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Article: AMERICAN MUSLIMS GATHER TO DISCUSS IMAGE, TOLERANCE.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- December 16, 2007
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Byline: Kelly Puente
Staff Writer
LONG BEACH -- Nadja DiMartino, 13, takes a break from her homework every Monday night to watch her favorite new TV show, "Aliens in America."
As a young Muslim, DiMartino said she's seen very few positive portrayals of Islam in film and television. But this show, which stars a young Pakistani Muslim, is different, she said.
"It's so funny," DiMartino said. "You don't have to be Muslim to like it. Anyone can identify with it."
DiMartino was one of several hundred Muslims gathered at the Long Beach Convention Center on Saturday for the seventh annual Muslim Public Affairs Council convention. The council is a nonprofit ...