“The largest number of Indian workers on British steamships were Muslim men like Mir Dad.”
On March 15th, 1917 an East Indian Muslim man named Mir Dad entered the U.S. via a British steamship that landed in Philadelphia. One of around 60 men to leave the boat, he quickly settled and built a family in America’s Southwest.
Learn more about his life and multicultural descendants in Episode 4 of AMERICAN MUSLIMS, now streaming. Watch now: bit.ly/AmericanMuslimsPBS
Episode 4 of AMERICAN MUSLIMS: A HISTORY REVEALED is now streaming! In this week’s episode, host Asma Khalid explores the history of South Asian immigration and learns that South Asian Muslim communities have existed in America for much longer than most people realize. Learn more, through the story of Mir Dad, who arrived here in 1917 as a ship jumper, before making his home in the American Southwest. Watch now: Bit.ly/AmericanMuslimsPBS
"Go watch, let me know what you think and share. So that everyone knows that these are stories worth telling." Our episode 3 host, Malika Bilal wants YOU to watch her pursuit of the story of Muslims in the Union army during the Civil War- she even included confetti!
Her journey includes the discovery that not only did Muslims fight to help end slavery within the U.S., but "there's evidence that Muslim attempts to end slavery in the U.S. extended well beyond our shores." Streaming on the PBS YouTube channel and app. Watch now! bit.ly/AmericanMuslimsPBS
“The assumption is that when they came, their gods died, and then they embraced Christianity.” - Terrence L. Johnson. Professor, Harvard Divinity School.
Muslims have been in the United States since before the existence of the nation, yet we’ve only been researching this important history for the past few decades. Watch AMERICAN MUSLIMS: A HISTORY REVEALED Episode 2 and learn more about this important piece of our past. Streaming on the PBS YouTube channel. Watch now: bit.ly/AmericanMuslimsPBS
Mamadou Yarrow (1736 – 1823) was a formerly enslaved African Muslim from Guinea who negotiated his way to freedom, bought a house in Georgetown, D.C., and had his portrait painted by the famous Revolutionary War artist Charles Willson Peale. Through Yarrow’s story, in episode 2 of AMERICAN MUSLIMS, we explore the experiences of these first Muslims to arrive in significant numbers in what would become the United States. Watch now!
Did you know? Muslims have been in The United States of America before the formation of the nation. Among the approximate 400,000 Africans taken to the colonies, tens of thousands of them were Muslim. Episode 2 of AMERICAN MUSLIMS: A HISTORY REVEALED, hosted by Asma Khalid, explores this little know history. Watch now, exclusively on the PBS YouTube channel! bit.ly/AmericanMuslimsPBS
The story of the enslaved African Muslims whose labor helped build the economic foundations of the United States was, for generations, forgotten. But no longer. In episode 2 of AMERICAN MUSLIMS, host Asma Khalid tells the remarlable story of one African Muslim man who arrived here decades before the nation was founded. Watch now! bit.ly/AmericanMuslimsPBS
American Muslims, S1E1, Clip 3
In the early 1900’s Syrian-Lebanese immigrants built a mosque on the plains of North Dakotas. Learn more about the “robust history and life of Arab Muslims" in the rural Midwest (- Maytha Alhassen) in Ep.1 LITTLE MOSQUE ON THE PRAIRIE of AMERICAN MUSLIMS: A HISTORY REVEALED on the PBS YouTube channel. Watch now: bit.ly/AmericanMuslimsPBS
American Muslims - Episode 1, watch now!
The first episode of AMERICAN MUSLIMS: A HISTORY REVEALED is now streaming on the PBS YouTube channel! Host Aymann Ismail heads to North Dakota to discover the history of early Arab Americans on the frontier through the life of an early immigrant and her family.
Watch now on the PBS YouTube channel: bit.ly/AmericanMuslimsE1
PBS American Muslims: A History Revealed Film Series Trailer
Now streaming on PBS- AMERICAN MUSLIMS: A HISTORY REVEALED, Episode 1!
Join hosts Asma Khalid (ABC & NPR), Malika Bilal (Al Jazeera English), and Aymann Ismail (Slate Magazine) as they take viewers through significant moments in American history, such as the involvement of Muslims in early citizenship discussions, how enslaved African Muslims challenged slavery, and the establishment of immigrant communities in the Midwest in the early 1900s.
Watch Episode 1, LITTLE MOSQUE ON THE PRAIRIE now: https://bit.ly/AmericanMuslimsE1
Mosque on the Prairie, AMERICAN MUSLIMS Ep 1, Clip 1
The first episode of AMERICAN MUSLIMS: A HISTORY REVEALED streams on the PBS app and YouTube channel starting next Thursday!
Host Aymann Ismail heads to North Dakota to discover the history of early Syrian-Lebanese Americans through the life of one early immigrant and her family - Mary Juma. Tune in Oct 17th!
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