Diffused Congruence: The American Muslim Experience
Religion & Spirituality:Islam
Parvez and Omar check one off the bucket list, with NBA superstar Hakeem Olajuwon joining them for an in-depth conversation covering his entire career and more.
About Hakeem Olajuwon
Hakeem Olajuwon, nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played the center position in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and eventually the Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. In 2008, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 2016, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest centers and one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
He became the first non-American to be an All-Star and start in an All-Star Game, the first non-American to win NBA MVP, the first non-American to win NBA Defensive Player of the Year, and in the 1993–94 season, he became the only player in NBA history to win the NBA MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and Finals MVP awards in the same season. His Rockets won back-to-back championships in 1994 and 1995. Olajuwon was a member of the Olympic gold medal-winning United States national team, and he was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He ended his career as the league's all-time leader in blocks (3,830) and is one of four NBA players to record a quadruple-double.
Episode 51: Hakim Archuletta
Episode 50: Celebrating the Big Five-Oh!
Episode 49: Wajahat Ali
Episode 48: Dr. Ihsan Bagby
Episode 47: Baraka Blue
Episode 46: Azhar Usman Returns!
Episode 45: Zaki Barzinji
Episode 44: Talking Star Wars With Omer Mozaffar
Episode 43: Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir
Special Episode: Post-Election 2016 Wrap-Up
Episode 42: Dr. Jonathan Brown
Episode 41: Shadi Hamid
Episode 40: Cavalcade of Annoyance
Episode 39: Nader Khan
Episode 38: Zarqa Nawaz
Episode 37: Ramadan Fitness and Fiqh-ness Special
Episode 36: Joe Bradford
Bonus Episode: On Grief, Death, and Dying
Special Live Episode: Mark Gonzales
Episode 35: Dr. Meraj Mohiuddin
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