President Ashraf Ghani's Hope for Afghanistan, American Muslims React to Violence

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 15, 2016

Arun Venugopal, host of WNYC's "Micropolis" is filling in for Leonard today!

New Yorker staff writer George Packer examines how President Ashraf Ghani's understanding of politics, culture and failed states affect the way he governs Afghanistan. Photographer Robert Herman shot every photo in The Phone Book on his iPhone. Bill T. Jones and Claudia Rankine explain why creative expression is important during times of social unrest and violence. Writer, lawyer and entrepreneur Wajahat Ali talks about how the discourse has shifted within Muslim communities after the Orlando attack, the suicide bombing in Medina and the most recent attack in Nice.

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