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Islamic Studies
Interviews with scholars of Islam about their new books.
September 11, 2024
Decolonial Muslim Political Activism and Thought in Britain
Hizer Mir in conversation with Yahya Birt who speaks on decolonial Muslim political activism and thought in Britain. This episode was originally publ…
September 4, 2024
On the Politics of Islamic Law and Institutions in Qatar
An interview with Dr. Alexandre Caeiro in which we discuss Islamic law and institutions in Qatar, secularisation and the Ottomans. This episode was o…
August 29, 2024
Radio Reorient Season 11: A Wrap Up and Round Up
In this final episode of Season 11, the Radio ReOrient team - Hizer Mir, Claudia Radiven, Saeed Khan, Chella Ward and Salman Sayyid - look back over o…
August 28, 2024
Granada Dialogues, Part 2: On Ghosts, Nationalism, and Liberation
The second part of the interview with Prof. Ella Shohat in which ghosts, nationalism/national identity and its role in calls for liberation (amongst o…
August 21, 2024
Granada Dialogues, Part 1: On 1492, Orientalism and Race
A conversation between Prof. Salman Sayyid and Prof. Ella Shohat on (amongst other topics) the significance of 1492, Orientalism and race. This episo…
August 21, 2024
Religion of Love
Farid al-Din ‘Attar’s writings have greatly influenced Persian Sufism, but what do we know of him as a thinker? Engaging his diverse writings from poe…
August 18, 2024
Women, Agency, and the State in Guinea
Women, Agency, and the State in Guinea: Silent Politics (Routledge, 2020) examines how women in Guinea articulate themselves politically within and ou…
August 17, 2024
Isfahan
A vibrant urban settlement from mediaeval times and the royal seat of the Safavid dynasty, the city of Isfahan emerged as a great metropolis during th…
August 16, 2024
Marrakesh and the Mountains
Over the course of the Almoravid (1040–1147) and Almohad (1121–1269) dynasties, mediaeval Marrakesh evolved from an informal military encampment into …
August 15, 2024
Decoloniality
This episode is the third one this series where we look back over the first principles of the ReOrient project. In previous episodes we have discussed…
August 14, 2024
Is Islamophobia Racism?
An interview with Salman Sayyid in which he addresses some of the criticisms of the recent definition of Islamophobia as “a type of racism that target…
August 9, 2024
Following Similar Paths
Two academics, one Jewish and one Muslim, come together to show how much their faiths have in common—particularly in America. This book provides a…
August 9, 2024
Muslimness in China
In this episode Salman Sayyid talks to Haiyun Ma about Muslimness in China. This is the second episode in this series which addresses this topic: in a…
August 8, 2024
Faces of God
Islamic art is often misrepresented as an iconophobic tradition. As a result of this assumption, the polyvalence of figural artworks made for South As…
August 7, 2024
The Politics of Translation
An interview with Professor Shenhav in which the politics of translation is discussed. This episode was originally published on June 7, 2019.…
August 3, 2024
Recasting Islamic Law
By examining the intersection of Islamic law, state law, religion, and culture in the Egyptian nation-building process, Recasting Islamic Law: Religio…
August 2, 2024
Forgotten Ummah--Muslims in China
This episode is the first of two episodes this season on Muslims in China. Here Claudia Radiven and Chella Ward talk to Darren Byler about his book Te…
July 31, 2024
On Alcohol, Islam, and the Ontic
An interview with Dr. Mustapha Sheikh on his co-authored paper on alcohol, Islam and the ontic. This episode was originally published on May 31, 2019…
July 28, 2024
Talking Back to the West
In the 2010s, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) began to mobilize an international media system to project Turkey as a rising player…
July 26, 2024
Pop Islam
As Muslim American representation becomes more prominent in popular culture, how are they continued to be portrayed? Rosemary Pennington's new book …