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Ten Years Later: Muslims in the Bay Area

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Ten years after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, we talk with members of the Bay Area Muslim community. How have the lives of local Muslims changed over the past decade? Are tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims, heightened in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, getting better or worse?

Guests:

Jess Ghannam, professor of clinical psychiatry and global health at UCSF, board member of the National Association of Arab Americans, former director of the Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of San Francisco and former president of the Arab Cultural and Community Center

Ameena Jandali, founding member of the Islamic Network Group

Zahra Billoo, executive director for The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the San Francisco Bay Area

Payman Amiri, trustee member of the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California

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