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The American Islamic Congress is regularly quoted in national and international media outlets. See the column at right for recent examples. Below are prominent media features on our work.
AIC 2008 Muslim Film Festival: "Think-Different Women" - April 2008
Al Arabiya (Arabic), Boston Herald, Press TV Iran, Boston Globe, and Boston Phoenix
LA Times: "Comic book translates Martin Luther King's message" - March 25, 2008
A report on AIC's publication of an Arabic comic book on civil-rights and nonviolence.
BBC: "Egyptian Women at the Forefront for Change" - March 24, 2008
A profile of AIC's Dalia Ziada, who speaks out against FGM and the suppression of bloggers.
The Washington Post: "Weekend Protest to Support Jailed Blogger" - Feb. 9, 2008
Coverage of an AIC vigil for Fouad Al-Farhan
Fox News' Hannity & Colmes: "Sudan Teddy Bear Crisis" - Dec. 1, 2007
Featuring AIC's Nasser Weddady
CBS Evening News: Interview with Zainab Al-Suwaij - Nov. 14, 2007
Click on the video at right to see Katie Couric interviewing AIC's executive director.
Christian Science Monitor: “Counter Extremism with Compassion” - Sep. 7, 2006
Zainab Al-Suwaij, Iraqi-American Muslim and executive director of AIC, draws from her peaceful Muslim traditions to help Iraqi women voice their rights and needs in society.
 National Public Radio, The Connection: "Karbala" - Apr. 7, 2003
AIC's Zainab Al-Suwaij joins an hour-long NPR talk show on intra-Muslim religious divisions and the legacy of a battle in the Iraqi desert over 1,300 years ago.
Boston Globe: "Keeping Up the Fight” - Apr. 7, 2003
Before her struggle against Saddam's regime was crushed, Zainab Al-Suwaij experienced both the euphoria of freedom and the horror of witnessing the regime's gruesomest torture methods.
BBC: Planning for the Return - Apr. 5, 2003
BBC Washington correspondent Steve Schifferes profiles AIC's Zainab Al-Suwaij.
Boston Globe: "War in Iraq: Exhile to Help Build Free Iraqi Society." - Apr. 5, 2003
AIC's Zainab Al-Suwaij shares her vision for Iraq and returns to help rebuild her country's education system.
 ABC News 20/20 with Barbara Walters: "Iraqi Women on Saddam's Brutality" - Mar. 21, 2004
AIC's Zainab Al-Suwaij joins Barbara Walters and a diverse panel of Iraqi women to reflect on the their experiences growing up under Saddam Hussein.
NPR, Talk of the Nation: "American Muslims" - Jan. 23, 2002
AIC co-founder Ahmed Al-Rahim talks about the responsibility of Muslims in American society to condemn hate speech and build interfaith bridges.
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