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As the Senior Correspondent for The Final Call newspaper and head of its Washington, D.C. bureau office, Mr. Muhammad is also a poet, and radio and television commentator. He also serves as News Director at Pacifica Radio’s WPFW-FM in Washington and has been host of the station’s show Tuesday Morning Jazz, since 1979.
“Askia Muhammad is a personal friend and a superb political analyst,” wrote Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). “He knows both the players and the issues.”
A Washington correspondent since 1977, his reports from Capitol Hill, the White House and diplomatic events that date back to the second inauguration of Richard Nixon and span the terms of seven American presidents.
Author of the book “Behind Enemy Lines,” which was published in 1996, he is a winner of many of the most prestigious awards in journalism and the arts, which include his Soundprint.org documentary “Mississippi Becomes a Democracy” in 2004, hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), as well as winner of the Unity Awards in Journalism presented by Lincoln University of Missouri.
Three times a judge of the National Newspaper Publishers Association Merit Awards, he has also served twice as a judge of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards.
The Museum’s president, Raheem Muhammad is proud and pleased to host Mr. Muhammad’s work.
“This type of presentation is at the core of what the Museum is all about.” he states.
In its 15th year, the Islamic Cultural Preservation and Information Council (ICPIC), the most progressive Black Islamic cultural organization in the country, is the festival’s sponsor.
For more information on the exhibit, please call (610) 352-0424 or (215) 222-0520.