The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | EP 10- Younus Mirza with Deanna Womack | Re-Inventing Islam I have always wondered about the roots of modern day Islamophobia? When did it start? How did…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP 18 | Shi’a Islam in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe | Roshan Iqbal with Akif Tahiiev In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal is joined by Dr….
The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | EP 9- Younus Mirza with Khairudin Aljunied on Islam in Southeast Asia When I first started my graduate education, I was attracted to the framework…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP 17 | Imagining the Muslim Malcom X | Roshan Iqbal with Martin Nguyen In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal sits down with Dr. Martin Nguyen, author…
The processes that, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, led to the collapse of socialist regimes across European countries did not bypass Yugoslavia.[1] The socialist state, which emerged from the legacy of the partisan…
Being bullied in school is a painful experience. When this injury is inflicted by teachers, though, it reaches another level. Your trust in adults who are supposed to nurture, guide and protect you is fundamentally…
[Podcast] A Common Word | EP 10- Younus Mirza with Deanna Womack | Re-Inventing Islam
[Podcast] History Speaks EP 18 | Shi’a Islam in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe | Roshan Iqbal with Akif Tahiiev
[Podcast] A Common Word | EP 9- Younus Mirza with Khairudin Aljunied on Islam in Southeast Asia
[Podcast] History Speaks EP 17 | Imagining the Muslim Malcom X | Roshan Iqbal with Martin Nguyen
The Destruction of Religious Sites during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995) and the Challenges of Their Reconstruction in the Post-War Period
Islamophobia in the Classroom: Memories of a Muslim Student
Being bullied in school is a painful experience. When this injury is inflicted by teachers, though, it reaches another level. Your trust in adults who are supposed to nurture, guide and protect you is fundamentally…
The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | EP 8- Younus Mirza with Amir Hussain When I was writing The Islamic Mary, I became further interested in the field of Christian and Muslim dialogue and its…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP 15 | Animals in the Qur’an | Roshan Iqbal with Sarra Tlili In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Sarra Tlili, author of…
Soon after Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals annulled Ataturk’s 1934 decision to convert Hagia Sophia into a museum, President Erdogan, flanked by the Turkish flag and a photo of the museum’s interior, delivered a speech…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP10 | Between Worlds: Muslim Women and Campus Life: Roshan Iqbal with Sahabana Mir In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal talks with Dr. Shabana Mir,…
In Pejaten, a neighborhood of South Jakarta, tucked behind alleyways that blur the lines between domestic and communal life, a man named Abeb begins his day not with speech, but with presence. He opens the…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks – Episode 9- Karbala and Nobility What does it mean to act with nobility in the face of certain loss? In this episode of History Speaks, host Roshan Iqbal speaks…
“They just can’t get past [that I am] Black… and formerly incarcerated. It’s like, ‘Okay, well, that’s who Malcolm [X] was. You say you love Malcolm—I’m one of his sons… You say you love him,…
The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | Episode 4- Younus Mirza Hosts Jordan Denari Duffner While writing my book the Islamic Mary, I came across various works on Christian-Muslim relations, in particular…
For a year now, I have been working with friends and colleagues to establish a museum of Muslim cultural heritage in Albania, an initiative led by the Konak Institute, a volunteer-based project founded a year…
Far from mirroring the pulse of Palestine resistance animating our campuses, the National Union of Students (UK) upholds pro-Israel Zionist aspirations and in sync with the British establishment, has proved actively complicit in blanketing genocide….
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP8 – Inner Dimensions of Fasting In this episode of History Speaks, Roshan Iqbal is joined by Celene Ibrahim, Oludamini Ogunnaike, and Younus Mirza to explore distinct fasting practices…
CFP “Reclaiming History Islam and Cultural Patrimony in the 21st Century” Call for Proposals | AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies Annual Conference, April 24-25 2025, Fairfax, VA Over the past half-century, Muslim communities around the…
It has been said that podcasts are to radio what online streaming has become to television, the main difference being that most podcasts are free to access. Recent years have seen the medium of the…
The killing of Hezbollah’s top leader Hassan Nasrallah on September 27, following an Israeli airstrike against the southern suburbs of Beirut, has led to renewed media attention on the Lebanese diaspora in Africa. Lebanese began…
