With “Voices of a People’s History of the United States”

Moustafa Bayoumi’s “This Muslim American Life” performed by Aasif Mandvi from BAM on Vimeo.

Based on the work of Howard Zinn (1922–2010)
Directed by Anthony Arnove
In association with Voices of a People’s History of the United States (peopleshistory.us)
Co-presented by BAM and the Onassis Cultural Center New York
Part of Onassis Programs at BAM

In The People Speak, some of today’s leading performers and artists give voice to figures neglected by history. Brooklyn writer and scholar Moustafa Bayoumi describes some of his experiences facing anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia in his 2015 book This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror. Performed by Aasif Mandvi on March 21, 2017 in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House.