Muntaha Al-Ramahi

Muntaha Al-Ramahi, one of Al-Arabiya's leading anchors and host of the daily, prime time talk show "Panorama" (which has been called one of the most important news programs on Arab television) spent two weeks in Washington with AAM immediately following the historic presidential election, producing a special series of programs on important issues concerning America’s relationship with the Arab World.

Watch The Next President: Barack Obama and America’s Image in the Muslim World

With guests:
Robert Reilly, Senior Fellow for Strategic Communications at the American Foreign Policy Council and former director of Voice of America
Dr. Edmund Ghareeb, Professor of Comparative and Regional Studies at American University’s School of International Service
Zainab al-Suwaij, Executive Director of the American Islamic Congress<

Other shows produced for the AAM Journalism Fellowship:

Israel-Palestine Dialogue: a conversation about the Arab-Israeli situation, and what lies ahead with new leadership in Israel, Palestine, and the US.

With guests:
Dr. Ziad Asali , president and founder of the American Task Force on Palestine
Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff, Deputy Chief of Mission, the Israeli Embassy

US Foreign Policy towards the Middle East: a conversation with leading policy experts on the challenges today in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Middle East, and what lies ahead for the new Obama administration.

With guests:
Martin Indyk, Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution
General Charles Wald, Ret. Deputy Commander, Headquarters of the U.S. European Command
Dr. Walid Phares, director of the Future of Terrorism Project and senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Arab American Dialogue: A conversation about the struggles and succeses of the Arab-American community and their role in the recent presidential elections.

With guests:
Majida Mourad, Vice President and Partner at the Abraham Group
Zuhdi Jasser, President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy
Steve Grand, Director of U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at the Brookings Institution
Claude Salhani, Editor of the Middle East Times

Interview with Salman Ahmad

Muntaha interviewed Salman Ahmad about his work in bridging the divide between the US and the Muslim world through his music, including a performance of two of his songs.

Ahmad is the popular guitarist and composer of the popular South Asian rock group, Junoon. Ahmad is also a goodwill ambassador for the UN, acting as the US national spokesperson in the fight against HIV/AIDS. He is also on the board of directors of Breakthrough, an international human rights organization that uses education and popular culture to promote values of dignity, equality, and justice.

Ahmad has produced two documentary films. The Rock Star and the Mullahs tracks Ahmad's visit to the northern Pakistani town of Peshawar, where he directly challenges the local Muslim clergy who have banned all forms of music. His most recent film, Muslims in America: It's My Country Too, uncovers the authentic spirit of American Muslims and their experience wrestling with the personal and social consequences of the 9/11 attacks.