Homework Links for Episode #29

For this very special episode of #GoodMuslimBadMuslim, Zahra and Taz went to the Japanese American 1940s internment camp known as Manzanar, It was part of the annual pilgrimage that has been happening at the site for the pas 48 years.  Thank you to all the friends that allowed us to join in on this experience and a special well of love to the the Japanese American elders who were incarcerated and the activists that did the work to make sure this wasn't forgotten. 

• To learn more about Executive Order 9066 and the Manzanar camp, watch Tad Nakamura's short film "Pilgrimage" available online here. 
• To learn more about Vigilant Love Coalition - a solidarity art-first grassroots organization formed out of the Japanese American and Muslim community after the the San Bernardino shooting - please visit the Vigilant Love site. 
• Learn more about Manzanar by visiting the National Park's website and to follow the Manzanar Committee's site to attend the next pilgrimage and other events. You also can visit the park on own, and we'd highly encourage you all to do so.

Homework: Links for Episode #13

Thank you so much to University of Michigan's South Asian Awareness Network for hosting us for this episode of #GoodMuslimBadMuslim! Check out the following links to follow along to Episode #13 - Live From University of Michigan:

• Zahra and Taz were in Oprah Magazine as a Must Listen Podcast!
• Hamptramack, Michigan has a Muslim majority City Council. They even refer to themselves as BanglaTown! 
• Governor Snyder rejected refugees from coming to Michigan. 
• Flint, Michigan crisis and what the emails have shown us. 
• Sterling Heights in Michigan rejected having a mosque getting built for fear of ISIS. 
• Dolce & Gabbana release fancy shmancy high end hijabs. 
• Zahra & Taz were guests on the Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Podcast talking about the movie The Siege. And then they invented a drinking game.
• Favianna Rodriguez is an amazing radical brown artist. 
• Republicans want to bomb Agrabah, the fictional city from the Disney movie Aladdin. 
• Not Without My Daughter was a big deal movie to Iranians. 
• Sarah Palin endorses Trump. 
• A hijabi woman showed up to a Trump rally and people got mad. 
• The 2011 Hijabi Flashmob Taz and crew did at the RightOnline conference. 
• The movie The Muslims Are Coming is very different now. 
• Why Precisely is Bernie Sanders Against Reparations? by Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic.
• Nikki Haley was under bright lights at State of the Union Address. 
• We the BEST because DJ Khaled is on Snapchat and said so. Here's an Old People's Guide to DJ Khaled. 
• Dalia Mogahed on The Daily Show talking about the hijab gets our Good Muslim Award for this month. 
• Taz's #MuslimVDay Cards were on Buzzfeed! 
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Awesome crowd at SAAN!

Magic Lamp from Dearborn, MI

The Seige.

Homework: Links for Episode #12

Can you believe it has been a year of #GoodMuslimBadMuslim-ing? Thanks to the SF Grotto for hosting us for this recording! Check out the following links to follow along to Episode #12: Muslim Christmas:

• We got Wired! Check us out in "5 Women Quashing Preconceptions About Islam on Social Media" in the December 2015 issue. 
• Totally fangirled when Glenn Greenwald tweeted about us.
• Zahra writes a piece over at Bitch Magazine called, "A Self-Care Guide To Counter Trump Fatigue."
• Taz writes about what it is like growing up in San Bernardino in aftermath of San Bernardino shootings for Truthout: Islamophobia After San Bernardino. 
• There have been lots and lots of hate crimes against people perceived as Muslim since the San Bernardino shootings. Here's a list. 
• Somali American child falls to death - hate crime or not is still being debated. 
• President Obama addresses the San Bernardino shooting.
• Zahra talks to Neda Ulaby at NPR about What American Muslims Do On Christmas. 
• Donald Trump leading in the polls, but Taz isn't sure how. 
• Republican party wants to kick Trump out of their party. 
• Hasan Minhaj refers to Trump as WISIS - in other words, WHITE ISIS. Which totally makes sense. 
• Heaven Points as defined by Zahra in her column The Infidel Husband. 
• Princess Leia Hijabi Tutorial
• We Are Better Than This Campaign ad in The New York Times - be sure to sign and show your support! 
• Bollywood actor Aamir Khan talks about how the Modi government has created a sense of fear in India. 
• Reporters allowed into home of San Bernardino shooters home. 
• Millennial Muslims are using apps to date.
• After two years, Taz's monthly Radical Love column has come to an end! Catch up - all the essays will be online right here.