Radio Tahrir

Forthcoming

Feb 1-March 1, WBAI Winter Fund-drive. Volunteer. Pledge your support toWBAI and Tahrir with a cash donation.

Jan 31. Turkish TV dramas across the world: the history of Turkish TV serials and social/political implications, with Aydin Baltaci and B Nimri Aziz; RNasr's preview interview with Ashraf Khalil, journalist and author of Liberation Square.

Jan 10: Sex education for Muslim youth--Mohamad Ahmad and Amir Mertaban, hosts of Irvine CA’s online radio’s "Boiling Point" debate the issue.

Jan 3, “Warrantless Profiling and Surveillance”: guest attorneys Omar Mohammedi and Faiza Petel. and we review the boycott of NY mayor's interfaith breakfast.

Dec 27, 2011 Adel Iskandar reviews an extraordinary year-- "2011 across the Arab World"; and "How Does It Feel to be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America", with editor Moustafa Bayoumi.

Dec 20. Educating our children in Islamic values: Principal Amanny Khattab of Noble Academy private Muslim school, and NJ public school teacher Suada Charaf..

Dec 13 Detection tools for special needs children-- with NJ educator Wafaa Elezaby; Zaid Saleh on Egypt’s election; Tamara Barsik updates us on protests against Russia’s Olympic venue, site of Circassian oppression

Nov 29, Fencing champion Ibtihaj Muhammad joins Reem Nasr in studio, and we review disabilities afflicting Arabs in the USA.

Nov 22, Siraj Wahhaj, Brooklyn's Al-Taqwa Mosque imam and Hassen Abdellah review NY's Muslim centers.

Nov 8, 2011 New Jersey community activist Aref Assaf.

Tahrir podcasts through Oct 4, 2011 on RadioTahrir.org

Oct 4 see podcast Afghan-Americans in a NY performance; Khalil Meek of Muslim Legal Fund.

^{Sept 27 see podcast. Mohammed Ghani Hikmat ,Iraqi sculptor (1929-2011); and BN Aziz' report on her 1993 visit to Gaza at the time of the Oslo Accord (archive)}

^{Sept 20 See po}^{dcast Playwright Ismail Khalidi; Producer Reem Nasr meets Egypt's youth at Tahrir Square; and Sabra and Shatila 29 years on.}

^{Sept 6, see podcast}^{US Muslims and the law: civil rights and entrapment of Muslims by security agencies. Attorneys Asaad Siddiqi and Lamis Deek.}

Aug 30, see podcast Prophet Mohammad: a third in our series on "the prophets", with Muhammad Jaaber.

Aug 23 see podcast Tahrir archive special Ramadan children's stories, poems and people: AbdHayyMoore, Ibr.Gonzalez, Sapphire Ahmed, Somayieh Uddin, Dasham Brookins, Sharam Shiva & more.

Aug 16, no podcast available. What is halal and how halal is your Ramadan iftar? "My Halal Kitchen", and spiritual melodies of our Syrian group "Noor".

"Scheherazade, Tell Me A Story" film review in our review section.

August 9, see podcast Tell us what Ramadan means to you. Hosts Nasr and Issak open phones to listeners.

June 28 see podcast Said Arikat, correspondent for Al-Qudus. Evelyn Alsultany, curator of “Reclaiming Identity”.

June 21 see podcast. Ibrahim Jaaber and his multi-layered life as a professional athlete. And Aisha Adawiyyah, on The Betty Shabazz Program.

April 19 see podcast Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and the growing need for relaible sources on Islam; Earth Day with farmer Zaid Kurdieh Norwich Meadows Farm

March 29 see podcast.Nutrition in the Islamic tradition: dietitian Sarah Amer; Contemporary Muslim marriage services: Kamal Shaarawi,Ali Ardekani, & Zeba Iqbal.

March 22, see podcast.A New McCarthyism: reporting on Congressman King's hearings. Niloufar Talebi's "Atash Sorushan".

March 1 see podcast. Mohamed Keita, Committee to Protect Journalists discusses North African uprisings. Poet Remi Kanazi’s “Poetic Injustice: Resistance and Palestine”.

see Jan 4 podcast. Muslim charities in post 9/11 recession, with Tamara Issak. Elia Suleiman Palestinian film director

see Dec 7 podcast Palestinians under occupation: narratives from NYU's Palestine Awareness Week. And, what Islam teaches us about protecting our planet: "Green Deen" author Ibrahim Abdul-Matin.

see Nov 23 podcast. Muzammal Hussain of Wisdom in Nature (UK) a UK-based environmental movement. Beauty and food blogger Shyema Azam. And a personal experience of Eid al-Adha and Hajj.

see Oct 5 podcast. Open phones with Shaykh Abdallah Adhami.

see Aug 31 podcast. Pakistan's flood victims: with Danish Iqbal and Kashif Akhtar. Poet Sarah Husain; Aisha Zia Khan organizer of "Remembering the Indus".

see July 27 podcast Author Mahmoud Ibrahim on The Dar-ul-Islam Movement: An American Odyssey Revisited, and an interview with Hip Hop Artist Shadia Mansour

podcast June 22 Poet Kazim Ali's latest book Bright Felon. Attorney Farhana Khera. Syrian radio broadcaster Nidaa Al-Islam Hussein.

podcast April 27. Celebrating national poetry month poet Gaith Adhami; readings by Dasham Brookins, Kazim Ali, Lisa Mohammed, Mohja Kahf, Bro Suleiman, Suheir Hammad, Iranian HipHop.

April 20 podcast Commentary on Islam (part 3) by Quranic scholar Shaykh Abdallah Adhami; Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi re"No One Knows About Persian Cats" and other work.

About Us

Barbara Nimri Aziz is Executive Producer; info@RadioTahrir.org. “Swimming up the Tigris: Real Life Encounters with Iraq” is her latest publication (U. Press Florida). Aziz is presently on a Fulbright professorship overseas, but will resume her book tour in August 2008. To arrange an author's talk at your college or community center contact us— swimming@radiotahrir.org

Regular producers with Tahrir since 2007 are Sarah Malaika (smalaika@radiotahrir.org) and Saadia Aslam (saslam@radiotahrir.org). They have been hosting Tahrir for the past year.

We also enjoy contributions from Fatima Ashraf who has brought many young Muslim professionals to our airwaves. Aisha Adawiya, director of Women in Islam, likes to interview dynamic women scholars especially in the field of civil rights. When attorney Hassen Abdellah covers social and legal issues on Tahrir, he always opens the phones to listeners. Aydin Baltaci designed and maintains our website: webmaster@radiotarir.org. RadioTahrir now has a Facebook entry. We invite you to sign up.

The Tahrir staff are all volunteers at WBAI; they welcome your questions and suggestions, also your support. During our quarterly on-air fund drives, listeners are invited to send their pledges. Go to www.wbai.org for more information on how to support Free Speech radio in New York and around the world.

In recent years we have welcomed more interns into the project, and a new training program will begin in July 2008. Our 2006-07 radio journalism internships were supported with a grant for the Islamic Center of Long Island.

Dean Obeidallah and Maysoon Zayid who hosted “Fen Meshnoon with Dean and Maysoon” on Tahrir are concentrating on their live, standup comedy productions, touring the USA and abroad. Contact them at www.maysoon.com and www.deanofcomedy.com

Our address Tahrir, WBAI Radio,
120 Wall St., 10th floor, New York, NY 10005
Phone 212-209-2800
Fax 212-747-1698

For community announcements: send press release, including contact telephone number, to CBB@wbai.org two weeks before the event. It will be announced on air.

Tahrir means liberation.

Iraqi drum ensemble, our theme music since our founding, was provided to us in 1988 by virtuoso and composer Munir Bachir.

Tahrir, Voices of the Arab/Muslim Community Here and Abroad, is a one hour weekly arts/public affairs program based on the principle that "everything is political."

Broadcasting over Pacifica-WBAI in New York, since 1980, Tahrir features educators, musicians, community leaders, intellectuals, writers and other Arab artists across the United States.

Tahrir has produced special series such as "Six Arab American Poets", "Ramadan Poetry Festival", and "Maqam: From Cordoba to Baghdad" with Simon Shaheen. Our documentaries include "Ghosts in The Iraq National Museum," "Iraq: How Can I Forget?" and "Damascus Gate 2002".

Based on our overseas assignments, we bring you in depth interviews with Arab personalities from London to Cairo, Algiers, Beirut and Baghdad.

Tahrir is dedicated to the principle of public broadcasting with the aim of bringing the voices, history, compassion and concerns of Arab/Muslim peoples every where to the general public.

We are volunteer-run and depend on listener support to WBAI Radio.

In coming months, we will make our extraordinary, rich archive of audio productions available for sale so that we can become self-sustaining and share our productions with listeners.

Intern Training

Dedicated to strengthening our community voice, Tahrir accepts interns for training in journalism and hands-on radio production. Our interns have gone on to graduate from journalism school, or take up creative positions in the media across the USA.

Jad Abumrad, host of "Radio Lab" at WNYC New York was with Tahrir for before joining WNYC.

Mona Iskander, now a television producer, trained with Tahrir.

Ryme Kathouda, a Pacifica programmer and producer, began her radio work with Tahrir

Imran Ahmed, Anisa Bouziane, Saadia Aslam, Kareem Freeman, and many others interned with Tahrir in recent years.

What others say

We at the Islamic Center of Long Island have been the beneficiaries of the excellent unfiltered news and commentaries featured on WBAI radio. We wish the station continued success and growth.

Dr Faroque Khan--Chairman of ICLI Board of Trustees. ICLI Web :WWW.icliny.org

Tahrir Podcast

Now you can listen to our programs from our podcast pages.

Radio Tahrir Podcast

"The extent to which you resist is the extent to which you are free. Allah says in the Qur'an that Allah does not change the condition of a nation unless they change what is in their own selves."

"Imam Jamil al-Amin"

Tahrir Diwan

a poem.. a song..: "Claims", by Lisa S. Majaj
from the chapbook "These Words" by Lisa S. Majaj
See poems and songs list
: Qur'an Surat Al-Qadr
from 'Approaching The Qur'an' CD, male reciter
See audio list
Book review: Monica Ali's
Brick Lane
reviewed by .
See review list
Tahrir Team 2008 Tahrir Producers: Read about 2008 Tahrir Producers in the team page.
See Tahrir Team