Akbar Ahmed
Media Inquiries

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For media inquiries, please contact the office at 202-885-1961 or by e-mail: akbar@american.edu.
If there is an urgent need please call 202-386-8624 for Ambassador Ahmed's assistant, Jonathan Hayden.

To book Akbar Ahmed as a speaker or presenter, or request more information, please contact Duplain Speakers Bureau.

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Recent Media Appearances

"Encountering Islam", a 12 lecture series on Islam, now  available from Now You Know Media. Lectures on the follwing topics:
 

  • Introduction: Encountering Islam
  • The Quran and the Prophet of Islam
  • The Five Pillars of Islam
  • Shia/Sunni Differences and the Sufis of Islam
  • Women in Islam
  • Tribes in Islam
  • The Legacy of Arab Dynasties
  • Andalusia: The Time of Harmony
  • The Three Great Muslim Empires
  • The Muslim World under Western Colonization
  • Modernity and Muslim Leadership
  • Conclusion: The Way Forward

    • Rumi Returning Documentary by Kell Kearns.  Watch

    Capital Sunday with Leon Harris, October 28th.  Watch. 

     

    WNYC New York Public Radio, The Leonard Lopate Show: August 22, 2007.  Listen

    Milt Rosenberg, Extension 720: August 20, 2007. Listen

    BBC Radio: Start the Week with Andrew Marr, July 16, 2007. Listen

    BBC Radio: Reporting Religion.  July 15, 2007. Listen

    CNN Interview: Mosque Siege Spells Trouble. July 11, 2007. Watch

    Capital Sunday with Leon Harris: February 11, 2007. Watch

    Akbar Ahmed on CSPAN "Q&A" with Brian Lamb.Watch.

     
     
     
     
     
     
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