PRESS RELEASE -
Washington, D.C., June 11, 2008 - Muslims' America debut episode
profiles a mosque outside Philadelphia whose membership breaks with the
stereotypical congregation. Voice of America's new weekly, multimedia series
offers interviews, discussions and personal profiles to reflect the diversity of
Muslim-Americans and distinguish between the myths and realities of the
Muslim-American experience.
"We want to show various perspectives of Muslims in the U.S., and examine
what it means to be a Muslim in America today," said Jennifer Janin, Chief of
VOA's Urdu Service. "As the show's title suggests, being American is an
important part of how Muslim-Americans define themselves."
Muslims' America airs on television to Pakistan in the Urdu language
on Fridays in two 30-minute segments, at (UTC TIME) / 8:25 a.m. (Pakistan local
time) on Aaj TV and at (UTC TIME) / 7:30 p.m. on Geo TV (Pakistan local time).
Muslims' America is also available on the web in both Urdu and English at
www.voanews.com/urdu/.
The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia
international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the
Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,250 hours of news,
information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated
worldwide audience of more than 115 million people. Programs are produced in 45
languages.
For more information, please call the Office of Public Affairs at (202)
203-4959, or e-mail
publicaffairs@voa.gov.
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