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July 2012

July 22, 2012

Summer Ramadan Recipes

Here are some good recipes for helping to recover from those long summer day fasts...

July 14, 2012

The New McCarthyism: Islamophobia, American Muslims, and the Progressive Response

The New McCarthyism: Islamophobia, American Muslims, and the Progressive Response is a three part online...

July 06, 2012

Top 10 Ways on How NOT to Build a Mosque in America

Here are the top 10 items which the American Muslim Community should do if they...

June 2012

June 20, 2012

The “Bat-Ramadan” Situation

“Is that the new moon for Ramadan?…no wait…it’s the Bat Signal!” For movie geeks, the...

June 17, 2012

Round Table Discussion: Professional Muslim Women

This Video Discussion is from "The Muslim Round Table Television" (MRT) Show, which I produced...

June 05, 2012

Interview with Nazem Kadri with the Toronto Maple Leafs Professional Hockey Team

Here is a link to a Video interview with Toronto Maple Leaf Professional Hockey Player,...

June 02, 2012

Book Review: The Crisis of Islamic Civilization

Recently someone recommended I read this book called “The Crisis of Islamic Civilization” by Ali...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

New Book “All American: 45 Men on Being Muslim – An Anthology of American Muslim Voices

Salaams All I was lucky enough to be one of the 45 Men to be...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Pakistani Cargo Truck Art….in Kansas City?!?

Asheer Akram, an artist and sculptor of Pakistani descent, was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...

April 26, 2012

FBI Love (Sung to Tune of Drake’s “Crew Love”)

FBI Love (Sung to the tune of Drake's "Crew Love") [Verse 1] Get your nose...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

Minar-E-Pakistan (Tower of Pakistan)

Minar-e-Pakistan is a tall monumental tower in Iqbal Park, Lahore which was built in 1968...

March 27, 2012

Interview about Muslim Media on the “What’s Up Wit’ That Show?”

Here is an interview I did about Muslim Media on the "What's Up Wit' That...

March 22, 2012

Foodistan (Lahore, Pakistan)

Recently, I came back from a month long trip to Lahore - the culinary capital...

January 2012

January 16, 2012

Review of 2012 Golden Globe Winner (and Emmy) for TV Drama: “Homeland”

Recently, I watched the whole first season of the Golden Globe Winning TV series Drama,...

December 2011

December 19, 2011

OUTSOURCED vs. LOWES

Originally Posted on ILLUME magazine. Everyone has been talking about the controversy surrounding Lowe’s Hardware...

December 08, 2011

Zaki Hasan: The Grandmaster of Geekdom

Originally Posted on ILLUME Magazine. Zaki Hasan has been a geek all his life, though...

November 2011

November 24, 2011

How to Prepare Your “Stealth Halal” Turkey (Recipe Included)

Originally Posted on ILLUME: Recently, bikini-blogger and Islamophobe extraordinaire, Pamela Gellar issued a warning...

October 2011

October 10, 2011

Al Mihrab Nominated for a Brass Crescent Award – Please Vote for My Blog!

My blog post entitled "The Agha, The Architect and the Mosque" was recently nominated for...

September 2011

September 27, 2011

Islamic Science Rediscovered in San Jose, CA

Recently I went to the Tech Museum in San Jose, CA where one of the...

July 2011

July 22, 2011

Masjid Makeover by Rahim’s Wood Gallery

My friend, Rahim Akbar is a Naval architect and engineer by day and an inspired...

July 07, 2011

The Agha, The Architect and The Mosque

I originally wrote this interview for ILLUME magazine here. Below is the full and un-edited...

June 2011

June 14, 2011

The Halal Carts of New York

Originally posted on ILLUME magazine: Over the last 5 to 6 years, New York...

May 2011

May 18, 2011

Recent reviews by Irfan R. What's this?

April 2011

April 29, 2011

Star Wars: An Islamic Perspective

As most “Star Wars” fans know, director George Lucas took spiritual elements, which are common...

February 2011

February 17, 2011

Pakistani-American Playhouse Breaks New Ground

BY IRFAN RYDHAN for ILLUME MAGAZINE Imran S. Javaid and Imran W. Sheikh, two...

January 2011

January 03, 2011

2010 Food in Review

With close to 600 food reviews across several different websites (Zabihah, Yelp, Google, JustSayGo, etc.) many consider...

January 02, 2011

2010 in review for Al Mihrab

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and...

December 2010

December 18, 2010

Rizwan Manji: Taking Jobs From White America

I interviewed actor Rizwan Manji from NBC's "Outsourced" for ILLUME Magazine (www.IllumeMag.com). He talked about...

October 2010

October 08, 2010

Islamic influence on American Architecture (Article)

Islamic influence on the Design of the World Trade Center Spanish Moor (Islamic)...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

Islamic Influences on American Architecture

Below is the power point slide show from a presentation I made in May 2009...