Homework Links for Episode #17

Recording from inside the White House - photo by Les Talusan

HOLY MOLY, they let us in to record from INSIDE the White House! Here are the links so you can follow along:

Taz & Zahra at the White House. Photo by Les Talusan.

• Taz got an award from the White House! She was one of ten Asian American and Pacific Islanders who received the Champion of Change in Art and Storytelling award last month. Check out the blog Taz wrote for the White House about the award, the Crafting with Mom and Collecting Legacies #MyAAPIStory she recorded for StoryCorps, and this interview she gave to Dexter Thomas with the LA Times with fellow awardees Jenny Yang and Jason Fong!
• Taz recorded a reflection of her White House visit over at her epistolry project Bholo::Speak
• This student said "Inshallah" on a Southwest flight, and then got kicked off. It's fact.
• Students at San Diego State University protested the university's president by praying in front of his car. 
• A Muslim woman files a lawsuit against Long Beach Police Dept for having her remove her hijab. You know, because that's illegal. 
• POTUS went to a Baltimore Mosque, the first visit by the administration to a mosque. Here's what he said. 
• Toddlers are involved with more shootings than Muslims. Well that should have been obvi. 
• Chobani workers gain ownership of the business, thanks to the generous Muslim company owner.
• Did you miss it? Taz and Zahra were in Cosmopolitan - where they called us twenty-somethings. Which is the total truth. 
• We had an awesome conversation with fellow #WHChamps Fawzia Mirza and Kayhan Irani. 

BONUS: Check out this White House AAPI Heritage Month Playlist! Mishthi Music (Taz's music site) helped curate this list! 

Homework: Links for Episode #14

In our sexy episode of #GoodMuslimBadMuslim we talk about a lot of fun fun stuff. Special thanks to Ellen & Eric for making this show happen this month! Follow the hot links below:

In case you needed to know what a Jinn looks like. (Source: Al-Jinn by Ahmad Sakr)

Careful - a shaitan might be in your man's urethra (Source: Al-Jinn by Ahmad Sakr)

• The organization HEART is releasing a book for Muslims on their wedding night.  
• The Joy Of Sex was first published in the 1970s. 
• For your halal sex needs we now have the Halal Sex Shop, open now in the UK. 
• Check out the book Love, Inshallah which Zahra and Taz are both in! 
• You can read the book Al-Jinn by Ahmed Sakr online here. 
• Jihotties are getting sent over to Daesh for their sexual needs.
• But the ISIS sex slaves escaped and have started their own army. 
• The sex-positive Muslim women of the Tuareg Tribe from the Sahara. 
• President Obama went to go visit a mosque for the first time of his presidency. 
• Ben Carson affirms #MuslimCrazy and says all Muslims are schizophrenic for living in a Democracy. 
• South Carolina's House government bans Shahria Law, in a sweeping original move.  
• Hijarbie Barbie is a fashionable thing now. 
• The edible burka art project from Afghani Behnaz Babazadeh is simply scrumptious.  
• Serial Podcast is back - listen to Asia McClain take the stand for Adnan Syed. 
• This Absurd FBI Site Teaches Teens to Spot Violent Extremists (very very very poorly) over at Gizmodo. 
• ACLU just put in a FOIA request to see what the FBI is doing behind Countering Violent Extremism program. 

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.

Zahra and Taz Take on the Big Apple

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Zahra and Taz are coming to New York City, and we need you to LAUGH! 

Join us at the Asian American Writers Workshop on Thursday, July 23rd at 7pm to be a part of the studio audience for the recording of Episode #7 of the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast! 

RSVP for FREE right here!

Facebook Event Page right here!

You are promised an evening of conversation and laughter as the quirky yet controversial duo of the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast record a live show for their next episode from the heart of the Big Apple. Stay tuned as co-hosts Zahra Noorbakhsh and Taz Ahmed declare fatwas, creep Sharia and hand out Good Muslim awards. The show will be recorded. As is all of their conversations. Stick around for the Q&A Aftershow, moderated by Deepa Crash of the Good Cha Podcast. Co-sponsored by the Mipsterz - Muslim Hipsters, Muslim Writers Collective, Brown Girl Magazine, & South Asian Women's Creative Collective - SAWCC.

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BONUS - if you want to laugh even MORE, catch Zahra doing standup at the Muslim Funny Fest on July 22nd! You can get tickets for the show right here at this link. 

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

Animated Awkward Ask A Muslim

This has got to be one of our most favorite forms of flattery - having a story from our podcast turned into an animation. This cartoon was sent to us by Kulsum, a Pomona College student who had to create a piece of animation for a class project. The story is Taz's Awkward Ask a Muslim moment from episode #4. For the record, the guy that approached Taz was not White, but it is an interesting conversation on how to interpret race in a narrative when race isn't explicit - though Taz can guarantee the story would have gone a lot differently if he was white.  And thank you so much to the animator for making Taz looks skinny. 

We like fan mail of all kinds - especially with words! Please continue to tweet us using the hashtag #GoodMuslimBadMuslim and send us emails! We are reading them and using them to shape our podcast. Thank you for listening! 

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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Next time, on the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast we talk about another twitter hashtag inspired art installation - The #MuslimVDay Cards! Initially started in 2011, Taz Ahmed painted her favorite hashtags into Valentines Day cards and mailed them out to her friends. Every year since then, she's been creating a series of six uniquely and politically charged punny cards. The cards set out to disrupt the narrative and make people think twice about the islamophobic rhetoric that exists - all while spreading love with cheeky snarky humor. Check out her full interview at Colorlines here.  

It is that time of the year again, and you can now buy your own set of #MuslimVDay cards! Pictured above is the latest #MuslimVDay 2015 set, but all four sets (for a total of 24 different images) are available for purchase at TazzyStar's Etsy Shop. Check out the shop and buy your cards here! 

And stay tuned for the next the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast out in early February.