Hour2: Tayeba Zia Cheema Interview
Tayyeba Zia Cheema, Special Corespondent ,Editorial Columnist, Daily Nawa i Waqt & Waqt TV (NY), provides an insight into the recent tour of Pakistani President Asif Zardari to USA. A very heated discussion on the politics of Pakistani and her view on the recent issues from a Pakistani American Woman Perspective. http://www.4shared.com/file/137564475/e07bb4ee/TR100409HR2.html
HOUR 2: ABN Eid Special with Dr.Ghazi , Sabahat and Jibran. In this segment we discussed a Pakistani American Play
titled “Domestic Crusaders” which is currently running in New York City. The play is written by Wajahat Ali in the backdrop
of 9/11.
ABBAS ZAIDI , who plays the role of Dada “Grandfather” was on air on the Talk Radio along with Sabahat Ashraf
The Domestic Crusaders focuses on a day in the life of a modern Muslim Pakistani-American family of six eclectic, unique members, who convene at the family house to celebrate the twenty-first birthday of the youngest child.
With a background of 9-11 and the scapegoating of Muslim Americans, the tensions and sparks fly among the three generations, culminating in an intense family battle as each “crusader” struggles to assert and impose their respective voices and opinions, while still attempting to maintain and understand that unifying thread that makes them part of the same family.
The three generations of the family include:
Hakim (Grandfather) — a retired, Pakistani army official who harbors a terrible secret;
Salman (Son) — a middle-aged corporate engineer trying to maintain his pride and self-respect;
Khulsoom (Salman’s wife) — longing for her homeland and wishing to impart her traditions, values, and morals to her American-born children;
Salahuddin (Eldest child) — stubbornly clinging to his ideals of success, as well as his anger and resentment towards his father;
Fatima (Middle child) — passionately advocating her Islamic identity, while rejecting the traditional stereotypes and biases of her mother;
Ghafur (Youngest child) — the golden child abandoning his family’s expectations in order to discover his own path.
These individuals are The Domestic Crusaders!
View video coverage of the play on NBC Weekend Show
Website: www.domesticcrusaders.com
Show Times:
Friday, September 11, 2009 throug Monday, October 11, 2009
Final Preview, Thursday, September 10, 7:00 pm
Curtain times: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7:00 pm and Sunday, 3:00 pm
The Nuyorican Poets Café
236 E. 3rd St. (between B & C Avenues)
New York, NY 10009
212-465-3167
Tickets:
$20 general admission;
$15 for advance ticket purchases, students and senior citizens.
For reservations call: (212) 65-3167 or (212) 780-9386
Hour 2 : Ali Hassan Cemendtaur, renowned writer, thinker and traveler calling from Albania and provide his updates on his trip to the former colonies of Ottoman Empire such as Bosnia , Serbia , Croatia , Albania.
This was followed by a very enlightening discussion with Tushar Gandhi, great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi on his ideals and how his message could be propagated to the modern world. The participants included Dr.Abidullah Ghazi and Syed Tariq Hussain, our new host.
Hour 2: Veteran IT Enterpreneur, Educationist, Zaheer A Kidvai was on ABN Chicago Talkshow where he talked about his projects on Faiz, the days when he was the pioneer in Pakistan in doing software development. Download here
Hour 3 : Ghulam Mustafa, member of the Pkpolitics team was on air to discuss the recent corruption scandals of journalists. This is followed by brief discussion on MCC fund raiser, and Mujalla containing the second episode of Radio Drama.
ABN Show interviews Tom Alter on his recent stage play on renowned Muslim Indian Leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The interview starts after 15 mins of the show.
A familiar face in Hindi films and Hindi & English theatre, a veteran master of ceremonies, a sports commentator and writer. Chameleon-like, Tom Alter dons different caps with ease. This affable Indian Gora reads, writes and speaks fluent Hindi and Urdu His long-
standing association with theater spreads over many a
classic and modern play including, Larins Saheb,
Tughlaq, Arms and the Man, Waiting for Godot,
Maulana Azad, Whatever You Say, K.L.Saigal,
Ghalib, Tri Sanga etc. A Gold Medallist from the reputed
Film and Television Institute of India, he has acted in
over 150 films with Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Junoon,
Kranti, Veer Savarkar, Ram Teri Ganga Maili among
his prominent works.
He is on the US Tour of a very interesting Play “Maulan Azad” which is solo play based on his book “India Wins Freedom”.
Hour 2: Recitation of Holy Quran followed by announcements and then Renowned Indian Journalist, expert on Middle East Affairs , Mr.Saeed Naqvi, was on the show from Delhi. He gave his very interesting insight on the real reasons behind the current unrest in Iran after the Presidential Elections. He brought out some interesting observations on how Iran’s political elite is divided between Qum and non-Qum based political leadership. The transition of power from the Clerical Establishment to the common people is also another factor. He also brought out the International dimension of this situation.
Hour 3 : Interview with renowned Pakistani Australian Journalist of Jang Newspaper, Syed Atiqul Hasan , from Sydney Australia, followed by Rauf Tabani from Pakistan and then Mujalla containing the audio travelogue of Qamar Ali Abbasi on Turkey.
Hour 2: Renowned Cricketer -turned-politician, Chairman of Pakistan Justice Party, Imran Khan was on air to talk about the current situation in Pakistan. The discussion included prominent Pakistani activists and bloggers.
Listen Here
Hour 3 :
Sana Ahmad, a shining Pakistani student of Cornell university who is in the list of top students of cornell, came to us at the age of 14, from Islamabad. Chose a field of mechanical engineering which is a male oriented field generally considered and now working for exxon mobile and currently designing sub-sea Arctic under water vehicle to be used in north pole and south pole cold regions. She will be talking about her achievements. Download here
Hour 2 : Rountable Discussion with prominent bloggers, Teeth Maestro , Adil Najam and Ifaqeer on current situation in Swat, update from Teeth Maestro on his relief efforts. Role of digital activism in this crisis
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Hour 3: Interview with Dr.Abdul Jamil Khan on his book “Urdu Hindi , an artificial divide”.
Abdul Jamil Khan, M.D., of New York, served as chairman of a teaching hospital and a professor of pediatrics specialized in infant speech development; he has now extended himself into linguistics studies, challenged by the pseudo science of race- and religion- driven linguistics, which he implicates in the anti-Semitic holocaust; its Indian parallel, the partition massacre; and other human right violations, a gross anathema to a physician-humanist.
Dr. Khan, an author of some hundred medical publications, has lately spoken on humanities, linguistics and cultural themes at universities and elsewhere, including Brooklyn Historical society. He also authored a book on his Afghan ancestors’ migration to India. Dr. Khan is a co-editor of a periodical “Health Message” and has received media attention in the US and in India. He was featured by Brad Gooch in God Talk (Random House 2002), and Linda Cateura in Voices of American Muslims (Hippocrene Books 2005).
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Hour 2: Discussion on the SWAT IDPs and the relief activities fund raising by South Asia Relief (www.sarelief.com) by Abdur Rahman Rafique. Announcement of Fund raiser dinner by Mr.Habib Abbasi.
Hour 3:
Renowned Journalist , an expert of Afghan Affairs, Saleem Safi was on air to discuss the current Pakistan Army Operation in Swat Valley.
Saleem Safi has been working as a journalist in the field since 1995. He was promoted to the position of Bureau chief (NNI) after a short stint as a district reporter in Mardan. During that time he was also the correspondent for the English daily The Nation He also worked as a stringer for Radio Tehran’ s Urdu and Pashto services from 1997 to 1999 and is frequently invited to comment on the BBC and Voice of America’s Pashto service as an expert on Afghanistan and N-W.F.P, He has a website called. www.saleemsafi.com
Safi is the author of “Afghanistan, Taliban, Usama Aur Pakistan Ki Deeni Juma’aton ka Kirdar”
His forthcoming book is titled ‘Nine years of Pervaiz Musharraf Government’.
With all that’s been going on in Pakistan over the last week or two, particularly, we have a large focus on Swat and the people who have been fleeing the fighting there. The plan for this week’s show is as follows:
1:00pm-1:20pm, Central Time
DePaul PSA 2009 Cultural Show Announcement Samra Cheema from DePaul University will be on the show.
1:20pm to 1:45pm
Swat “IDP” Situation Zebu Jillani, granddaughter of the last Wali-e-Swat, Miangul Aurangzeb who is associated with Aman Tehreek, a group established byPakistani students of Harvard, Columbia to help IDPs.
1:45pm – 2:10pm
Immigration Sardar N Durrani, attorney , immigration lawyer from Wisconsin, will answering listeners’ questions on immigration.
2:10pm to 2:30pm
Muslim Action Day Ahmed Khan and Junaid Afeef from CIOGC discuss Muslim Action Day. 2:30pm to 3:00pm
Global Call-in about the “IDP” Situation in Pakistan.
We’re expecting Dr. Awab Alvi (“Teeth Maestro“), Aqil Sajjad of Harvard, AbdulRahman Rafiq of SARelief.com, and our own team, including Rauf Tabani Saahab’s report from Pakistan and Sabahat Ashraf (“iFaqeer”) from Silicon Valley
Dr. Alvi is also going to Mardan to help relief and is working on the package for the IDPs.
We’d like to use the last segment of our show, especially, to provide time for exchanging information about the efforts underway to help the people affected by the situation in Swat. Please call in (2:30 pm CT/ 3:30pm ET / 8:00pm UK Time/ 1:30am Pakistan Time) and, even before, during, and after the show, you can post information in the comments section of this post. Studio phone numbers are : 847-475-1555, 847-475-1556, 847-475-1557.
