Reza Aslan appears in the following:
NYC Women's March, 'The Secret Life of Muslims'
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Reza Aslan's History Of God
Monday, November 06, 2017
Dan Rather on What It Means To Be American, Lee Ann Womack Performs, Reza Aslan's History Of God
Monday, November 06, 2017
Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Islamophobia Edition
Friday, September 09, 2016
The Word as Sword: Reza Aslan at Poet's House
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Democracy in Egypt Means Engaging Muslim Brotherhood
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Religion and Revolution
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Reza Aslan, associate professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside and author of Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East, compares the role of religion in the United States and Egypt as protest continues throughout the Arab world.
→ Read A Recap And Join The Discussion At It's A Free Country
The Middle East in Literature
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Reza Aslan, associate professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and author of No God But God, discusses the new anthology he edited, Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East.
The Middle East in Literature
Monday, November 15, 2010
Reza Aslan, associate professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and author of No God But God, discusses the new anthology he edited, Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East.
Florida Pastor Ends Campaign to Burn Qurans
Friday, September 10, 2010
Few legal boundaries stood between Florida Pastor Terry Jones and his plans to burn copies of the Quran on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the September 11th attacks.
While most of the world voiced dismay at Pastor Jones' political statement, fearing it would incite violence and radicalize religious extremists overseas, Jones argued that was demonstrating against what he calls the extremism of Islam. Yesterday, the pastor decided to call off his campaign to burn the sacred text after reaching what he said was an "agreement" to meet with the people planning an Islamic cultural center and mosque near ground zero.
The Revolution Will Not Be Harmonized
Monday, August 09, 2010
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proclaimed last week that music is incompatible with the values of the Islamic republic, and should not be taught or promoted in the country. Today: how state restriction of music in Iran has inspired a vast underground scene.
US-Middle East Policy Enough to Warrant Peace Prize?
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Bringing a war back down to earth
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Political Poetry
Friday, December 21, 2007
Two émigré writers say that among the Iranian people, poets are the national heroes. But today’s Iranian artists struggle to express themselves in the face of government censorship. Reza Aslan is a religion scholar and wrote No God but God, a brief history of Islam ...
Politics and Poetry
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Kurt talks with Reza Aslan and Roya Hakakian about the politics of post-1979 Iran and how poetry helped fuel the Islamic Revolution.
Iran, Censors, Cinema
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Most Americans have heard about Iran's repressive government, human rights abuses, and burgeoning nuclear program, but this week in Studio 360, Kurt Andersen and guests Reza Aslan and Roya Hakakian explore Iran's rich cultural heritage and the ways in which Iranian artists struggle to express themselves in the face ...