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History Speaks EP14 | # Oscars # Animation # Racism # Speciesism | Roshan Iqbal with Natalie Khazaal

November 4, 2025November 7, 2025

In this episode of History Speaks, I talk with Dr. Natalie Khazaal, Associate Professor in the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Tech. Drawing from her research, we explore how racism, speciesism, and cultural bias…

History Speaks EP 13 | Maryam/Mary in the Qur’an | Roshan Iqbal with Younus Mirza

September 29, 2025November 4, 2025

In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Younus Mirza, founding director of the Barzinji Institute for Global Virtual Learning at Shenandoah University, about his recent book The Islamic Mary. Together,…

History Speaks EP 12 | Islamophobia, Zohran Mamdani, & US Muslims | Roshan Iqbal with Elliott Bazzano

August 22, 2025October 14, 2025

In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Elliott Bazzano, Associate Professor at Le Moyne College, about Islamophobia, the election of Zohran Mamdani, and what his success means for U.S. Muslims….

History Speaks EP 11 | A Brief Guide to Shi’a Islam: Roshan Iqbal with Saba Fatima

By Maydan Editors  //  August 19, 2025

 The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP 11 | A Brief Guide to Shi’a Islam: Roshan Iqbal with Saba Fatima In this episode, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Saba Fatima, Professor of Philosophy…

History Speaks – Episode 9 – Karbala and Nobility

By Maydan Editors  //  July 3, 2025

 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…

History Speaks EP9 | Karbala and Nobility | Roshan Iqbal with Cyrus Ali Zargar

July 3, 2025October 14, 2025

What does it mean to act with nobility in the face of certain loss? In this episode of History Speaks, host Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Cyrus Ali Zargar, Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of…

History Speaks EP8- Roshan Iqbal hosts Celene Ibrahim, Oludamini Ogunnaike, and Younus Mirza on Inner Dimensions of Fasting

By Maydan Editors  //  February 26, 2025February 27, 2025

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…

History Speaks EP 8 | Inner Dimensions of Fasting | Roshan Iqbal with Celene Ibrahim, Oludamini Ogunnaike, and Younus Mirza

February 26, 2025October 14, 2025

In this episode of History Speaks, Roshan Iqbal is joined by Celene Ibrahim, Oludamini Ogunnaike, and Younus Mirza to explore distinct fasting practices and their inner and outer dimensions in Islamic scholarship, especially focusing on…

[Maydan Podcast] History Speaks EP4 – Qur’an/Gender/Feminism

By Maydan Editors  //  March 10, 2022

 The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP4 – Qur’an/Gender/Feminism In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Celene Ibrahim and Dr. Hadia Mubarak on Gender as a lens to study…

History Speaks EP 4 | Qur’an, Gender, Feminism | Roshan Iqbal with Celene Ibrahim and Hadia Mubarak

March 10, 2022October 14, 2025

In 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…

History Speaks EP 3 | Self and Society in Sufism | Saadia Yacoob with Oludamini Ogunnaike and Sara Abdel-Latif

June 2, 2021October 14, 2025

In this episode of History Speaks, Saadia Yacoob speaks with Oludamini Ogunnaike and Sara Abdel-Latif about the self and society in Sufi thought from its early formative period in Nishapur to the early modern and…

History Speaks EP 2 | Local Traditions of Islamic Law | Saadia Yacoob with Matthew Steele and Mahmood Kooria

April 20, 2021October 14, 2025

In this episode of History Speaks, Saadia Yacoob speaks with Matthew Steele and Mahmood Kooria about the Islamic legal traditions in Africa, South and Southeast Asia.  They discuss the life of legal texts as they…

History Speaks EP 1 | Retrieving Silenced Voices | Saadia Yacoob with Pernilla Myrne and Laury Silvers

March 15, 2021October 14, 2025

In this episode, Saadia Yacoob speaks 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…

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