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American Muslims: A History Revealed
Is This One of America’s First Mosques?
Season 1
Episode 1
Among the millions of immigrants arriving in the United States at the turn of the 20th century were thousands of Muslims from Lebanon, then part of Greater Syria. In this film, host Aymann Ismail tells the story of two of these people, a woman named Mary Juma and her husband Hassen who homesteaded in North Dakota in the early 1900s. Traveling across the Midwest, Aymann explores how the community t
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Listen to the story of a South Asian Muslim who made a home for himself in the American Southwest.
23:39
Asma Khalid travels to the American South West to tell the story of early South Asian migration.
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?