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The Maydan Podcast

The Maydan Podcast

The Maydan Podcast presents a new year-long series over 50 episodes across four unique streams where guests gather to discuss Islam, race, gender, and politics. Our streams are On The Square hosted by the Sappelo Square team, History Speaks hosted by Dr. Roshan Iqbal, Knowledge and its Producers hosted by N.A. Mansour, and Islam on the Edges hosted by Dr. Ermin Sinanovic, and A common Word hosted by Dr. Younus Mirza. This series is made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to

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00:32:11

On the Square EP 11 - Preserving the Legacy: Black...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2023/04/26

Aïdah 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,

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00:45:46

Knowledge and Its Producers: Jasmine Soliman

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/12/20

Jasmine 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,

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00:45:46

Knowledge and Its Producers: Jasmine Soliman

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/12/20

Jasmine 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,

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01:03:41

Islam on the Edges: Muslims of the Caribbean

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/12/16

In 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

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01:03:41

Islam on the Edges: Muslims of the Caribbean

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/12/16

In 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

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00:53:05

Islam on the Edges: The Islamic Party in North America

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/11/22

In 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

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00:53:05

Islam on the Edges: The Islamic Party in North America

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/11/22

In 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

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00:35:59

Dr. Aminah McCloud Al-Deen on the Black American...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/11/09

In 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

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00:35:59

Dr. Aminah McCloud Al-Deen on the Black American...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/11/09

In 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

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01:02:21

Knowledge and Its Producers: Bharti Lalwani & Nicolas...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/10/21

This 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

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01:02:21

Knowledge and Its Producers: Bharti Lalwani & Nicolas...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/10/21

This 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,

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01:00:30

History Speaks: Muslim History in the American...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/10/06

In 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

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01:00:30

History Speaks: Muslim History in the American...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/10/06

In 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,

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00:46:26

Rahina Muazu on Qur’an Recitation & Female Reciters...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/08/10

In 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

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00:46:26

Rahina Muazu on Qur’an Recitation & Female Reciters...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/08/10

In 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

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01:00:24

Wikke Jansen & Ken Chitwood on The Muslims of Latin...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/06/15

In 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

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01:00:24

Wikke Jansen & Ken Chitwood on The Muslims of Latin...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/06/15

In 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

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00:50:41

Knowledge and Its Producers: Sami Tamimi & Tara Wigley

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/06/07

Sami 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.

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00:50:41

Knowledge and Its Producers: Sami Tamimi & Tara Wigley

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/06/07

Sami 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.

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00:51:08

Islam on the Edges: The Securitization of Muslims in...

The Maydan Podcast ·

2022/04/19

In 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

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