a Muslim woman covering the diversity of Brooklyn. Sometimes all people see is my hijab.": https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2021/im-a-muslim-woman-covering-the-diversity-of-brooklyn-sometimes-all-people-see-is-my-hijab/

The Mosque in America, A National Portrait (with Dr. Ihsan Bagby) Oct 01, 2021

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We're back from hiatus and to our regularly scheduled programming with an interview with Dr. Ihsan Bagby on his work polling American mosques for two decades.

Find the mosque survey from Dr. Bagby here: https://www.ispu.org/public-policy/mosque-survey/

Also: our big new announcement is that we're now on YouTube thanks to a grant from the Google News Intiative! Look forward to some YouTube exclusive content covering halal food in America.

Like and subscribe below. Video podcasts will be coming soon.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn2EbFxKx-a9Bee3UqKWIwg

"Saving the Seeds" (by the Self-Evident podcast) Jun 15, 2021

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This week, we wanted to introduce you to one of our favorite podcast partners: Self-Evident: Asian American Stories. They do incredible work showcasing the wide-ranging stories of Asian Americans. And: we've picked up Pakistani mangos together!

Subscribe to Self-Evident on iTunes or Spotify and support them here: https://selfevidentshow.com/supporters

[BONUS] Pakistani Chicken Hutt (via America's Test Kitchen) Jun 04, 2021

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Another bonus! We're sharing with you Ahmed's story for the PROOF podcast by America's Test Kitchen. It's a personal essay about growing up a picky eater in a Pakistani family. Subscribe to PROOF and find more info on their show here: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/podcasts/proof.

PLUS: a bonus interview with Madhur Jaffrey, desi cookbook author and icon, will be on the Patreon will be up later today.

Our show is crowdfunded and made possible by our beloved listeners. Subscribe our Patreon for as little as $1 a month to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. At $10, you get access to behind the scenes content like a newsletter and bonus episodes. You can find other ways to support here: https://moneyyy.me/$ahmedaliakbar Your support means the world to us.

Follow Ahmed on Twitter: @radbrowndads.

Find the show's website at seesomethingpodcast.com.

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Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.

[BONUS] Introducing: "The Universal Title" Episode 2 May 05, 2021

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Here's episode 2 of the new podcast, "The Universal Title: Muhammad Ali's Spiritual Journey." Ahmed served as editor and co-writer of the series along with the team at America Abroad Media, PRX, and the Ali Center. Subscribe to hear the rest of the series here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-universal-title-muhammad-alis-spiritual-journey/id1562935315

Sneak peak of the new season of SSSS on the Patreon up now too: www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar

[BONUS] Introducing: "The Universal Title" Podcast, Episode 1 Apr 30, 2021

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We're hard at work on the new season of SSSS, but in the meantime, we're excited to share episode 1 of the new podcast, "The Universal Title: Muhammad Ali's Spiritual Journey." Ahmed served as editor and co-writer of the series along with the team at America Abroad Media, PRX, and the Ali Center. Subscribe to hear the rest of the series here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-universal-title-muhammad-alis-spiritual-journey/id1562935315

Sneak peak of the new season of SSSS on the Patreon up now too: www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar

Announcement! + Patreon Jinn Zoom Call Preview Mar 02, 2021

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In this episode, an important announcement — we're moving to a seasonal model! And stay tuned for the first 15 minutes of our Patreon bonus zoom call with our guests .

So this will be the last episode for a little bit — our next drop of episodes will be a season of episodes that will release weekly in Spring. if you donate on Patreon, you'll still get the same overall episodes per year BUT also you'll get more bonuses and sneak peaks before we start dropping. Subscribe to our social media to stay updated!

If you want hear the full Zoom call, subscribe on Patreon! Love to you all.

Follow Shamira @_ShamGod

Follow Taz @TazzyStar and buy her grief poetry collection "The Moon Split in Two" here: https://www.amazon.com/Day-Moon-Split-Two-Collection/dp/B08HTG6LS6

Follow Margari @Margari_Aziza

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Our music is by the Kominas. This week's custom music was by Basim Usmani.

SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.

Jinnthology Jan 05, 2021

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Happy New Year! We're BACK after a COVID19 hiatus.

Our most popular episode every year is our jinn episode. This year, we're doing an anthology, a JINN OPEN MIC, a JINNTHOLOGY. Our former guests Shamira Ibrahim, Taz Ahmed, Basim Usmani, and Margari Hill all share their stories. We've got: folklore, poetry, fiction, and personal stories.

Follow Shamira @_ShamGod

Follow Taz @TazzyStar and buy her grief poetry collection "The Moon Split in Two" here: https://www.amazon.com/Day-Moon-Split-Two-Collection/dp/B08HTG6LS6

Follow Basim @BasiRoti

Follow Margari @Margari_Aziza and her work @MuslimARC

Follow Ahmed on twitter @radbrowndads.

Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething.

Our music is by the Kominas. This week's custom spooky music was by Basim Usmani.

SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.

'East of La Brea' (with Sameer Gardezi and Margari Aziza) Oct 28, 2020

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Welcome to part two of…. MUSLIMS ON TV!!!! (now featuring an echo effect, naturally). We're focusing on a web-series made with an antiracist model from Break the Room, Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, and Powderkeg Media. "East of La Brea" focuses on Black and Bengali Muslim women in a context of a rapidly changing Los Angeles. Sameer Gardezi of Break the Room and Margari Aziza of Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative join us to discuss how they made the show.

Patrons this month get access to additional conversation with Sameer and Margari for an insider perspective on Ramy, Patriot Act, and how the industry grapples with critique around gender and race. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.

Watch "East of La Brea" on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBvXTgzp3DK/?hl=en

Follow Sameer @sameergardezi

Follow Margari @Margari_Aziza

Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething.

Our music is by the Kominas. Our editor this month is Basim Usmani

Netflix's "Connected" (ft. Latif Nasser) and Hulu's "Ramy" (ft. Shamira Ibrahim) Sep 17, 2020

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It's time to talk about…. MUSLIMS ON TV!!! again. We're joined by the host of the new Netflix science travel show, "Connected," Latif Nasser. He's also the Director of Research at Radiolab, so we talk to him about the shift from podcasts to video, the humility needed for science reporting, and his thoughts on Hulu's "Ramy." Then, we talk to culture writer Shamira Ibrahim about her writing on "Ramy" Seasons 1 and 2, Mahershala Ali's Tajweed, and why she enjoyed the show's growth.

This is shaping up to be a bit of a miniseries. Muslims on TV will return… next month! $10 patrons get access to full conversations with Latif and Shamira, which includes Latif's journey into starting a Muslim journalist association after the election of Donald Trump.

Follow Latif @latifnasser and watch "Connected" on Netflix.

Follow Shamira @_ShamGod and read her pieces on Ramy here: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/shamira-ibrahim/.

Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething.

Our music is by the Kominas. Mixing this month by Basim Usmani of the Kominas.

SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.