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La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree LatinasThe Media's Biased Gaze with Professor Evelyn Alsultany {Re-Release}Wanna share your thoughts? Send a text!Ep #77 - In a media landscape that continues to demonstrate its selective empathy, the recent disparate coverage of two tragic and avoidable deaths starkly illustrates Professor Evelyn Alsultany's core argument about media representation. While extensive airtime has been devoted to the death of a white CEO, the death of Black Girl Disney's Dominique Brown has received far less attention—a painful reminder of how media systematically determines whose stories matter and whose lives are deemed worthy of collective mourning.Media representation isn't just about entertainment—it's a powerful forc...2024-12-1041 min
Unpacking ZionismOh... and IslamophobiaThis week we’re looking at Islamophobia as a keyword for Critical Zionism Studies. But it’s necessarily also about anti-Palestinian racism and DEI — diversity, equity, and inclusion. This is a special episode — rather than an interview, we’re bringing you leading thinkers and educators in conversation. We’re joined by Evelyn Alsultany, Nadine Naber, Nina Mehta, and ICSZ collective member Amira Jarmakani. This talk is called “Oh… and Islamophobia!” It was organized by ICSZ as part of the launch of the Coalition to End Zionist Repression, which is at bit.ly/campus-alliance. This talk was recorded on Oct. 16, 2024...2024-10-211h 00
JINSDUNE - with Pr Evelyn ALSULTANY🎧 In today's episode of @jins_podcast , "DUNE", we dive deep with Professor Evelyn Alsultany ( @evelynalsultany ) into the sandy dunes of Arrakis and explore the cultural layers beneath its surface.🎬 Set against Frank Herbert's iconic universe and Denis Villeneuve's cinematic vision, we dissect themes of colonialism, Orientalism and Indigenous identities through a lens that questions the balance between cultural appreciation and appropriation. Professor Alsultany, a leading voice in media and ethnicity studies, brings her incisive insights into how these narratives shape our perceptions of "the other" and what it means for future storytelling in Hollywood and beyond.🌟...2024-10-1044 min
IDEAS IN ACTION | USC's Podcast SeriesMuslim Inclusion and Empowerment: from Hollywood to Higher EducationSince 9/11, Muslims have occupied the U.S. public and political spheres as threats to national security, as victims of hate crimes, as targets of torture and war, and as a community to be included in diversity initiatives. This insightful panel will explore Muslim inclusion and representation in a variety of contexts, including education, politics, and the entertainment industry. Shafiqa Ahmadi is an associate professor of Clinical Education at the Rossier School of Education and the co-director for USC’s Center for Education, Identity, and Social Justice. She is an expert on diversity and legal protection of underrepresented students, inc...2024-03-271h 00
La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree LatinasRepercussions of Media Bias on Arabs, Muslims, & the Childfree with Professor Evelyn AlsultanyWanna share your thoughts? Send a text!Ep #57 - What does media bias have to do with how marginalized groups are perceived? EVERYTHING. Media bias—the way we see certain groups on TV and in movies—has a massive impact on how we view people in real life. And whether or not we see them as real human beings, or merely caricatures we don't have to care about. If people in the margins don't comport ourselves in a very specific way, then we aren't deemed worth giving a damn about. In her book, Broken: The Fail...2024-02-2737 min
The Wine & Chisme PodcastRepresentation in Media: A Wine & Chisme Podcast LIVE Event from Los AngelesJoin myself and a panel that includes Avenida Productions Founders Fanny Grande and Nelson Grande, Evelyn Alsultany, an expert on representation on Arabs & Muslims in media, and Eliana Reyes, Actor, Model and Host of LATV Roots as we discuss Representation in Media.This live Wine & Chisme Podcast event wouldn’t have been possible without our in-kind sponsors including:
Our wine sponsors: Seis Soles Wine, Vinos Unidos, and Esfuerzo Wines with bubbles provided by Nfinity Cellars
Our VIP bag contributors: Rizos Curls and Vive Cosmetics
Our water partner Chiki Chiki Boom Boom
And La Revista Binational for sponso...2023-12-2052 min
The Inclusion Bites PodcastThe Power of Media: Humanising Arabs and Muslims through Diverse Narratives The Power of Media: Humanising Arabs and Muslims through Diverse Narratives
Exploring the historical portrayal of Arabs and Muslims in Hollywood, Evelyn Alsultany discusses the limits and possibilities of diversity work and the need for authentic representation to counteract one-dimensional stereotypes.
In this episode of The Inclusion Bites Podcast, host Joanne Lockwood invites guest Evelyn Alsultany to delve into the topic of humanising Arabs and Muslims. Alsultany, author of Broken the Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion, shares insights from her research that explore the portrayal of Arabs and Muslims in popular culture and its impact...2023-09-1455 min
Conscious Anti-RacismEpisode 80: Evelyn AlsultanyWhat is crisis diversity? In what ways did 9/11 impact the Muslim community?
In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Evelyn Alsultany, an associate professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity. They discuss the lived experiences of growing up as the child of an Iraqi-Muslim immigrant. Alsultany examines the troupes of “good” vs “bad” Muslims in the media, and how cris...2023-06-2747 min
Rewriting HollywoodProf. Evelyn Alsultany: Muslim Inclusion in HollywoodJared Milrad interviews best-selling author Professor Evelyn Alsultany about her powerful new book, Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion , in which Prof. Alsultany argues that Muslims are only included through “crisis diversity,” an institutional pattern of crisis (such as high-profile Islamophobic incidents), response, and then inertia until the next crisis.Alsultany notably co-authored The Obeidi-Alsultany Test to help Hollywood improve representations of Muslims—what some label the Bechdel test for Muslims—and serves as a consultant for Hollywood studios, making her a leading expert on the history of representations of Arabs and Muslims in the US media, a...2023-05-3133 min
The Wine & Chisme PodcastRepresentation in Media: A Wine & Chisme Podcast LIVE EventJoin myself and a panel that includes Avenida Productions Founders Fanny Grande and Nelson Grande, Evelyn Alsultany, an expert on representation on Arabs & Muslims in media, and Eliana Reyes, Actor, Model and Host of LATV Roots as we discuss Representation in Media.This live Wine & Chisme Podcast event wouldn’t have been possible without our in-kind sponsors including:
Our wine sponsors: Seis Soles Wine, Vinos Unidos, and Esfuerzo Wines with bubbles provided by Nfinity Cellars
Our VIP bag contributors: Rizos Curls and Vive Cosmetics
Our water partner Chiki Chiki Boom Boom
And La Revista Binational for sponso...2023-05-3152 min
From the Square: An NYU Press PodcastEvelyn Alsultany, "Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion" (NYU Press, 2022)In Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion (NYU Press, 2022), Evelyn Alsultany, Professor at the University of Southern California, argues that, even amid challenges to institutionalized Islamophobia, diversity initiatives fail on their promise by only focusing on crisis moments. Muslims get included through “crisis diversity,” where high-profile Islamophobic incidents are urgently responded to and then ignored until the next crisis. In the popular cultural arena of television, this means interrogating even those representations of Muslims that others have celebrated as refreshingly positive. In the realm of corporations, she critically examines the firing of high-profile individuals for anti-Muslim speech—a...2023-05-261h 01
New Books in ReligionEvelyn Alsultany, "Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion" (NYU Press, 2022)In Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion (NYU Press, 2022), Evelyn Alsultany, Professor at the University of Southern California, argues that, even amid challenges to institutionalized Islamophobia, diversity initiatives fail on their promise by only focusing on crisis moments. Muslims get included through “crisis diversity,” where high-profile Islamophobic incidents are urgently responded to and then ignored until the next crisis. In the popular cultural arena of television, this means interrogating even those representations of Muslims that others have celebrated as refreshingly positive. In the realm of corporations, she critically examines the firing of high-profile individuals for anti-Muslim speech—a...2023-05-261h 01
New Books in Islamic StudiesEvelyn Alsultany, "Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion" (NYU Press, 2022)In Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion (NYU Press, 2022), Evelyn Alsultany, Professor at the University of Southern California, argues that, even amid challenges to institutionalized Islamophobia, diversity initiatives fail on their promise by only focusing on crisis moments. Muslims get included through “crisis diversity,” where high-profile Islamophobic incidents are urgently responded to and then ignored until the next crisis. In the popular cultural arena of television, this means interrogating even those representations of Muslims that others have celebrated as refreshingly positive. In the realm of corporations, she critically examines the firing of high-profile individuals for anti-Muslim speech—a...2023-05-261h 01
NBN Book of the DayEvelyn Alsultany, "Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion" (NYU Press, 2022)In Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion (NYU Press, 2022), Evelyn Alsultany, Professor at the University of Southern California, argues that, even amid challenges to institutionalized Islamophobia, diversity initiatives fail on their promise by only focusing on crisis moments. Muslims get included through “crisis diversity,” where high-profile Islamophobic incidents are urgently responded to and then ignored until the next crisis. In the popular cultural arena of television, this means interrogating even those representations of Muslims that others have celebrated as refreshingly positive. In the realm of corporations, she critically examines the firing of high-profile individuals for anti-Muslim speech—a...2023-05-261h 01
New Books in SociologyEvelyn Alsultany, "Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion" (NYU Press, 2022)In Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion (NYU Press, 2022), Evelyn Alsultany, Professor at the University of Southern California, argues that, even amid challenges to institutionalized Islamophobia, diversity initiatives fail on their promise by only focusing on crisis moments. Muslims get included through “crisis diversity,” where high-profile Islamophobic incidents are urgently responded to and then ignored until the next crisis. In the popular cultural arena of television, this means interrogating even those representations of Muslims that others have celebrated as refreshingly positive. In the realm of corporations, she critically examines the firing of high-profile individuals for anti-Muslim speech—a...2023-05-261h 01
New Books in Politics and PolemicsEvelyn Alsultany, "Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion" (NYU Press, 2022)In Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion (NYU Press, 2022), Evelyn Alsultany, Professor at the University of Southern California, argues that, even amid challenges to institutionalized Islamophobia, diversity initiatives fail on their promise by only focusing on crisis moments. Muslims get included through “crisis diversity,” where high-profile Islamophobic incidents are urgently responded to and then ignored until the next crisis. In the popular cultural arena of television, this means interrogating even those representations of Muslims that others have celebrated as refreshingly positive. In the realm of corporations, she critically examines the firing of high-profile individuals for anti-Muslim speech—a...2023-05-261h 01
Gray MattersThe Failed Promise: Muslim Representation ft. Dr. Evelyn AlsultanySharmeen speaks with Dr. Evelyn Alsultany about representations of Muslims in the media and Professor Alsultany's new book, Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion.
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LatinX Audio Lit MagBook Talk: Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion (2022) by Evelyn AlsultanyLatina Muslims are the fastest-growing ethnic group in Islam. However, many of the conversations surrounding Latinas and Muslims often don't include the intersection of these groups. In today’s episode, Evelyn Alsultany will discuss her book Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion (2022), which was listed as one of the 10 best scholarly books of 2022 by The Chronicle of Higher Education and was a finalist for the Association of American Publishers’ Prose Award.
Evelyn Alsultany is a Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California’s Dornsife College and author of Ar...2023-04-3028 min
Writers Drinking CoffeeEpisode 175 – Interview with Dr. Evelyn AlsultanyDr. Evelyn Alsultany teaches in the department of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC L.A., and chats about her latest book Broken, covering topics of Islamophobia and Muslim representation, inclusion, and stereotyping. It’s a fascinating reference book from an incredibly articulate educator, and Evelyn also consults with Hollywood studios as a sensitive reader and expert for writers and filmmakers. She co-created The Obeidi-Alsultany Test to help writers improve general and specific representations in all the arts, pointing out the challenges of Muslims being from many different geographic heritages, non religious but still cultural, and more. … Continue...Episode 175 – Interview with D...2023-04-1938 minWriters Drinking CoffeeEpisode 175 – Interview with Dr. Evelyn AlsultanyDr. Evelyn Alsultany teaches in the department of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC L.A., and chats about her latest book Broken, covering topics of Islamophobia and Muslim representation, inclusion, and stereotyping. It’s a fascinating reference book from an incredibly articulate educator, and Evelyn also consults with Hollywood studios as a sensitive reader and expert for writers and filmmakers. She co-created The Obeidi-Alsultany Test to help writers improve general and specific representations in all the arts, pointing out the challenges of Muslims being from many different geographic heritages, non religious but still cultural, and more. … Continue...Episode 175 – Interview with D...2023-04-1938 min
The Wine & Chisme PodcastCuban, Muslim, and Changing Media Representation with Evelyn AlsultanyWine: Herencia del Valle, 2014, Cabernet SauvignonBIO:Evelyn Alsultany is a leading expert on the history of representations of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media. She is the author of Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion (NYU Press, 2022) and Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 (2012). She is an associate professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California’s Dornsife College. She has served as an educator and consultant for Hollywood studios and co-authored criteria, the Obeidi-Alsultany Test, to help Hollywood improve re...2023-04-121h 12
I'm A Muslim (And That's Okay!)Gift of the Gab with Evelyn Alsultany: Discussing Muslim Representation in the U.S. MediaSend me a Text Message!Sometimes your ideal guest just falls into your lap in the form of a book! That's exactly what happened when I was sent a copy of, "Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion" , by one of the leading experts on the history of representations of Arabs and Muslims in the US. media, Evelyn Alsultany.I had the great privilege of talking to her about how Muslim representation has evolved over the years, and how she outlines in her book that certain Muslim tropes in the past have been...2023-02-1748 min
The Curious ProfessorREPRESENTATION OF ARABS AND MUSLIMS IN AMERICAN MEDIA WITH DR. EVELYN ALSULTANYAuthor and scholar Dr. Evelyn Alsultany discusses Arab and Muslim American cultural politics and popular culture.The Curious Professor is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.2023-01-2631 min
Diffused Congruence: The American Muslim ExperienceEpisode 128: Muslims in the Media, with Sue Obeidi and Dr. Eveylyn AlsultanyParvez and Omar take a visit to Souther California to sit down in person with Sue Obeidi and Evelyn Alsultany to discuss the state of Muslims in the media.
About Our Guests
Sue Obeidi is the Director of the Hollywood Bureau for the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). Obeidi ensures that MPAC’s Hollywood Bureau is a partner with the entertainment industry.
Evelyn Alsultany is a leading expert on the history of representations of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media and on forms of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism. Alsultany is an Associa...2023-01-171h 20
The Latinx Identity ProjectExpanding the representation of Muslims featuring Evelyn AlsultanyHola, bienvenidos, and welcome to the Latinx Identity Project. This is a podcast where we tell stories for us and by us. I am your host, Elsa Iris Reyes.Today’s guest is Evelyn Alsultany, a Muslim-Latina author and scholar.Join us as we discuss Evelyn’s experience as a Muslim-Latina in the US, religious diversity and inclusion in the U.S. and her new book, Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion.Be sure to check out the show notes to learn more about Evelyn and ways you can learn about the impo...2023-01-1541 min
The San Francisco ExperienceBroken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion - Talking with author Professor Evelyn Alsultany.As America's Muslim population increases, and integrates into the mainstream, their depiction in popular culture must move beyond the stereotypes of terrorist, veiled women, greedy oil sheik and fanatical religious extremist. More nuanced Muslim characters are beginning to appear on the screen. Crisis Diversity has helped usher in more realistic portrayals of Muslims as Professor Alsultany demonstrates in her book.2022-11-1036 min
Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Public CultureMuslims As Seen on TV Ep. 3: Muslim Women Firsts with Belquis Elhadi Evelyn Alsultany interviews Belquis Elhadi Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan on “Muslims Firsts,” particularly Muslim women who wear the hijab and are celebrated for being “the first” to do something. We talk about Noor Tagouri, the first Muslim woman to pose in Playboy magazine, what it means to be a first, and how it works in the market. Editor: Esteban Ramirez Producer: Allyson M. Holley The Muslims as Seen on TV podcast is produced and distributed by the Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Public Culture, a faculty-led i...2022-02-1533 min
Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Public CultureMuslims As Seen on TV Ep. 2: Black Muslim Representations with Kam Copeland Evelyn Alsultany interviews Kam Copeland, Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California on representations of Black Muslims in the US media. The focus is on how images of Black Muslims have changed over time, from the 1959 documentary “The Hate That Hate Produced,” the 1977 TV miniseries, “Roots,” the 1993 feature film “Menace II Society,” to the 2005 TV drama “Sleeper Cell.” Editor: Esteban Ramirez Producer: Allyson M. Holley The Muslims as Seen on TV podcast is produced and distributed by the Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Public Culture, a faculty-led initiati...2022-02-0446 min
Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Public CultureMuslims as Seen on TV #1: The Obeidi-Alsultany Test Evelyn Alsultany, Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC and author of Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 interviews Sue Obeidi, Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Hollywood Bureau about the Obeidi-Alsultany Test, criteria they co-authored to assess representations of Muslims in Hollywood. The Muslims as Seen on TV podcast is produced and distributed by the Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Popular Culture, a faculty-led initiative spearheaded by Professor Karen Tongson at the University of Southern California’s Dornsife College that brings together researchers exploring shifts in gender, race, and s...2020-12-0151 min
See Something Say SomethingJack Ryan and Terrorism on TVJack Ryan, Amazon’s TV show based on the Tom Clancy character of the same name, features drone strikes, a Black American “good Muslim” character, and many of the tropes that have been around since Homeland and 24. So Ahmed decided to swallow his pride and try to watch it to see what he could learn. First, we talk to Salimah about the appeal of the show for your average Muslim TV binge watcher. Then, we speak with Professor Evelyn Alsultany, author of "Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11," to help give historical context to the depict...2019-11-1953 min
Diffused Congruence: The American Muslim ExperienceEpisode 81: Dr. Evelyn AlsultanyOur guest for this episode is Dr. Evelyn Alsultany, a leading expert on the history of representations of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media and on forms of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism, and an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Dr. Alsultany joins us for a wide-ranging and very engaging conversation about the nature of representation for Middle Eastern and Muslim characters in television and film, with special focus on the recent release of Disney's live action remake of their animated Aladdin. Listen via th...2019-06-051h 25
The RizTest PodcastS1 E7: Professor Evelyn Alsultany // RizTest PodcastThis Ep is *next* level 💯
We are huge super-fans of our guest, Professor Evelyn Alsultany who is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
We speak to the good prof and delve deep into her experience researching Anti-Arab and Anti-Muslim representations in film and the media.
Show notes:
Professor Evelyn's background and childhood
The representations of Muslims Pre and Post 9/11
The illusions of a post-race society
Simplified complex representations, what this is and what it means
We dissect the...2019-05-2442 min
Collaborative EdgesEpisode 6 - Migration Studies and the Humanist PerspectiveWhat does the censorship of bilingualism signal about how we construct our world? Is popular culture depicting or misrepresenting migration communities? How are the refugee crises presented in social media? Evelyn Alsultany, Madelaine Hron, Ana Celia Zentella, and Miguel Cabañas, guest presenters and organizer of this symposium meet to talk about human rights and refugees including their right to practice their religions, use their language, and retain their own features. Humanities research in these areas can inform the law and transform the policy to create a conversation on the impact of migration policy on the human experience.2018-02-1728 minSee Something Say SomethingEveryday People and Everyday Psychopaths (The Live Show)Season 3 of See Something Say Something debuts next week, but before that, a little taste of what we've been doing during our summer break — we recently brought all your favorite things to the stage in Dearborn, Michigan: comics, advice to Hollywood execs, and the true beauty of Dearborn restaurants (Hint: always order the platter). Co-presented with the Arab American National Museum, the show features poet, Hugo-nominated author of Throne of the Crescent Moon and writer for Marvel’s Black Bolt series Saladin Ahmed, Asha Noor from CAIR-MI, Evelyn Alsultany an associate professor at U-Mich; and Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Musl...2017-08-2558 min
Ways & MeansSecret Life of MuslimsAhmed Ahmed is an American-Muslim comedian who was typecast as a terrorist. Khalid Latif is a Muslim chaplain for the NYPD who was saluted in uniform, but harassed as a civilian. Mona Haydar and Sebastian Robins fought Islamophobia with doughnuts and conversation. Episode also features David Schanzer of Duke University and Evelyn Alsultany of the University of Michigan.2017-05-2222 min