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American Muslims: A History Revealed
How South Asian Muslims and Mexican Americans United in the 1920s
Season 1
Episode 4
Asma Khalid travels to the American South West to tell the story of Mir Dad, a Muslim man from South Asia who came to the U.S. in 1917 and married a Mexican-American woman on the California-Arizona border in the early years of the 20th century.
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Listen to the story of a South Asian Muslim who made a home for himself in the American Southwest.
22:24
Malika Bilal tells the story of an immigrant with a 200-page pension file detailing his experiences.
23:19
Who was Mamadou Yarrow, and how did he make his way into this painting in his journey to freedom?
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How Muslim homesteaders constructed one of the first purpose-built mosques in the country.