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Is This One of America’s First Mosques?

Among the millions of immigrants arriving in the United States at the turn of the 20th century were thousands of Muslims from Lebanon, then part of Greater Syria. In this film, host Aymann Ismail tells the story of two of these people, a woman named Mary Juma and her husband Hassen who homesteaded in North Dakota in the early 1900s. Traveling across the Midwest, Aymann explores how the community t
Season 1 Episode 11 Length 22:01 Premiere: 10/17/24

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Season 1 Episodes

How Islam Influenced Black Americans in 1920s Chicago

S1 E16 Length 23:46 Premiere Date 01/09/25

Is This One of America’s First Mosques?

S1 E11 Length 22:01 Premiere Date 10/17/24

A South Asian in the Southwest

S1 E6 Length 24:45 Premiere Date 05/01/26

A New Hope for Freedom

S1 E5 Length 24:45 Premiere Date 05/01/26

A Mosque on the Prairies

S1 E4 Length 24:45 Premiere Date 05/01/26

A Muslim in the Civil War

S1 E3 Length 24:45 Premiere Date 05/01/26

Islam at the Nation’s Founding

S1 E2 Length 24:45 Premiere Date 05/01/26

A Portrait of Freedom

S1 E1 Length 24:44 Premiere Date 05/01/26

American Muslims: A History Revealed Trailer

Preview Length 01:58 Premiere Date 11/01/24

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