• 42
    watchers
  • 83
    plays
  • 114
    collected
  • 65
    lists
  • 2018-01-09T05:00:00Zs at 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z on PBS
  • 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z
  • 42m
  • 42m (1 episode)
  • United States
  • English
Follow a millennial Muslim American couple on a cross-country journey along historic Route 66. As they meet new friends and explore more than a dozen stops, Mona and Sebastian weave a colorful story about what it means to be Muslim in America today.

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2022-07-05T04:00:00Z

1x01 Life is a Highway: Chicago to Joplin, Missouri

Series Premiere

1x01 Life is a Highway: Chicago to Joplin, Missouri

  • 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z42m

Join Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins as they drive the first leg of Route 66 and discover America's Muslim roots, a history that goes back to the 1800s. Along the way, the young couple experience some tests in their relationship.

Mona Haydar and Sebastian Robins learn why many African Americans converted to Islam, how Muslims excelled in modern jazz and why Catholics and Muslims revere the Virgin Mary. The couple celebrate their ninth anniversary on a mountaintop.

Mona Haydar and Sebastian Robins meet setbacks and surprises while driving the last leg of Route 66. They learn about a 16th-century Muslim explorer and a Syrian camel driver who surveyed Route 66 and find an unlikely Muslim village in Las Vegas.

Loading...