Oct 29, 2017

The province of Quebec in Canada has passed Bill C62 as law, which bans people from receiving public services while wearing a face covering. Reactions have been swift and heated, with many saying the bill targets Muslim women who wear the niqab, making it discriminatory. In this episode, we're joined by Saudi...

Oct 19, 2017

"I know I’m going to get killed one day for doing this." That’s the reality that Omar Essam, a vocal atheist in Egypt, lives with every day. He’s funny, he’s a great sport, and he has a lot to say. And we mean a LOT. We talk about atheists in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, the political landscape since the Arab...

Oct 12, 2017

"In most U.S. states, anything from a single-shot shotgun all the way up to a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle can be purchased at showrooms or through online sales — by way of private dealers — with no background checks, and without requiring either an ID or a gun license." This passage isn’t from a US publication....

Oct 5, 2017

Nushin grew up in Afghanistan during the Soviet War. She went on to earn graduate degrees from the University of Hamburg in Germany and the University of Cambridge. She has worked for the BBC, Al Jazeera, and The Guardian, and now teaches at UCLA. She is also the author of several books, most recently, “Afghan Rumor...