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The Maydan PodcastOn The Square - Episode 17 The Bean Pie: A Reclamation of Family HistoryIn this episode of On The Square, Sapelo Square’s Executive Director Latasha Rouseau talks with Tiffany Green-Abdullah, author of The Bean Pie: A Remembering of Our Family’s Faith, Fortitude and Forgiveness.
Tiffany starts by sharing how her great aunt, Daisy Kennon, crafted the original bean pie recipe for the Nation of Islam, which would later become a staple in the Black Muslim community. Tiffany grew up learning about the integral role her aunt played in the bean pie through family oral tradition. Spurred by a desire to dig deeper, she began a journey that would require much reflection on t...
2024-03-011h 29
The Maydan PodcastHistory Speaks EP7 - Storytelling, Virtue Ethics, and Rūmī'n this episode of History Speaks, Roshan Iqbal speaks with Cyrus Zargar on the role of storytelling and virtue ethics in the work of Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, the 13th-century jurist, philosopher, poet, and polymath. The conversation delves particularly into the virtue of ‘compassion’ within the context of the story ‘The Tale of the Sufi and the Judge,’ from Maulana Rūmī’s magnum opus, the Mathnawī-i Maʿnawī (“The Rhymed Couplets of Spiritual Signification”).
Dr. Roshan Iqbal hails from a small hamlet of 20 million–Karachi, Pakistan. She received her PhD in Islamic Studies from George...
2024-01-2944 min
The Maydan PodcastHistory Speaks EP7 - Storytelling, Virtue Ethics, and Rūmī'In this episode of History Speaks, Roshan Iqbal speaks with Cyrus Zargar on the role of storytelling and virtue ethics in the work of Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, the 13th-century jurist, philosopher, poet, and polymath. The conversation delves particularly into the virtue of ‘compassion’ within the context of the story ‘The Tale of the Sufi and the Judge,’ from Maulana Rūmī’s magnum opus, the Mathnawī-i Maʿnawī (“The Rhymed Couplets of Spiritual Signification”).
Dr. Roshan Iqbal hails from a small hamlet of 20 million–Karachi, Pakistan. She received her PhD in Islamic Studies from Georgetown University. Prio...
2024-01-1744 min
The Maydan PodcastOn the Square EP 16 - Serving Community Through Civic EngagementIn this episode of On The Square, Sapelo Square’s Executive Director Latasha Rouseau sits down with Salima Suswell.
Salima is the CEO and President of Evolve Solutions and founder of the Philadelphia Ramadan and Eid Fund.
Salima shares how her upbringing provided the foundation for her love of community and civic engagement. Her father, Imam Asim Abdur-Rashid (may Allah be pleased with him) was the imam for Masjid Mujahideen in Philadelphia until his passing in 2022. Her mother, Majeedah Rashid, has been a community organizer throughout her life. Both were influential in shaping the woman sh...
2024-01-151h 20
The Maydan PodcastOn the Square EP 16 - Serving Community Through Civic EngagementIn this episode of On The Square, Sapelo Square’s Executive Director Latasha Rouseau sits down with Salima Suswell.
Salima is the CEO and President of Evolve Solutions and founder of the Philadelphia Ramadan and Eid Fund.
Salima shares how her upbringing provided the foundation for her love of community and civic engagement. Her father, Imam Asim Abdur-Rashid (may Allah be pleased with him) was the imam for Masjid Mujahideen in Philadelphia until his passing in 2022. Her mother, Majeedah Rashid, has been a community organizer throughout her life. Both were influential in shaping the woman she has become today. A se...
2024-01-021h 20The Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP 15-Getting Real: Writing Black American Muslim Life in the Nation & Sunni TraditionIn this episode of On The Square, Sapelo Square’s Senior Editor Ambata Kazi talks with Aaliyah Bilal, author of the new book, Temple Folk, a collection of short stories portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family, and freedom in America.
Aaliyah shares her literary influences and how her interests in American Muslim history, especially the history of the Nation of Islam and its role in shaping the nation, inspired her to write the stories that comprise her collection. Ambata and Aaliyah discuss the challenges of being a Muslim writer: writing about difficult or taboo subjects, wi...
2023-09-2846 min
The Maydan PodcastOn the Square Episode 14 - Black Like Me: Adding Color to Our Highest CourtsJuvaria Khan is the founder and executive director of the Appellate Project, a non-profit that strives to empower law students of color to not only work, but thrive in the appellate field. Appellate courts, (also referred to as the court of appeals), review cases that have been appealed to ensure that the initial proceedings were fair and the proper law was applied correctly. These are the highest courts in our nation that make decisions on all aspects of our lives, including healthcare, religion and policing. As you can imagine, communities of color are often disproportionately impacted by many of...
2023-08-0339 minThe Maydan PodcastOn the Square Episode 14 - Black Like Me: Adding Color to Our Highest CourtsJuvaria Khan is the founder and executive director of the Appellate Project, a non-profit that strives to empower law students of color to not only work, but thrive in the appellate field. Appellate courts, (also referred to as the court of appeals), review cases that have been appealed to ensure that the initial proceedings were fair and the proper law was applied correctly. These are the highest courts in our nation that make decisions on all aspects of our lives, including healthcare, religion and policing. As you can imagine, communities of color are often disproportionately impacted by many of the...
2023-08-0339 min
The Maydan PodcastIslam on the Edges EP10- The Ethics of Travel, Halal Tourism, and Visiting Bosnia and HerzegovinaIn episode 10 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Ermin Sinanović talks with Prof. Ingrid Mattson about her recent visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Religious tourism, including the Muslim version of “halal tourism,” has been on the rise all over the world and in all religions. Prof. Mattson reflects on her visit to Bosnia by talking about the ethics of travel, importance of blending the built environment with nature, and Muslim practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Welcome to episode 10 of Islam on the Edges channel of the Maydan Podcast, a project by the Abu Sulayman Center for Global Is...
2023-07-051h 03
The Maydan PodcastOn the Square EP 13 - The Jabbari Lincoln FilesOn this episode of On The Square, Sapelo Square’s News Editor Dr. Nisa Muhammad speaks with Yaya Fanusie, creator of The Jabbari Lincoln Files. The Jabbari Lincoln Files is an international spy thriller presented in a 10-episode podcast series. The protagonist is a Black Muslim CIA Financial Analyst who takes listeners on the ride of a lifetime through intriguing narratives and audio effects that will have you on the edge of your seat. Fanusie spent seven years as both an economic and counterterrorism analyst in the CIA. He brings his knowledge and background to life through Jabbari Lincoln, we...
2023-06-2326 minThe Maydan PodcastOn the Square EP 13 - The Jabbari Lincoln FilesOn this episode of On The Square, Sapelo Square’s News Editor Dr. Nisa Muhammad, speaks with Yaya Fanusie, creator of The Jabbari Lincoln Files. The Jabbari Lincoln Files is an international spy thriller presented in a 10-episode podcast series. The protagonist is a Black Muslim CIA Financial Analyst who takes listeners on the ride of a lifetime through intriguing narratives and audio effects that will have you on the edge of your seat. Fanusie spent seven years as both an economic and counterterrorism analyst in the CIA. He brings his knowledge and background to life through Jabbari Lincoln, weaving th...
2023-06-2326 min
The Maydan PodcastIslam on the Edges EP10- The Ethics of Travel, Halal Tourism, and Visiting Bosnia and HerzegovinaWelcome to episode 10 of Islam on the Edges channel of the Maydan Podcast, a project by the Abu Sulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University in Virginia. In this episode, we discuss Prof. Mattson’s recent visit to one of the emerging destinations in the Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina. With its rich Islamic history, dating back to the Ottoman era and extending to the present, Bosnia has become an important visit site for Muslims from all over the world, but primarily from the Arab Gulf countries, Turkey, and Western Muslims, including from the United States, Canada, and th...
2023-06-151h 03
The Maydan PodcastStand Up Comedy, African American Islam, and Humor with Moses the Comic and Guangtian HaIn this episode Maydan Podcast's Editor-in-Chief Ahmet Tekelioglu hosts Philadelphia comedian and entrepreneur Moses the Comic and Haverford College professor Guangtian Sulaiman Ha for a conversation on their co-taught class on African American Islam and stand up comedy, "From Malcolm X to Dave Chappelle: Islam, Humor, and Comedy in America,” Philadelphia Islam, and the Muslim Kings of Comedy they produced as part of their course.
2023-06-1551 minThe Maydan PodcastThe Ontology of the Soul Among Early Ashʿarī Theologians with Ahsen Nimet CebeciIn this episode of Maydan Podcast, we host Ahsen Nimet Cebeci, a PhD Candidate at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University on her dissertation about the theory of the soul among the core figures among the early Ashʿarī theologians. Cebeci talks about her journey into this field of inquiry while providing tips for young scholars like herself who are interested in pursuing similar lines of inquiry.
2023-06-1543 min
The Maydan PodcastIslam on the Edges EP9 – Living Islam on the Edges of Counterterrorism, Racism, and Disobedience: A Conversation with Dr. Asim QureshiWelcome to episode 9 of Islam on the Edges channel of the Maydan Podcast, a project by the Abu Sulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University in Virginia. I talk to Dr. Asim Qureshi.
It is often said that 9/11 changed everything. The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the unindicted war criminal Tony Blair, said after the 7/7/2005 bombings in London, the “rules of the game” have changed. This prompt provided the title for Dr. Asim Qureshi’s first book, “Rules of the Game: Detention, Deportation, Disappearance.”
In this episode, Dr. Qureshi and I discuss how...
2023-06-131h 09The Maydan PodcastIslam on the Edges EP9 - Dr. Asim Qureshi on Counterterrorism, Racism, & DisobedienceIn episode 9 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Ermin Sinanović talks with Dr. Asim Qureshi about the racialization and securitization of Muslims after 9/11. Dr. Qureshi is the Research Director at the CAGE advocacy group in the United Kingdom. He talked about the struggle for justice for the oppressed and unjustly accused during the war on terror. He highlighted the abuses of power and the breakdown in the rule of law that emerged in Western liberal democracies post-9/11. A deep contemplation of the Qur’an has led Dr. Qureshi to emphasize justice, resist the neoliberal order, and praise the virtue of diso...
2023-06-131h 09
The Maydan PodcastDr. Aminah Al-Deen with Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali on Black American Muslim InternationalismDr. Aminah Al-Deen, PI of Black Islam Internationalism Project (BAMI) at GMU's AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies interviews Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali, a faculty member at Zaytuna College and founder of Lamppost Productions on his journey in scholarship, time in Philadelphia, Morocco, and beyond. See more about BAMI at themaydan.com/category/bami/and learn more about Dr. Ali's scholarship at binhamidali.com/
2023-05-3052 min
The Maydan PodcastDr. Aminah Al-Deen with Okolo Rashid on Black American Muslim InternationalismDr. Aminah Al-Deen, PI of Black Islam Internationalism Project (BAMI) at GMU's AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies interviews Okolo Rashid, Co-Founder, International Museum of Muslim Cultures on Black Islam in Mississippi and beyond. See more about BAMI at themaydan.com/category/bami/and about the Museum at muslimmuseum.org/
2023-05-3034 min
The Maydan PodcastMaria Dakake & Katrin Jomaa on Ummah: A New Paradigm for A Global WorldProf. Maria Dakake, Professor of Religion and Director of AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University, hosts scholar Dr. Katrin Jomaa for a conversation on her recent title, Ummah: A New Paradigm for A Global World (SUNY Press, 2021).
2023-05-3051 min
The Maydan PodcastMaydan Guest Episode- CSID Annual Conference and Democracy in MENAIn this guest episode of Maydan Podcast, our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu hosts Dr. Radwan Masmoudi and Dr. Dalia Fahmy from the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID )for a conversation on CSID’s 21st Annual Conference, “Why the US Should Support Democracy in the Muslim World, and How?” taking place in Washington, DC on June 3, 2023. Dr. Masmoudi talks about CSID’s past and present work, and Dr. Fahmy, who serves on the board of CSID and is the Program Chair for the Conference, details the questions and concerns that shaped the star-studded one-day conference.
2023-05-3033 minThe Maydan PodcastMaria Dakake & Katrin Jomaa on Ummah: A New Paradigm for A Global WorldProf. Maria Dakake, Professor of Religion and Director of AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University, hosts scholar Dr. Katrin Jomaa for a conversation on her recent title, Ummah: A New Paradigm for A Global World (SUNY Press, 2021).
2023-05-3051 minThe Maydan PodcastCSID Annual Conference and Democracy in MENAIn this guest episode of Maydan Podcast, our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu hosts Dr. Radwan Masmoudi and Dr. Dalia Fahmy from the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID)for a conversation on CSID's 21st Annual Conference, "Why the US Should Support Democracy in the Muslim World, and How?" taking place in Washington, DC on June 3, 2023.
2023-05-2933 min
The Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP 12 - The Fight to SAVE Our Black BoysIn this episode of On The Square, it’s all about our Black boys! Sapelo Square’s Executive Director, Latasha Rouseau, speaks with Atiba Saleem Jones, the founder and Executive Director of SAVE Institute, which offers middle and high school programs to young Black boys as an alternative to a traditional school setting. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the mission of SAVE Institute is “to SAVE black boys from cycles of poverty, crime, incarceration and lack of purpose through engagement in Service, Agriculture, Vocational training and Entrepreneurship”. As you will learn, Atiba has dedicated his life to positively impacting the lives of...
2023-05-181h 05The Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP 12 - The Fight to SAVE Our Black BoysIn this episode of On The Square, it’s all about our Black boys! Sapelo Square’s Executive Director, Latasha Rouseau, speaks with Atiba Saleem Jones, the founder and Executive Director of SAVE Institute, which offers middle and high school programs to young Black boys as an alternative to a traditional school setting. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the mission of SAVE Institute is “to SAVE black boys from cycles of poverty, crime, incarceration and lack of purpose through engagement in Service, Agriculture, Vocational training and Entrepreneurship”. As you will learn, Atiba has dedicated his life to positively impacting the lives of young...
2023-05-161h 05The Maydan PodcastDr. Aminah Al-Deen with Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali on Black American Muslim InternationalismDr. Aminah Al-Deen, PI of Black Islam Internationalism Project (BAMI) at GMU's AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies interviews Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali, a faculty member at Zaytuna College and founder of Lamppost Productions on his journey in scholarship, time in Philadelphia, Morocco, and beyond. See more about BAMI at themaydan.com/category/bami/and learn more about Dr. Ali's scholarship at https://binhamidali.com/
2023-05-0252 minThe Maydan PodcastDr. Aminah Al-Deen with Okolo Rashid on Black American Muslim InternationalismDr. Aminah Al-Deen, PI of Black Islam Internationalism Project (BAMI) at GMU's AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies interviews Okolo Rashid, Co-Founder, International Museum of Muslim Cultures on Black Islam in Mississippi and beyond. See more about BAMI at https://themaydan.com/category/bami/and about the Museum at https://muslimmuseum.org/
2023-04-2834 min
The Maydan PodcastOn the Square EP 11 - Preserving the Legacy: Black Creatives Making a WayAïdah Aliyah Rasheed, Special Projects Lead sits down with Bee Walker, photographer, filmmaker and one-half of Paper Monday. Within this episode, Aïdah and Bee talk about the beginning stages behind the collaborative project between Sapelo Square and Paper Monday, Preserving the Legacy Portraits and Stories Capturing Black Muslim Life.* Bee shares a specific experience that occurred when Aïdah invited her to attend Jumu’ah (Friday prayer service) at Masjid Khalifah in Brooklyn, New York. Additionally the two discuss specifics about the creative process and balancing paying bills while simultaneously honoring their main intentions as creatives in the w...
2023-04-2632 min
The Maydan PodcastOn the Square EP 11 - Preserving the Legacy: Black Creatives Making a WayAïdah Aliyah Rasheed, Special Projects Lead sits down with Bee Walker, photographer, filmmaker and one-half of Paper Monday. Within this episode, Aïdah and Bee talk about the beginning stages behind the collaborative project between Sapelo Square and Paper Monday, Preserving the Legacy Portraits and Stories Capturing Black Muslim Life.* Bee shares a specific experience that occurred when Aïdah invited her to attend Jumu’ah (Friday prayer service) at Masjid Khalifah in Brooklyn, New York. Additionally the two discuss specifics about the creative process and balancing paying bills while simultaneously honoring their main intentions as creatives in the world...
2023-04-2032 min
The Maydan PodcastKnowledge & Its Producers EP9 - Jasmine SolimanJasmine Soliman is an archivist. She started her work on the Akkasah Photography Archive (now part of the al Mawrid Center for Arab Art at New York University (NYU)-Abu Dhabi) in 2016. Prior to that, she worked as an archivist at the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo, beginning in 2013, and formerly was a business development professional working largely in the Middle East. Her work focuses on collection appraisal and management, cataloging and descriptive vocabularies, website UX/UI design, and social media outreach. She collaborates with the al Mawrid team to oversee the physical and digital collections, and works closely with...
2022-12-2045 min
The Maydan PodcastKnowledge and Its Producers: Jasmine SolimanJasmine Soliman is an archivist. She started her work on the Akkasah Photography Archive (now part of the al Mawrid Center for Arab Art at New York University (NYU)-Abu Dhabi) in 2016. Prior to that, she worked as an archivist at the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo, beginning in 2013, and formerly was a business development professional working largely in the Middle East. Her work focuses on collection appraisal and management, cataloging and descriptive vocabularies, website UX/UI design, and social media outreach. She collaborates with the al Mawrid team to oversee the physical and digital collections, and works closely...
2022-12-2045 min
The Maydan PodcastIslam on the Edges: Muslims of the CaribbeanIn episode 8 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Ermin Sinanovic talks with Dr. Aliyah Khan and Dr. Kenneth Chitwood about the Muslims of the Caribbean. They discussed the coming of Islam to the region, Muslim diversity, ethnolinguistic differences, material and cultural production, major historical developments, Muslim politics, and knowledge production. Muslims of the Caribbean is a growing community due to the continued conversion to Islam in the region. This wide-ranging episode briefly introduces this Muslim community’s rich history, legacy, and present.
2022-12-161h 03
The Maydan PodcastIslam on the Edges EP8 - Muslims of the CaribbeanIn episode 8 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Ermin Sinanovic talks with Dr. Aliyah Khan and Dr. Kenneth Chitwood about the Muslims of the Caribbean. They discussed the coming of Islam to the region, Muslim diversity, ethnolinguistic differences, material and cultural production, major historical developments, Muslim politics, and knowledge production. Muslims of the Caribbean is a growing community due to the continued conversion to Islam in the region. This wide-ranging episode briefly introduces this Muslim community’s rich history, legacy, and present.
2022-12-161h 03
The Maydan PodcastIslam on the Edges: The Islamic Party in North AmericaIn episode 7 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Ermin Sinanovic talks to Imam Khalid Griggs about the Islamic Party in North America (IPNA). The episode traces the origins of the IPNA within the African-American Muslim community. It looks at the transnational links with the Muslims in Pakistan, Lybia, and other countries, that have contributed to the development of ideas within the IPNA. Imam Griggs talks about the relationship between the Nation of Islam and IPNA, the importance of Malcolm X, and the connection with the Muslims in the Caribbean. The IPNA was mostly active in the 1970s and the...
2022-11-2253 min
The Maydan PodcastIslam on the Edges EP7 - The Islamic Party in North AmericaIn episode 7 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Ermin Sinanovic talks to Imam Khalid Griggs about the Islamic Party in North America (IPNA). The episode traces the origins of the IPNA within the African-American Muslim community. It looks at the transnational links with the Muslims in Pakistan, Lybia, and other countries, that have contributed to the development of ideas within the IPNA. Imam Griggs talks about the relationship between the Nation of Islam and IPNA, the importance of Malcolm X, and the connection with the Muslims in the Caribbean. The IPNA was mostly active in the 1970s and the 1980s. I...
2022-11-2253 min
The Maydan PodcastDr. Aminah McCloud Al-Deen on the Black American Muslim Internationalism Project - Special Guest EpisodeIn this episode of the Maydan Podcast, our editor-in-chief, Ahmet Tekelioglu speaks with a new GMU faculty member, Dr. Aminah McCloud Al-Deen who joined Mason to lead the Black American Muslim Internationalism Project, supported by the Henry Luce Foundation . They talk about Dr. Al-Deen’s academic journey from Philadelphia to Chicago and the goals of the BAMI Project at Mason’s AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies. Read more here about the BAMI Project https://islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/articles/18039.
2022-11-0935 min
The Maydan PodcastDr. Aminah McCloud Al-Deen on the Black American Muslim Internationalism Project - Guest EpisodeIn this episode of the Maydan Podcast, our editor-in-chief, Ahmet Tekelioglu speaks with a new GMU faculty member, Dr. Aminah McCloud Al-Deen who joined Mason to lead the Black American Muslim Internationalism Project, supported by the Henry Luce Foundation . They talk about Dr. Al-Deen’s academic journey from Philadelphia to Chicago and the goals of the BAMI Project at Mason’s AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies.
2022-11-0935 min
The Maydan PodcastKnowledge and Its Producers: Bharti Lalwani & Nicolas RothThis episode of Knowledge and its Producers talks to Bharti Lalwani, who is a perfumer and art critic as well as the curator of the online exhibition Bagh-e Hind. Throughout the interview, Lalwani tells us about her journey to making perfume and what it is to work as an independent perfumer, not only demonstrating that practice and expertise are intertwined, but what it is to exist outside of institutional structures. Later in the show, we are joined by her collaborator on Bagh-e Hind, Nicolas Roth, to talk about digital exhibition curation and what it is to tell a multi-faceted h...
2022-10-211h 02
The Maydan PodcastKnowledge and Its Producers EP 8 - Bharti Lalwani & Nicolas RothThis episode of Knowledge and its Producers talks to Bharti Lalwani, who is a perfumer and art critic as well as the curator of the online exhibition Bagh-e Hind. Throughout the interview, Lalwani tells us about her journey to making perfume and what it is to work as an independent perfumer, not only demonstrating that practice and expertise are intertwined, but what it is to exist outside of institutional structures. Later in the show, we are joined by her collaborator on Bagh-e Hind, Nicolas Roth, to talk about digital exhibition curation and what it is to tell a multi-faceted history...
2022-10-211h 02
The Maydan PodcastHistory Speaks: Muslim History in the American Midwest: Tazeen M. Ali w/ Edward E. Curtis IVIn this episode of History Speaks, Tazeen M. Ali speaks with Edward E. Curtis IV about his recent book, Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest (NYU Press, 2022). They discuss the often-forgotten history of early Arab Muslim migration to the United States, the racialization of Islam, and mythmaking narratives that paint the American Midwest as homogenously white. They also discuss Curtis' wide-ranging scholarship on Islam in America, as well as his book and documentary, Arab Indianapolis.
Tazeen M. Ali is a scholar of Islam and gender in the United States and...
2022-10-061h 00
The Maydan PodcastHistory Speaks EP 6 - Muslim History in the American Midwest: Tazeen Ali w/ Edward E. Curtis IVIn this episode of History Speaks, Tazeen M. Ali speaks with Edward E. Curtis IV about his recent book, Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest (NYU Press, 2022). They discuss the often-forgotten history of early Arab Muslim migration to the United States, the racialization of Islam, and mythmaking narratives that paint the American Midwest as homogenously white. They also discuss Curtis' wide-ranging scholarship on Islam in America, as well as his book and documentary, Arab Indianapolis.
2022-10-061h 00
The Maydan PodcastRahina Muazu on Qur’an Recitation & Female Reciters in NigeriaIn this solo episode, Rahina Muazu discusses Qur’an recitation and female reciters in Nigeria. She touches briefly on the history of Islam and Islamic knowledge in west Africa, particularly in Hausaland (what is today northern Nigeria and some parts of southern Niger), the presence of the female sound of recitation in the public space and the debates surrounding perception of women’s voices as part of their nakedness (ʿawra).
Rahina Muazu is a scholar of Islam and gender and a visiting lecturer and research associate at the Harvard Divinity School. She holds a PhD in Islamic Studi...
2022-08-1046 min
The Maydan PodcastRahina Muazu on Qur’an Recitation & Female Reciters in Nigeria - Special Guest EpisodeIn this solo episode, Rahina Muazu discusses Qur’an recitation and female reciters in Nigeria. She touches briefly on the history of Islam and Islamic knowledge in west Africa, particularly in Hausaland (what is today northern Nigeria and some parts of southern Niger), the presence of the female sound of recitation in the public space and the debates surrounding perception of women’s voices as part of their nakedness (ʿawra).
Rahina Muazu is a scholar of Islam and gender and a visiting lecturer and research associate at the Harvard Divinity School. She holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from Freie Unive...
2022-08-1046 min
The Maydan PodcastWikke Jansen & Ken Chitwood on The Muslims of Latin America & the Caribbean - Special Guest EpisodeIn this episode of Maydan Podcast, Wikke Jansen speaks with Ken Chitwood about his latest book, The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean (Lynne Rienner, 2021). They discuss the role of Muslims in the history and present of the Americas and tracing their various legacies back to sixteenth-century Andalusian Spain, the coming of the colonizers and conquistadores to Americas. Reflecting on the book, the conversation shines a light on how Muslims have shaped not only Latin America and the Caribbean, but the story of “global Islam” in general - from enslaved Muslims and indentured servants from India and Indonesia, and...
2022-06-151h 00The Maydan PodcastWikke Jansen & Ken Chitwood on The Muslims of Latin America & the Caribbean - Special Guest EpisodeIn this episode of Maydan Podcast, Wikke Jansen speaks with Ken Chitwood about his latest book, The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean (Lynne Rienner, 2021). They discuss the role of Muslims in the history and present of the Americas and tracing their various legacies back to sixteenth-century Andalusian Spain, the coming of the colonizers and conquistadores to Americas. Reflecting on the book, the conversation shines a light on how Muslims have shaped not only Latin America and the Caribbean, but the story of “global Islam” in general - from enslaved Muslims and indentured servants from India and Indonesia, and migr...
2022-06-151h 00
The Maydan PodcastKnowledge and Its Producers: Sami Tamimi & Tara WigleySami Tamimi and Tara Wigley are the authors of the cookbook Falastin. In this episode of Knowledge and its Producers, we think about how food is in itself a way to preserve heritage and document how it changes over time, a stark contrast to academia. Together, we think about how to write about labor, the place of cookbooks in modern society and what it is to document something like food.
2022-06-0850 minThe Maydan PodcastKnowledge And Its Producers Ep07 - Sami Tamimi & Tara WigleySami Tamimi and Tara Wigley are the authors of the cookbook Falastin. In this episode of Knowledge and its Producers, we think about how food is in itself a way to preserve heritage and document how it changes over time, a stark contrast to academia. Together, we think about how to write about labor, the place of cookbooks in modern society and what it is to document something like food.
2022-06-0850 min
The Maydan PodcastIslam on the Edges: The Securitization of Muslims in EuropeIn episode 6 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Ermin Sinanovic talks to Dr. Farid Hafez (Williams College) about the securitization of Muslims in Europe. In a vibrant discussion, Dr. Hafez speaks about the neo-Nazis and their relationship with Islamophobia in Austria and other European countries. He traces the rise of the New Right and its role in anti-Muslim rhetoric. Dr. Hafez focuses explicitly on Austria, his country of origin, and its increasing anti-Muslim turn. He examines the long-standing presence of Muslims in Austria, dating back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and how the contemporary Austrian state racializes the Muslim pres...
2022-04-1951 minThe Maydan PodcastIslam On The Edges EP6 - The Securitization of Muslims in EuropeIn episode 6 of the “Islam on the Edges” podcast, Ermin Sinanovic talks to Dr. Farid Hafez (Williams College) about the securitization of Muslims in Europe. In a vibrant discussion, Dr. Hafez speaks about the neo-Nazis and their relationship with Islamophobia in Austria and other European countries. He traces the rise of the New Right and its role in anti-Muslim rhetoric. Dr. Hafez focuses explicitly on Austria, his country of origin, and its increasing anti-Muslim turn. He examines the long-standing presence of Muslims in Austria, dating back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and how the contemporary Austrian state racializes the Muslim presence. With...
2022-04-1951 min
The Maydan PodcastHistory Speaks: Law, Education, Ethics - Tazeen Ali with Aria NakissaIn this episode of History Speaks, Tazeen Ali speaks with Aria Nakissa about his recent book, The Anthropology of Islamic Law: Education, Ethics, and Legal Interpretation at Egypt’s al-Azhar (Oxford University Press, 2019). They discuss shifting pedagogical approaches to Islamic education, modes of reading religious texts, and the relationships between knowledge and ethics in Islamic law and more broadly in both religious and secular educational settings.
2022-04-0554 min
The Maydan PodcastHistory Speaks EP5 - Law, Education, Ethics: Tazeen Ali with Aria NakissaIn this episode of History Speaks, Tazeen Ali speaks with Aria Nakissa about his recent book, The Anthropology of Islamic Law: Education, Ethics, and Legal Interpretation at Egypt’s al-Azhar (Oxford University Press, 2019). They discuss shifting pedagogical approaches to Islamic education, modes of reading religious texts, and the relationships between knowledge and ethics in Islamic law and more broadly in both religious and secular educational settings.
2022-04-0554 min
The Maydan PodcastOn The Square: Sapelo’s Top Ten of 2021In this episode of On The Square, our host Dr. Su’ad is joined by members of the Sapelo Squad for a 2021 Year-in-Review.
On The Square’s theme music was created by Fanatik OnBeats.Artwork for On The Square was created by Scheme of Things Graphics.
2022-03-151h 17
The Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP 10 - Sapelo’s Top Ten of 2021In this episode of On The Square, our host Dr. Su’ad is joined by the Sapelo Squad! As we round out the podcast series and 2021 we wanted to bring the Squad to you up close and personal so you get to know the people behind the work you’ve come to love. From the neverending pandemic, exonerations in the murder of Malcolm X and the coup in Sudan to the Lox VERZUZ Dipset and Black Muslim women creatives making moves Squad members, Dr. Nisa Muhammad (Internship Coordinator), Jermaine Foster (Web Developer), Aïdah Aliyah Rasheed (Special Projects), Latasha Rouseau (Admin...
2022-03-151h 17
The Maydan PodcastHistory Speaks: Qur'an/Gender/FeminismIn this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Celene Ibrahim and Dr. Hadia Mubarak on Gender as a lens to study the Qur’an, Muslim feminism, its contributions and challenges, the limits and role of texts, and questions of power and authority in academia, among other topics.
2022-03-1042 minThe Maydan PodcastHistory Speaks EP4 - Qur'an/Gender/FeminismIn this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Celene Ibrahim and Dr. Hadia Mubarak on Gender as a lens to study the Qur’an, Muslim feminism, its contributions and challenges, the limits and role of texts, and questions of power and authority in academia, among other topics.
2022-03-1042 minThe Maydan PodcastH.A. Hellyer on Tradition, Traditionalism, and Muslim Politics - Special Guest EpisodeIn this episode of Maydan Podcast, CGIS Director Peter Mandaville speaks with H.A. Hellyer, a scholar and analyst unique in his experience in studying religious establishments worldwide and the halls of policy-making in the West. They discuss recent political changes in the Muslim-majority world and their impact on traditionalism, relationship between political and scholarly elites, state efforts to shape the ulama classes, and notions around normativity.
2022-02-2150 minThe Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP9 - Being Black and Muslim in the WorldIn this episode of On The Square, we talk with Gilary Massa-Machado a community activist from Canada, Tahir Fuzile Sitoto, a lecturer from South Africa, and Ismael Lea South, a community and youth consultant from United Kingdom on the differences and the shared experiences of being Black and Muslim in the 21st century.
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2022-02-081h 09The Maydan PodcastIslam On The Edges EP 05 - Female Muslim Piety in Bosnia and HerzegovinaIn this episode, Ermin Sinanovic talks to Dr. Dženita Karić (Humboldt University, Germany) and Đermana Kurić (a Ph.D. student at the University of Sarajevo) about female Muslim piety in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The episode examines a renewed interest in the study of piety in religion in general, then focuses on female piety in Bosnia and Herzegovina, tracing its evolution from the Ottoman times through different political periods in the country’s history to the present.
2022-02-0357 min
The Maydan PodcastKnowledge And Its Producers EP 6 - Mohamed ElShahedWhen you think of a researcher, most people think of professors in universities. When you think of academic books, you think of books with chapters. Our guest today, Mohamed ElShahed, disrupts these assumptions and does it with an urban history flair. Mohamed ElShahed is an independent historian and curator and is well known for his website Cairobserver. We’re going to be talking to him about his book today, "Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide" out now from the American University in Cairo Press. Music by Blue Dot Sessions.
2021-10-1959 min
The Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP8 - Muslims in the CaribbeanIn this episode of On The Square, we talk with Dr. Aliyah Khan, author of Far from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean, about the deep Muslim history of the Caribbean and how the Muslim experience is shaped by the complex racial dynamics of the region.
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On The Square’s theme music was created by Fanatik OnBeats.
Artwork for On The Square was created by Scheme of Things Graphics.
2021-10-061h 00The Maydan PodcastKnowledge and Its Producers EP5 - Contingent Magazine w/Erin Bartram & Marc ReyesToday we will be talking to the founders and editors of Contingent Magazine, Marc Reyes and Erin Bartram. Contingent aims at making history accessible to all while supporting academics who don’t have job security. I hope you enjoy talking to them as much as I do; there’s a lot of laughter in this interview. Bill Black is also a co-founder of Contingent Magazine, but he wasn’t available for this interview.
2021-09-211h 19
The Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP7 - Race, Sex and the UmmahIn this episode On The Square, we talk about sex! Sapelo Square Senior Editor Su’ad Abdul Khabeer chats with The Village Auntie, Angelica Lindsey-Ali, a certfied sexual health educator and expert on all things sex, intimacy and womanhood from an African and Islamic perspecitve.
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On The Square’s theme music was created by Fanatik OnBeats.
Artwork for On The Square was created by Scheme of Things Graphics.
2021-09-101h 00
The Maydan PodcastSahar Aziz on Race, Security, and the Racial Muslim - Special Guest EpisodeAs the 20th anniversary of September 11 reminds us of personal tragedy as well as structural violence of the state, The Maydan Podcast editor-in-chief Ahmet Tekelioglu hosts Sahar Aziz, a legal scholar, an expert on critical race theory, and the founding director of the Center for Security, Race, and Rights at Rutgers University Law School. She is the author of the Racial Muslim, forthcoming from University of California Press in November 2021.
2021-09-081h 12The Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP6 - On Freedom and Self-DeterminationIn this episode On The Square commemorates Black August. Sapelo Square Senior Editor Su’ad Abdul Khabeer speaks with Jihad Abdulmumit, community activist, playwright, freedom fighter, and chairperson of the National Jericho Movement about freedom and self-determination.
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This episode includes excerpts from archival clips of the Black Panther Party preserved in the National Archives. It also includes a clip from an interview with Nina Simone.
On The Square’s theme music was created by Fanatik OnBeats.
Artwork for On The Square was created by Scheme of Things Graphics.
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The Maydan PodcastKnowledge And Its Producers EP4 - Jean DruelOur guest today is Jean Druel, a member of the Dominican Order (a part of the Catholic Church) who lives in Cairo. After a Master’s Degree in theology and Coptic patrology, he graduated in Teaching Arabic as Foreign Language at the American University of Cairo. In 2012, he completed a PhD thesis in the history of Arabic grammar at the University of Nijmegen, in the Netherlands titled “Numerals in Arabic grammatical theory.” He managed the 200 Project (2013‒2016), which aimed to historically contextualize the works of 200 authors of the Arab Islamic heritage. He served as director of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies...
2021-07-2652 min
The Maydan PodcastIslam On The Edges EP4 - Islamic Thought in Morocco: Philosophy and Muslim FeminismIn this episode, Ermin Sinanovic talks to Dr. Mohammed Hashas (Luiss University, Rome, Italy) and Dr. Meriem El Haitami (L’Université Internationale de Rabat in Morocco) about Islamic thought in Morocco. By tracing the genealogies of modern and contemporary Islamic thought, Dr. Hashas and Dr. El Haitami reveal the rich legacy of Moroccan Islamic thought, especially in the fields of philosophy and Muslim feminism.
2021-07-091h 15
The Maydan PodcastOn The Square Ep. 5 - Muslim Artifacts at the National Museum of African American History & CultureIn this episode, Sapelo Square History Editor Zaheer Ali speaks with Tulani Salahu-Din, museum specialist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, about Muslim artifacts at the Museum and the importance of preserving Muslim material culture.
2021-07-0641 min
The Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP4 - “Telling Our Own Stories: Black Muslim Writers”In this episode, Sapelo Square Arts and Culture Editor Ambata Kazi-Nance speaks with author and educator Amani-Nzinga Jabbar about her book, I Bear Witness, the craft of writing, writing about difficult subject matter, and her experiences as a Black Muslim woman writer.
Amani-Nzinga Jabbar is a professor of English, author, marathon runner, health coach, wife, and mother of three children. Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, she now makes her home in Decatur, Georgia.
2021-06-0143 min
The Maydan PodcastIslam On The Edges EP3 - Islamic PalestineIn this episode, Ermin Sinanovic talks to Dr. Hatem Bazian of the UC Berkeley and the Zaytuna College about Islamic Palestine and its place in Muslim theology, culture, history, memory, and future.
Dr. Hatem Bazian is a co-founder and Professor of Islamic Law and Theology at Zaytuna College, the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States. In addition, Prof. Bazian is a lecturer in the Departments of Near Eastern and Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2009, Prof. Bazian founded at Berkeley the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project at the Center...
2021-06-0157 min
The Maydan PodcastHistory Speaks EP3 - Self and Society in SufismIn this episode of History Speaks, I speak with Oludamini Ogunnaike and Sara Abdel-Latif about the self and society in Sufi thought from it’s early formative period in Nishapur to the early modern and contemporary Sufi movements in West Africa. We discuss Sufi conceptions of the self as dynamic and fluid, the role of the paradox in Sufi thought, and the subversion and authorization of hierarchies in Sufi pedagogy.
Sara Abdel-Latif is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University. She specializes in Sufism, Gender and Qur’anic Interpretation.
Oludamini Ogunnaike is an Assistant Professor of A...
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The Maydan PodcastKnowledge And Its Producers EP3 - M. Lynx QualeyOur guest today is M. Lynx Qualey. We’re going to be talking about everything from translation to KDrama to work-life balance to the idea of guilty pleasures. Qualey is founding editor of the ‘ArabLit’ website (www.arablit.org), which won a 2017 London Book Fair “Literary Translation Initiative” prize. She also publishes the experimental ArabLit Quarterly magazine and is co-host of the Bulaq podcast. Her co-translation of the middle-grade novel Ghady and Rawan was published in August 2019 by University of Texas Press, and her translation Sonia Nimr’s Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands was published in 2020 by Interlink. She writes for a variet...
2021-05-111h 00The Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP3 - Umi’s ArchiveIn this episode, Sapelo Square History Editor Zaheer Ali speaks with Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer about her latest work, Umi’s Archive, a multimedia research project that digs deep into the life of her mother, Amina Amatul Haqq (neé Audrey Weeks), to explore the meanings of being Black in the world.
2021-05-0442 minThe Maydan PodcastIslam On The Edges EP2 - Ramadan on the EdgesIn this episode, Ermin interviews four scholars and activists about Ramadan fasting in their countries and communities. The episode reveals many similarities across the four continents – North America, Africa, Europe, and Asia – as well as distinct local practices. Central to the observance of Ramadan are family, community, prayers, Qur’anic recitations, and acts of charity. The four guests are Nisa Muhammad (United States), Ahmet Alibašić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ibtisaam Ahmed (South Africa), and Lien Iffah Naf’atu Fina (Indonesia).
2021-04-271h 08The Maydan PodcastHistory Speaks EP2 - Local Traditions of Islamic LawIn this episode of History Speaks, I speak with Matthew Steele and Mahmood Kooria about the Islamic legal traditions in Africa, South and Southeast Asia. We discussed the life of legal texts as they traveled across the Afro-Asian world, the construction of the center and peripheries in the study of Islamic law and the role of local languages in scholarly communities and the writing of legal texts.
2021-04-2050 minThe Maydan PodcastKnowledge And Its Producers EP2 - Vanessa TaylorOur guest today on Knowledge and its Producers is Vanessa Taylor. She is the founding editor of the Drinking Gourd magazine, and she edits a newsletter called Nazar, which tackles issues of surveillance and the Muslim community in the United States. She is a writer and journalist, tackling topics such as Black Muslim womanhood, Muslim American politics, Afrofuturism, surveillance, and more. Our interview is going to range from the more abstract to the more concrete, the more personal: what is writing like for Vanessa? How much do institutions matter? What can we do to challenge them?
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2021-04-1349 minThe Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP2 - Black Maternal Health and the Black Midwifery TraditionIn this episode, Sapelo Square Arts and Culture Editor Ambata Kazi-Nance speaks with renowned midwife and doula educator Shafia Monroe about the historic Black midwife tradition in the United States and how contemporary birthworkers are implementing these traditions to improve birth outcomes for Black mothers and families.
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On the Square theme music was created by Fanatik OnBeats.
Artwork was created by Scheme of Things Graphics.
2021-04-0653 minThe Maydan PodcastOn The Square EP1 - Being Muslim on Turtle IslandIn this episode our host, Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer talks with Siddeeqah Sharif Fichman an Afro-Native Muslim and community advocate and Hazel Gómez, a faith-based community organizer, about Being Muslim on Turtle Island. This deep discussion digs into questions such as What would make a Muslim a settler or indigenous to North America? How might settler thinking shape how we live as Muslims today? What are the responsibilities of Muslims, as a whole, to the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas?
During the conversation, Hazel reads the poem “Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levins Morales (shared below) and Siddeqa...
2021-03-1656 min
The Maydan PodcastKnowledge And Its Producers EP1 - Sato MoughalianSato Moughalian is one of those people who can do drastically different things well. She is, to my mind, everything a professional historian should be. Sensitive. Kind. Fearless. Detail-oriented. She’s also a professional flutist and is the artistic director of Perspectives Ensemble, which is a chamber group. She’s invested in documenting her people’s history, musical, material and more. We’ll be talking about, amongst other topics, her recent book, out 2019 from Stanford University Press’ imprint Redwood Press, about her grandfather, the artist, entrepreneur, and ceramicist David Ohannessian, Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art of David Ohannessian. It was nom...
2021-03-161h 06The Maydan PodcastHistory Speaks EP1 - Retrieving Silenced VoicesIn this episode, I speak with Pernilla Myrne and Laury Silvers about the limits of historical sources, the methods historians employ to uncover the lives of the marginalized in society, and the role of the imaginative as a space for giving voice to the silenced.
Sources cited in the episode:
- Abdel-Latif, Sara. “Narrativizing Early Mystic and Sufi Women: Mechanisms of gendering in Sufi hagiographies,” Routledge Handbook of Sufism. Abingdon: Routledge, 2021.
- Jones-Rogers, Stephanie. They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave-Owners in the American South. Yale University Press, 2019.
- Mahmood, Saba. Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Femi...
2021-03-1644 min
The Maydan PodcastIslam On The Edges EP1 - Muslim Cosmopolitanism with Khairudin AljuniedErmin Sinanović hosts Dr. Syed Muhammad Khairudin Aljunied, an associate professor of history and Malay studies at the National University of Singapore on the theme of Muslim cosmopolitanism. What is Muslim cosmopolitanism and why is it important today? What are the features of Muslim cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia? This riveting discussion, covering Islam in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and other Southeast Asian countries, highlights the global movement of people and ideas. It explores interactions among people of various ethnicities, races, and religions. It covers the role of Muslim women in cosmopolitanism, and how the secular state limits cosmopolitan understandings.
Dr. Khairudin A...
2021-03-1658 min
The Maydan PodcastAn Interview with Martin Nguyen on his Modern Muslim Theology| by Alexander HayesAlexander Hayes speaks with Prof. Martin Nguyen from Fairfield University on his scholarship and his recent book, Modern Muslim Theology: Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018).
2021-01-0648 min
Radio Cherry BombeBest of 2020: Our Person of the Year, Paola VelezIf we had to pick a person of the year for Cherry Bombe, it would definitely be Paola Velez. She is the co-founder of Bakers against Racism, a global bake sale that raised almost $2 million this year for causes related to Black Lives Matter. It was a tremendous feat that galvanized the baking community around the world. For her day job, Paola is the executive pastry chef at Compass Rose, Maydan, and La Bodega Bakery in Washington, D.C. She is also the cover girl of the most recent issue of Cherry Bombe Magazine. Paola joined us e...
2020-12-2455 min
MaydanEnd Of The Year Podcast 2020Track List:
Saint Is - Space Invaders (Original Mix) - Sum Over Histories
C'est Moi - Le Figaro (Original Mix)- Soulfooled
Dalai, Davide Ferrario - Desert (Enoo Napa Remix) - My Other Side of the Moon
Marc DePulse, Uwe Thoma - Der Leise Raum(Original Mix) - Einmusika Recordings
Richard Butler, Westbam - You Need The Drugs (&ME Remix) - Keinemusik
Literatura - Night In The Oasis (Original Mix) - Connected Frontline
Radeckt - Deceptive Rules (Original Mix) - Atmosphere Records
Nandu - Distorted Balance (Original Mix) - Innervisions
Moby - Too Much Change (KASST Remix) - Embassy One
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2020-12-1758 min
The Maydan PodcastSughra Ahmed | The Maydan & the Muslim Atlantic PodcastPeter Mandaville speaks with Sughra Ahmed, a leading British Muslim voice with significant experience in the US, about her observations on the Muslim Atlantic. Many thanks to The Muslim Atlantic (https://www.muslimatlantic.com/) for partnering with Maydan (https://themaydan.com/) at George Mason University for this podcast.
2020-05-0534 min
The Maydan PodcastEpisode 1 Producing for the Public Roundtable-PCC: A Podcast Series on Egyptian Popular Culture.On January 17th and 18th 2020, The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) held a symposium on popular culture titled Produce, Consume, Conserve, which brought together academics, practitioners, and conservators to discuss popular culture in Egypt. This podcast series brings you the recorded conversations and roundtables that took place live during the symposium. This recorded roundtable is titled “Producing for the Public” and features, in order of speaking, N.A. Mansour (PhD Candidate Princeton University; co-editor Hazine blog, Podcast Producer ), M. Lynx Qualey (founding Editor ArabLit; Co-host Bulaq podcast, Editor ArabLit Quarterly), and Mohamed ElShahed (Independent Scholar, Curator, Architectural Historian). Academia has...
2020-03-1234 min
The Maydan PodcastAn Interview with Farid Esack by Noah Black on Liberation Theology and Esack's ScholarshipNoah Black speaks with South African scholar Farid Esack on Liberation Theology and Esack's Scholarship for the Maydan Podcast
2019-09-2600 min
Status/الوضعGender in the Muslim Atlantic - The Maydan PodcastIn this episode of Maydan Podcast, Peter Mandaville speaks with Sylvia Chan-Malik and Khadijah Elshayyal; two scholars whose research intersect themes related to Islam and Gender on two sides of the Atlantic.
For more information on the Muslim Atlantic project, visit www.muslimatlantic.com.
Be sure to visit The Maydan Podcast pages on SoundCloud and Apple iTunes for our previous content including interviews and lectures including with Muhammad Isa Waley and Shahed Amanullah and stay tuned for more content in the coming weeks.
2019-06-1659 min
The Maydan PodcastMaydan Podcast | Gender in the Muslim Atlantic with Sylvia Chan-Malik, Khadijah ElshayyalIn this episode of Maydan Podcast, Peter Mandaville speaks with Sylvia Chan-Malik and Khadijah Elshayyal; two academics whose research intersect Islam and Gender on two sides of the Atlantic. For more information on the Muslim Atlantic project, visit www.muslimatlantic.com
2019-06-1159 min
The Maydan PodcastShahed Amanullah- The Maydan PodcastWe are excited to launch The Maydan Podcast with a discussion between Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University Senior Fellow Peter Mandaville and Shahed Amanullah, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Affinis Labs—one of the most influential Muslim figures in the worlds of technology and social entrepreneurship. Their wide-ranging conversation about Muslims and technology covers a broad set of timely issues, including the impact of the Internet on traditional structures of religious authority in the Muslim world; the little known story of the pioneering role played by Muslims in the Silicon Valley venture ca...
2018-11-2749 min
The Maydan Podcast"The Study of Manuscripts" - Lecture by Muhammad Isa WaleyDr. Muhammad Isa Waley worked for 45 years as Curator for Persian and Turkish, initially at the British Museum and then at the British Library, London. His main research specializations are (i) the classical verse and prose literature of Islamic spirituality in Persian, Arabic, and Turkish; and (ii) the palaeography, codicology, illumination and cataloguing of Islamic manuscripts. He has written, contributed to, or translated a number of publications in these fields. The subject of his Ph.D. thesis was the poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi.
Among the many works edited by Dr. Waley are Islamic Codicology: an Introduction to the Study...
2018-02-2757 min
The Maydan Podcast"Perspectives on the Immigration Ban: A Town Hall With GMU Faculty"Moderated by Bassam Haddad, this discussion brings together several GMU faculty members - Peter Mandaville, Noura Erakat, Sumaiya Hamdani, and Maydan Editor Ahmet Tekelioglu - to unpack the many issues raised by the recent executive order.
Recorded on Feb. 9, 2017 in Fenwick Library, GMU Fairfax
2017-02-1525 min
MaydanMaydan for Club GimmelMy Podcast for Club Gimmel, Israel's Major EDM show on national radio.
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1 Dachshund - Bang It (Original Mix) [Upon You Records]
2 Re.you - Break It Down (Original Mix) [Younion]
3 Fango - Amnios (Original Mix) [Degustibus]
4 Hunter/Game - Inside World (Original Mix) [Just This]
5 Alf&Gio, Deluc - Deep Wave (Alf&Gio Remix) [HardCutz Records]
6 Dave Wincent - Family Affairs (Original Mix) [Jannowitz Records]
7 Pearson Sound - XLB (Original Mix) [Pearson Sound]
8 Patrice Baumel - Reich Drumming (Patrice Baumel Rework Edit) [Decca (UMO)]
9 Sam Paganini - Surrender (Original Mix) [Drumcode]
10 Fernando Olaya - Ahlam (Maydan remix) [Movement...
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MaydanMaydan's Deep Space PodcastTrack List:
1. 16 Bit Lolitas - Deep Space Girls (Original Mix)
2. Chaim - Orion Skies (Original Mix)
3. Alex Niggemann - That is...!? (Vinyl cut)
4. Anja Schneider-No Answers (Original Mix)
5. James Dutton - Saola Circus (Tim Andresen Remix)
6. Chris Carrier - The Allnighter (Original Mix)
7. Ali Love - Emperor (Maceo Plex Last Disco Rework)
8. Christian Smith & John Selway - Clear Intention (Musical Mix)
9. Blond:ish & Climbers - Town Joker (Philip Bader & Nicone Remix)
10. Kings Of Tomorrow - Fall For You (Sandy Rivera's Classic Mix)
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Maydan2B Continued Podcast 20 - MaydanTracklist:
1. StefanTretau - Dzongkha
2. JASC - Victory Dance (NTFO's Remix)
3. Simon and shaker pres teramik - South Face
4. Nihil Young, Alex D'Elia - Other Side of The Pillow (Simon & Shaker Mix)
5. Ruben de Ronde - Stoer (Poze Remix)
6. Aki Bergen and Neuroxyde - Brooklyn Bullets
7. Falko Richtberg & Sebastian Wojkowski - Salt 'n' Bread (Audiojack's Bottle 'n' Spring Remix)
8. Noir - Africanism (Dub Mix)
9. Way Out West - Ultraviolet (Guy J Remix)
10. Simon Shaker The Sundayprayers - La Noche Del Cometa (Original Mix)
11. Fergie - slazenger (Joseph Capriati Remix)
12. Rainer Weichhold - Reis (Jay Lumen Remix)
13. Chaim feat. Meital De Razon...
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