Muslim Storytellers

Our latest story comes from Rand Alkurd.  She is an Arab American journalist who is of Palestinian descent. She and her family emigrated to the United States in 2000, and resided in Charlotte, NC since...

Braxton Winston is an activist here in Charlotte, NC.  He and many members of the Charlotte community took to the streets the day of the shooting of Keith Scott and the days and weeks after. ...

This podcast explains my thoughts of this year’s election and what we must do as Americans to make this country great again (not in the Trump sense).

Manzoor Cheema, founding member of Muslims for Social Justice and the Movement to End Racism and Islamophobia, tells us in this episode about how we can fight social justice, racism, and Islamophobia, and gives teaches...

Yesterday’s tragedy in Charlotte has caused anger and outrage as reports of a black man, Keith Lamont Scott, was shot and killed by the police.  This raw podcast was recorded to give my thoughts and...

Our story today comes from Aziz Ahsan, an Attorney from Hopewell Junction, NY.  He was born in Pakistan and became a US Citizen in 1984.  He is a 9/11 survivor and was a subject of...

Our story today comes from Rose Hamid.   Many of us in Charlotte know her for her community work, interfaith work, and her activism.  In January, she received national and international attention when her peaceful,...

Our story today comes from Faisal Qazi.  He lives in southern California.  By day he is a Neurologist, and fills in his spare time providing free health care and job training to people in need...

Duston Barto, editor of Muslim American Magazine, co-founder of the Foothills Interfaith Assembly, and a resident of Lincoln County, NC  stepped up to defend religious liberties for everyone after the county Chairman expressed unprovoked hate against Muslims....

This episode speaks about my thoughts 7 days after the tragedy in Orlando.  Many things have occurred in the past 7 days; the ones which I talk about are my experiences at two community vigils...

The recent tragedy in Orlando has been called the worst mass shooting in US history, with 50 dead and over 50 injured.  Within 24 hours, there has been an outpour of support for the victims...

Lindsey Faraj, a 30-year-old white American, mother, wife, Nutritionist, activist – and a Muslim convert – speaks about her journey to Islam.

This story is from Keith Stringfellow, who teaches American History, World History, and English at the Charlotte Islamic Academy.  The story he shares to Muslim StoryTellers is his journey to embracing Islam; it is a...

On February 10, 2015, the Muslim community lost 3 great gems, Deah Barakat and Yusor and Razan Abu-Salha; it has been now one year since Our Three Winners have passed.  They were three inspiring, charismatic,...

This story is from Hannah Abdul-Awwal , Founder of Shahadah Stories. Shahadah Stories is a stage production, featuring true stories that shed light on every day people and their journey to become Muslim. Her story...

When thinking about what story to podcast, I had a few to choose from, and the only way I could choose was to ask myself one question:  if there is one story you could tell,...

The previous episode, Episode 0, was the Why.  This is the How, What, When, and Where.  In this episode I talk about the format of this series, how you can get involved in narrating your...

So what is Muslim Storytellers about?  Well, storytelling has been trending for a while, to the point where it is now an established medium of communication of any event or story.  Stories shows different, all...