Episodes
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How South Asian Muslims and Mexican Americans United in the 1920s
S1 E4 - 23m 39s
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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How South Asian Muslims and Mexican Americans United in the 1920s
S1 E5 - 24m 43s
Asma Khalid travels to Sacramento and Phoenix to piece together the story of a man named Mir Dad, a South Asian Muslim who arrived in the United States in 1917 and made a home in the American Southwest. Asma discovers the prejudice faced by South Asians and the race-based naturalization and immigration laws that shaped their lives.
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Fighting for Freedom: The Little-Known Story of Muslims and the Civil War
S1 E3 - 22m 24s
Malika Bilal (Senior Presenter., Al Jazeera English) tells the recently discovered story of Muhammad Kahn, an immigrant from Afghanistan who traveled to the United States in 1861, fought in the Union Army, and left behind a 200-page pension file documenting his experiences. While piecing Kahn’s story together, Malika also discovers the stories of other Muslims involved in the conflict.
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From Slavery to Freedom: The Untold Story of America's First Muslims
S1 E2 - 23m 19s
Even before the United States was founded, tens of thousands of Muslims were already here, captured in West Africa, and brought to colonial America in chains. Host Asma Khalid tells the surprising story of one of these people, a Muslim man named Mamadou Yarrow, who, after 45 years of enslavement and negotiated his way to freedom.
Extras + Features
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American Muslims: A History Revealed Trailer
1m
This new series features six short films which explore the early history of Muslims in America, from the stories of enslaved African Muslims, brought to the colonies in the 1700s to Muslim immigrants from South Asia and the Middle East who arrived in the early 20th century.
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