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Tropes and Truths: A conversation on Afghan-Americans, Industry, & the making of United States of Al

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On October 23, 2021 By MPAC
MPAC's Hollywood Bureau and Afghan American Foundation present a conversation with Lorraine Ali and the writers, actors, and producers of CBS's prime-time comedy United States of Al. Los Angeles Times TV critic Lorraine Ali speaks with Reza Aslan and Mahyad Tousi, Fahim Anwar, and Azita Ghanizada about their Multicam comedy featuring Afghan and Afghan-American characters and their journey in the entertainment industry. ---------- Subscribe to MPAC's channel: http://bit.ly/MPACYouTube Like MPAC on Facebook: http://fb.com/mpacnational Follow MPAC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mpac_national Follow MPAC on Instagram: http://instagram.com/mpac_national Visit MPAC's website: http://mpac.org About the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) We improve public understanding and policies that impact American Muslims by engaging our government, media, and communities. Help us to continue this work by making a donation today: http://mpac.org/give.
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State of American Muslim Civic Life: 20 Years After 9/11

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On September 14, 2021 By MPAC
In the days, months and years, following the tragic morning of September 11, 2001, American Muslims have borne the brunt of the Bush administration’s policies in reaction to those horrifying attacks. Chief among those responses was the Patriot Act, which created a deeply disturbing and overly intrusive surveillance system. It could have been much worse. Suhail Khan, who was a senior political appointee in the Bush Administration, has received bipartisan praise for his work in trying to moderate efforts while the legislation was being drafted. We were honored to have him join our panel-- his background as a lawyer and as an advisor on Capitol Hill and in the Bush Administration helped us understand what was happening in the room where decisions that transformed our lives were being made. Civil society groups and the federal government have worked hand in hand over the past two decades in the response to 9/11, both on reforming our intelligence capabilities and our military and diplomatic response. To speak further on each of those, we were joined by Hamid Khan, who is currently a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School and previously served in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Departments of State and Defense. Between our two panelists, we presented our audience with a 360-degree perspective in a bipartisan way of what happened after 9/11, why certain decisions were made, and reflections on what went well and what should have been done differently. ---------- Subscribe to MPAC's channel: http://bit.ly/MPACYouTube Like MPAC on Facebook: http://fb.com/mpacnational Follow MPAC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mpac_national Follow MPAC on Instagram: http://instagram.com/mpac_national Visit MPAC's website: http://mpac.org About the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) We improve public understanding and policies that impact American Muslims by engaging our government, media, and communities. Help us to continue this work by making a donation today: http://mpac.org/give.
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Thoughtful: Reflections on National Security Post-9/11 with John D. Cohen

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On September 10, 2021 By MPAC
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Salam Al-Marayati, President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, sat down with the top counterterrorism official at the Department of Homeland Security, John D. Cohen to reflect on our national security and counterterrorism approach over the past two decades. ---------- Subscribe to MPAC's channel: http://bit.ly/MPACYouTube Like MPAC on Facebook: http://fb.com/mpacnational Follow MPAC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mpac_national Follow MPAC on Instagram: http://instagram.com/mpac_national Visit MPAC's website: http://mpac.org About the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) We improve public understanding and policies that impact American Muslims by engaging our government, media, and communities. Help us to continue this work by making a donation today: http://mpac.org/give.
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The Forums at MPAC: A Woman’s Right in Islam: Then and Now

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On August 25, 2021 By MPAC
Fostering a pluralistic and equitable America means ensuring that underrepresented communities have a seat at the table. We believe true dialogue and understanding occurs beyond the headlines. The Forums at MPAC bring together government, industry, and community stakeholders to hold important conversations on the most pressing matters. So many misconceptions about Muslim women are derived from societal and cultural practices that go against Islamic values. In honor of Women's History Month, we engaged in a moderated discussion covering diverse experience narratives and misconceptions about women's rights in Islam. ---------- Subscribe to MPAC's channel: http://bit.ly/MPACYouTube Like MPAC on Facebook: http://fb.com/mpacnational Follow MPAC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mpac_national Follow MPAC on Instagram: http://instagram.com/mpac_national Visit MPAC's website: http://mpac.org About the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) We improve public understanding and policies that impact American Muslims by engaging our government, media, and communities. Help us to continue this work by making a donation today: http://mpac.org/give.
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The Nexus of Anti Palestine Campaigns and Islamophobia

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Palestine
On August 24, 2021 By MPAC
Each Friday, we’re bringing diverse voices to the table for informative discussions on the Palestinian struggle for peace. In our final installment of our Palestine lecture series in collaboration with Islamic Center of Southern California (ICSC), we spoke with Sarah Eltantawi, Associate Professor of Theology at Fordham University, on 'The Nexus of Anti-Palestine Campaigns and Islamophobia'. ---------- Subscribe to MPAC's channel: http://bit.ly/MPACYouTube Like MPAC on Facebook: http://fb.com/mpacnational Follow MPAC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mpac_national Follow MPAC on Instagram: http://instagram.com/mpac_national Visit MPAC's website: http://mpac.org About the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) We improve public understanding and policies that impact American Muslims by engaging our government, media, and communities. Help us to continue this work by making a donation today: http://mpac.org/give.
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Forums at MPAC: Repercussions of Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan: What the U.S. Should Do

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On August 24, 2021 By MPAC
On August 15, 2021, just shy of the two-decade anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the efforts to create a country governed by the Afghan people, for the Afghan people collapsed into complete failure. The past four U.S. presidential administrations of both parties have devoted blood and more than $2,000,000,000,000 ($2 trillion) to ensure the Taliban do not return to power, promising they will not allow such a day to come. The Taliban retook complete control of the nation, while former Afghan leaders sought refuge in nearby countries. We sat down for a panel discussion with experts who shared their experiences as Afghan-Americans and their work in senior roles in government and civil society and discussed what we needed to do to secure the lives of Afghan citizens who were facing near-certain death and torture. In discussion was Farhat Popal, Immigrant Affairs Manager for the City of San Diego and former Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), Haris Tarin, Senior Policy Advisor at the Department of Homeland Security, and Dr. Maryam Qudrat, Director of the Writer and Communication Resource Center at California State University, Long Beach, and former Adviser to the Ministry of Higher Education of Afghanistan. ---------- Subscribe to MPAC's channel: http://bit.ly/MPACYouTube Like MPAC on Facebook: http://fb.com/mpacnational Follow MPAC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mpac_national Follow MPAC on Instagram: http://instagram.com/mpac_national Visit MPAC's website: http://mpac.org About the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) We improve public understanding and policies that impact American Muslims by engaging our government, media, and communities. Help us to continue this work by making a donation today: http://mpac.org/give.
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Jewish Voice for Peace with Estee Chandler

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Palestine
religious freedom
On August 14, 2021 By MPAC
We are bringing diverse voices to the table for informative discussions on the Palestinian struggle for peace. As part of our lecture series in collaboration with Islamic Center of Southern California (ICSC), we spoke with Estee Chandler, Founder of Jewish Voice for Peace, Los Angeles, to discuss the Palestinian struggle for Peace. ---------- Subscribe to MPAC's channel: http://bit.ly/MPACYouTube Like MPAC on Facebook: http://fb.com/mpacnational Follow MPAC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mpac_national Follow MPAC on Instagram: http://instagram.com/mpac_national Visit MPAC's website: http://mpac.org About the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) We improve public understanding and policies that impact American Muslims by engaging our government, media, and communities. Help us to continue this work by making a donation today: http://mpac.org/give.
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