America at a Crossroads
Season 1, Episode 17: STAND UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age
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STAND UP is the story of Ahmed's battle to get beyond playing "Terrorist No. 4." It's about Obeidallah's journey to discover his Arab heritage. It's about Zayid's resolve to turn being "a Palestinian Muslim woman virgin with cerebral palsy from New Jersey" into a career asset. It’s about Usman’s quest to become the Muslim comedy role model he himself never found. It’s about Hami’s determination to challenge American conceptions about Muslim women.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
JIHAD: The Men and Ideas Behind Al Qaeda
Episode 2
Warriors
Episode 3
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Episode 4
Gangs of Iraq
Episode 5
The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom
Episode 6
Europe's 9/11
Episode 7
The Muslim Americans
Episode 8
Faith Without Fear
Episode 9
Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia
Episode 10
Security Versus Liberty: The Other War
Episode 11
The Brotherhood
Episode 12
Kansas to Kandahar: Citizen Soldiers at War
Episode 13
The Anti-Americans (a hate/love relationship)
Episode 14
Inside America’s Empire
Episode 15
Campus Battleground
Episode 16
Homegrown: Islam in Prison
Episode 17
STAND UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age
Episode 18
The Trial of Saddam Hussein
Episode 19
Dissonance and Harmony: Arabic Music Goes West
Episode 20
The Mosque in Morgantown