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EAST MEETS WEST PART ONE:
CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS

Program 07-11-04-A

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A round-up of prominent Western and Muslim intellectuals debate the conflicting world views that spark tensions between East and West, and Pakistani rocker Salman Ahmad ("The Bono of Asia") on the liberating power of rock and roll.

SEGMENT 1:

Moshin Hamid shares many characteristics with the central character of his novel, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist." He tells Steve Paulson how they're alike, and what the crucial difference between them is. Also, in 1993 Samuel Huntington made the argument that a new kind of global conflict - a clash between western civilization and the Islamic East - would replace the Cold War. Three prominent intellectuals respond to the question "is there really a clash of civilizations?" We hear from: Sasha Abramsky, Lee Harris and Ziauddin Sardar.

SEGMENT 2:

Junoon is a Pakistani rock group. Their lead singer, Salman Ahmad, talks with Anne Strainchamps about being a Muslim and a rock musician, and explains that when a song about government corruption got them into trouble, it was an Islamic cleric who came to their aid. And, of corse, we hear some of their music.

SEGMENT 3:

We re-visit Richard Nixon's 1972 trip to China, and the John Adams opera it inspired, then Jim Fleming talks with Margaret MacMillan, author of "Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World." MacMillan explains the historical context of the Nixon trip and how it changed the course of history.

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 07-11-04-A.

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Books:

Moshin Hamid , The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Harcourt)
Margaret MacMillan, Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World (Random House)
Ziauddin Sardar, What Do Muslims Believe? The Roots and Realities of Modern Islam (Walker)
Lee Harris, The Suicide of Reason: Radical Islam's Threat to the West (Basic Books)
Sasha Abramsky, American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment (Beacon)

Music:

• Series Theme Music:
  Ikarus, Touched the Sun
  http://www.ikarusmusic.at/
• In Return:
  Junooni w/ “Sagar”
  On “Infiniti”
• In Hamid:
  Kirk Lightsey Trio w/ “From Chopin to Chopin”
  On “Goodbye Mr. Evans”
  Evidence Music
• After Hamid:
  Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny w/ “Tears of Rain”
  On “Beyond the Missouri Sky”
  Verve Records
• In Abramsky/Harris/Sardar:
  “De tout ton coeur”
  “C’est ailleurs”
  “Les ailes du Bourak”
  All on Anouar Brahem’s “Le pas du chat noir”
  ECM Records
• In Ahmad:
  “Ehtesaab”
• On “The Best of Junoon” (EMI):
  “Sayonee”
  “Saeein”
  “No More”
• In MacMillan:
  “News has a kind of mystery”
  On John Adams’ opera “Nixon in China”
  Elektra

Distribution dates: week of 11/04/2007 - hour 1

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