TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad pictured here with legendary lyricist turned outspoken activist Nas backstage at the 2008 "Rock The Bells" festival tour stop in Chicago, IL.  Nas had challenged FOXNews Channel  and their race baiting news reports.   (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad pictured here with former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo after he delivered remarks at a conference in Chicago, IL. (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad pictured here after an interview with author and commentator on Middle East affairs Ali Abunimah.  Abunimah is  also co-founder of ElectronicIntifada.Net one of the foremost internet outlets offering reference materials and information on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict from the perspective of the victims of the Occupation, the Palestinians.  

  (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad with the Green Party USA's presidential nominee, former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in July 2008 at the Green Party's convention.

(Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad and Libyan Filmmaker Abdallah Omeish talk prior to the screening of the brilliant and thought-provoking documentary  Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority at the 44th Annual ISNA Convention. (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad and journalist Alison Weir at the 2nd Annual American Muslims for Palestine Conference on Nov. 23 2007 in Rosemont, IL. Alison is the outspoken director of If Americans Knew.

 (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad pictured here  w/ Ambassador Andrew Young at the 2nd Annual Louis Farrakhan Prostate Cancer Foundation Walk-For-Life in Atlanta, GA.   Black men suffer disproportionately from prostate cancer.  Ambassador Young is a prostate cancer survivor. 

(Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad pictured here  w/ LL Cool J  at the 2007 BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta, GA.  Ashahed interviewed LL who gave some valuable guidance regarding materialism in Hip Hop. 

 (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad speaking with Rabbi Ben Ammi of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem at a fundraiser for political and community leaders in Chicago in March 2008. 

 (Photo: Kenneth Muhammad)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad displays the Black flag of Canada with a student activist during a visit to Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada in 2007.

TEI Executive Director Ashahed M. Muhammad pictured with NBA Player, Activist and Poet  Etan Thomas at the 2006 Essence Music Festival in Houston, TX

(Photo: Stacy Muhammad for the TEI)

Ashahed M. Muhammad and former NBA Player and Businessman Larry Johnson at the Final Call Administration Building in Chicago, IL. 

(Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

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TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad pictured here with  columnist for The Muhammad Speaks and The Final Call, Ali Baghdadi at the rededication of Mosque Maryam in Chicago, IL on Oct. 19 2008. Mr. Baghdadi is an outspken activist on behalf of the Palestinian people. 

(Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad pictured here with author, professor and human rights activist Mazin  Qumsiyeh at the 2008 Popular Palestinian Conference Aug. 10, 2008 in Rosemont, IL. 

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TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad  in a handshake of solidarity with rap activist  Immortal Technique.
Tech is working with organizations as a part of his "Project Green Light Project" to build an orphanage in Afghanistan for children who have lost their parents as a result of decades of occupation and war. Immortal Technique was also a part of the "Rock the Bells Festival" tour.

 (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad pictured here with Khurram Mujtaba, General Manager of PeaceTV a 24-hour Islamic Spiritual International Satellite TV Channel. (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad pictured here with long-time friend and fellow activist Rosa Clemente.  Rosa is the Vice-Presidential running-mate of the Green Party USA's presidential nominee, former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.   The Green Party held their convention in Chicago, IL July 10 - 13 2008 and made history by having two women of color at the top of their presidential ticket. (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Staff)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad pictured here with Professor Jess Ghannam in between workshops at the ISNA conference.   Dr. Ghannam travels regularly to Palestine to observe the conditions there, so when he speaks about the reality, it is in fact a reality.  Ashahed also conducted an interview with Dr. Ghannam dealing with the parallels between Apartheid South Africa and Occupied Palestine. (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Staff)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad with NOI United Kingdom representative Minister Hilary Muhammad. 
 (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

 TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad with Dr. Hatem Bazian  at the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) 1st Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. November 2006. Bazian is the president of AMP President and an outspoken activist for Palestinian rights. (Photo: AMP Staff)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad with Malik Zulu Shabazz and members of the New Black Panther Party at Saviours' Day 2007 in Detroit, MI.   Ashahed moderated youth forums and Malik sat on a panel at  a youth town hall meeting during this year's activities.  It was a time of meeting greeting, organizing and strategizing.  

 (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad with Melissa Bell, the mother of Mychal Bell of the 'Jena 6'  in Jena, Louisiana.  The fight for justice goes on. The lives of six young black men are being ruined by Jim Crow justice.  

(Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad and Chicago area coordinator for the  Islamic Circle of North America talk about their WhyIslam.org project at the 44th Annual ISNA Convention. (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)

TEI Director Ashahed M. Muhammad with Councilperson Joanne Watson of  Detroit, MI.  She was in town to work in the re-election campaign for Dorothy Tillman for control of the historically Black  Bronzeville neighborhood on the Southside of Chicago.  Joanne Watson is a warrior for her people.
 (Photo: TEI Enlightener News Service)