Haroon Moghul (who will be visiting the Pacific Northwest this weekend), Amir Hussein, and I discuss political and Hollywood representations of Muslims with Nicole Neroulias of BeliefNet:

Recent pop culture representations of the Middle East and Muslims sort of highlight the fact that Muslims and Muslim-majority countries are increasingly high-profile, both in politics and in the mainstream American media. There have been several TV shows, books, and movies in the last 10 years that include Muslim or Middle Eastern characters.

Check out the entire thing at BeliefNet.