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Lecture Series

1. "Disagreeing on Everything" a new lecture series featuring Anisa Mehdi and Michael Lame discussing and debating the Middle East.  For information and booking, go to: http://www.wolfmanproductions.com/disagree.html

Jazz88 FM

1. COMMENTARY: BALMY NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD: http://www.wbgo.org/news/journal/searchJournal.asp?searchJournal=anisa%20mehdi
   

NPR

1. Anisa Mehdi’s commentary on monks and Muslims of Algeria airs on NPR’s “All Things Considered” on July 19.  Go to:  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4761282.  This is one of the top 25 emailed stories for NPR on July 20.
2. NPR: Insurgent Violence vs. Terrorism in Iraq 10-25-05, "All Things Considered."
3. '"Two Iraqi Cultures, Meeting at a U.S. Wedding" 05-06-05, "All Things Considered."
4. Islamic Law and the Iraqi Constitution 02-17-05, All Things Considered
5. Anisa Mehdi's commentary : An American Woman's View of the Hajj, All Things Considered, NPR
6. World: Rethinking the Word 'Jihad' 01-07-05, All Things Considered
7. HEADING TO MECCA 03-29-99, All Things Considered
8. RAMADAN FASTING 01-18-99, All Things Considered
9. IRAQI-AMERICAN VIEW 12-17-98, All Things Considered
10. "NPR : Declining to Vote as an Iraqi in the U.S." 02-01-05, All Things Considered
11. "NPR : Stoning the Devil: Ritual Turned Tragedy." 01-12-06, All Things Considered
12. Ramadan and Yom Kippur meet again this year.  Listen to Anisa’s 2006 commentary: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6183036
    

STAR-LEDGER

Text of Perspective Pieces

1. Read Anisa's perspective from the Star Ledger: 1,300 years later, Iraq can't stop bleeding
2. In the Star Ledger on Monday, July 11, 2005: “Terror is the worst sacrilege against the Qur’an,” by Anisa Mehdi.  Here Anisa speaks out against the London bombing and other violence in “the name of Islam.”  Go to: http://www.nj.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-0/112105872247410.xml?starledger?prs&coll=1

BeliefNet Articles:

1. Dueling Endorsements: A Muslim Bloc or Split?
   By Anisa Mehdi. http://www.beliefnet.com/story/50/story_5010_1.html
2. Does Peace Still Have a Chance?
   By Anisa Mehdi. http://www.beliefnet.com/story/46/story_4687_1.html  
3. A Name, a Face, a Father
   By Anisa Mehdi. http://www.beliefnet.com/story/45/story_4587_1.html

Gazette Online

1. Journalist: Educate yourself on Islam. By Keith E. Gottschalk
   http://www.gazetteonline.com/print.aspx?art_id=91594
   

IViews.com:

1. The Road To Peace Is Through Ending US Military Aid
   http://www.iviews.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0010-216
2. Iran's Emerging Democracy
   http://www.iviews.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IV0003-892
3. The beggar boys of Senegal
   http://www.iviews.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IV9909-630
4. The Evils of Vengeance
   http://www.iviews.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IV9908-564
5. Smoke and Mirrors: Palestine, the Forgotten Kosova
   http://www.iviews.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IV9906-499
6. American Muslims Coming of Age
   http://www.iviews.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IV9905-464

Living Islam:

1. http://www.ibaradio.org/Islam/living_islam/living_islam.htm
2. http://www.ibaradio.org/aboutus/staff/mehdi.htm

Muslim Wakeup! Inside Mecca , A Conversation with Producer Anisa Mehdi:

1. www.muslimwakeup.com/mainarchive/000254.php

The Star-Ledger

1. History is on Muslim Women’s Side, March 25, 2005
   http://www.nj.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-0/111173030090851.xml?starledger?prs
2. Let's rescue a once-beautiful word from its captors
   www.anisamehdi.com/resources/nj_article_dec_29.htm
   

Our Muslim Neighbors

1. Watch video clip of Anisa Mehdi on the 'Our Muslim Neighbors' show.

San Jose Mercury News Article

In Iran, Reform Blooms But West Should Not Expect U.S.-Style Democracy
www.anisamehdi.com/resources/iran-reform.htm

Revista Arabe

1. La tolerancia como credo