Imam Jamil Al-Amino Audio Interviews from Behind the Walls

Interview With Karima El-Amin on Jamil El-Amin (Formerly Known as H. Rap Brown)

An Interview with Karima El-Amin (Part 1 & 2)

By Nadrat Siddique

The Fourth of July is my birthday. Each year, I seek an activity which expounds on Frederick Douglass' renowned musing "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July" and my social consciousness as a Muslim. This Fourth, I visited Atlanta to run the Peachtree 10K race, the nation's largest 10K (it boasts 50,000 participants) and to interview Karima El-Amin, wife of Imam Jamil El-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown).

Imam Jamil El-Amin is one of America's foremost political prisoners, currently being held at the infamous high security prison in Florence, Colorado. I felt his case had received a degree of exposure, at least by independent Islamic media, but that far less was known about his wife and partner in the struggle, an activist in her own right.

Karima El-Amin graciously granted me an interview at short notice, even though it meant according me her scant leisure time (the holiday was one of those rare occasions on which she closed her law office). I was to meet her soon after my race. When I called to confirm the details of our meeting, she expressed concern for my condition. Was I too tired and dehydrated after the race, being unaccustomed to Atlanta weather? And did I require more time to rest before our meeting? I was reminded of Imam Jamil, whose self-less concern for his visitors to the prison even while he himself was being subjected to daily humiliation at the hands of prison guards was fabled. And she insisted she would drive to my hotel so that I would not have to attempt to navigate unfamiliar territory. We agreed to hold the interview in my hotel room.

She entered the room, a slender, bespectacled woman, with quiet manner and majestic bearing, dressed modestly in light green hijab. But, as she began to speak, I realized this was easily the most eloquent, self-confident, and politically aware Muslim woman I'd encountered. She was clearly very seeped in Islamic faith; indeed, it may have been what allowed her (and hence her family) to survive the incredible trials they'd experienced; yet she was not ostentatious with her Arabic, nor haughty or judgmental of me or others.

Q: How did you meet Imam Jamil, and what attracted you to him initially?

http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/shoulders-our-freedom-fighters/43389-interview-karima-el-amin-jamil-el-amin-formerly-known-h-rap-brown.html


Audio Interview links:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72200311/Imam%20Jamil's%20Compilation%20Talks/01%20Chairman%20Fred%20Hampton%20of%20P.O.C.C.1%201.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72200311/Imam%20Jamil's%20Compilation%20Talks/01%20Rashida%20Intro%20Sound%20Production.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72200311/Imam%20Jamil's%20Compilation%20Talks/01%20SNCC'S%20Rap%20(2)recorded%20live%2010_22_1969%20L.I.U..mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72200311/Imam%20Jamil's%20Compilation%20Talks/01%20Track%2001%201.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72200311/Imam%20Jamil's%20Compilation%20Talks/02%20El%20Haj%20Malik.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72200311/Imam%20Jamil's%20Compilation%20Talks/02%20Rashida.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72200311/Imam%20Jamil's%20Compilation%20Talks/03%20Track%2003%201.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72200311/Imam%20Jamil's%20Compilation%20Talks/04%20Karima%20Al%20Amin.mp3

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