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.

Homework: Links for Episode 7

We recorded this Episode 7 of our podcast in front of a live studio audience in New York City! To follow along, check out the links below. 

This month, our Good Muslim award went to The Kominas for this awesome holiday song. 

• The awesome DJ Rekha was our dedicated DJ for the whole show and was on stage with us the whole time! Check her out here. 
• Our show was opened by comedy sets by Dina Hashem and Azhar Usman.
• We hosted a Poetry A Day for Ramadan writing group. Read our poems here. 
• Zahra performed at the Muslim Funny Fest in late July. 
• I attended the Netroots Nation conference this year. And I spoke on a panel called, "Love is a Revolutionary Act: Using Culture to Shift Narratives in Communities of Color."
• At the 2011 Netroots Nation, a bunch of us organized a HIjabi Flashmob against the right wing conference.
• #BlackLivesMatter activists stormed the stage at Netroots Nation in 2015 when the presidential candidates were speaking. 
• AJ+ news video on Sandra Bland.
• Chattanooga shooting and his diary entries.
• Taz was quoted in an article called, "Why Are We Still Asking Muslims to Condemn Terrorism?" 
• Zahra was quoted on a radio news piece called, "#GoodMuslimBadMuslim host ponders Washington's pact with Tehran and asks: When can we go home?"
• Somewhere in New York there is a "Muslim-Free" gun store...
• Flight attendant refused a can of soda to a Hijabi Muslim woman, and now can't interact with customers any more. 
• There are 1.57 billion Muslims in the world. In case you were wondering. 
• There is bacon-flavored kale now.  Also, bacon bits are vegan. 
• People in NYC eating at the halal carts don't even know what "halal" means! How creeping shahria is that?
• City of Farmersville, TX, people are scared for the Muslim zombies and are pushing the Muslim graves out of their city.
• Listen to the Good Cha Podcast by Deepa Crash, who also thankfully moderated our Q&A! Follow her podcast to hear the whole thing. 
• Taz is volunteering with Bay Area Solidarity Summer in Oakland. Check them out here!
• Thanks to the Asian American Writers Workshop for hosting our show - learn more about them here! 

Homework: Links for Episode 6

Ramadan Mubarak! We know how slow everything can get when it's hot outside and you are fasting long hours - so we're here to make it easy for you. Follow along to our latest episode with the following links!

• Our amazing podcast guest is Saqib Keval is from Oakland's The People's Kitchen. Follow the link for more information!
• The three of us met initially when working on the Totally Radical Muslims Zine together four years ago. 
• Eating disorders can make Ramadan complicated. Check out this piece by Leanne Scorzoni on how to support loved ones with eating disorders during the month of Ramadan. 
• Poetry-A-Day-For-Ramadan: the public online zine with poems daily for Ramadan 2015!
• Muslim prayer moves are just like yoga moves! Check out these five ways!
• Taz went to Ferguson and collaborated with the folks at Hands Up United.
• Gigi of Shahs of Sunset looks nothing like Taz. 
• Muslim girls designed their own hijabi sports gear! Read more right here. 

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Guest host Saqib Keval of The People's Kitchen

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Homework: Links for Episode #5

We have been shamed! And we talk about it in this podcast. Here's the list of links so you can follow along.

• Read about Zahra's trip to Dubai in her column Infidel Husband - Pt. 1: My Iranian Breakup & Pt. 2: The Yellow Dot Near Dubai
• We made it to BBC World! Listen to our interview here. 
• Brene Brown's Ted Talk on Listening to Shame.
• What does the Research Say? That Muslim Youth Need Sex Education by Sobia Ali Faisal over at the HEART Women & Girl blog. Infographic through the link!
• The Mother Jones article that made Zahra give up pork for good (almost): USDA Whistleblowers Tell All–and You May Never Eat Bacon Again.
• Taz's column Radical Love.
• Amazing arts and culture convo over at Pushing Hoops With Sticks Podcast with Aamer Rahman - You're Not Crazy. 
• The Killing of Osama Bin Laden by Seymour Hersh and the real story behind how Bin Laden was not dumped in the ocean when he died.
• The sweet talker Osama Bin Laden is on Tinder. Check out this article for more background - Jihad Me At Hello.
• Guess who is the next to join the good Muslim team? Lindsay Lohan. Because she was spotted holding a Quran.
• Rafika Alami has the best high school quote ever, over at BuzzFeed. She is hands down G.O.A.T.! #JustEatAGoat
• We had an AWESOME time talking to Bitch Magazine's Popaganda Podcast on the theme of Guilty Pleasure. You must listen to it. 
• For more check out www.zahracomedy.com and www.tazzystar.blogspot.com

Homework: Links for Episode #4

In our fourth podcast LIVE from Pomona College Taz and Zahra interview each other and have a conversation about Muslims in the news. And spiders. Here's a list of links so that you can keep up:

• Love, Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women - the anthology where Taz and Zahra met.
• My Infidel Husband - Zahra's column
• All Atheist Are Muslim and Hijabi and Hammerpants - one-woman shows by Zahra
• Radical Love - Taz's monthly column (out first Wednesday of every month)
• Register to Vote! - this is the link to vote in California
• Rebel Legacy: Activist Art from South Asian California - Taz had a few pieces up in this exhibit
• Mishthi Music - Taz's South Asian Diaspora Music website
• Beats for Bangladesh: A Benefit Album in Solidarity with the Garment Workers of Rana Plaza - Taz executive produced this album to raise money for Rana Plaza victims
• When Women Accept Compliments article on Buzzfeed 
• The Convert on This American Life
• Is My Ex an FBI Informant? column by Taz
• My Absurdly Attractive Doctor & Other Misadventures in Love - column by Taz
• Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Imam Stir Rifts in Insular Illinois Community article in the New York Times

*No spiders were harmed in the recording of this podcast

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Homework: Links for Episode #2

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In our second podcast, Valentine's Day is Haram, Zahra and Taz talk about lots and lots of contemporary pop Muslim-ish hot topics. Here's a list of links so that you can keep up:

• Love, Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women - the anthology where Zahra & Taz met (and are writers for)
• Radical Love Column at Love Inshallah - Taz's monthly column first Wednesday of every month
• Awesome thought piece on Je Suis Charlie by Sandip Roy
• Fergsuon to Palestine Solidarity Demonstration video 
• Chipotle Stops Serving Pork via Gawker
• My Absurdly Attractive Doctor & Other Misadventures in Love by Taz about her hot telenovella doctor, duh.
• The Bacon Lobby i.e. The Bacon Boom Was Not An Accident via Bloomburg Business
• The Women's Mosque of America and Taz's article A Mosque of One's Own on Jummah prayer
• #MuslimVDay Cards by Taz 
• Unvalentine's Day Party Feb 12 in Los Angeles hosted by Mishthi Music and Disoriented Comedy

Did you have questions or comments about something you heard on the latest podcast? Tweet at us using the hashtag #GoodMuslimBadMuslim via @TazzyStar & @Zahranoo.