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Identity Politics is a podcast focused on race, gender and Muslims in America. This podcast explores how Muslims are balancing and prioritizing their multiple identities and how these intersections influence how they see themselves, interact with each other and their civic engagement in America.
Each month, co-hosts Ikhlas Saleem and Makkah Ali invite a wide variety of guests—professors, writers, activists, artists, students and more—to share their work, stories and perspectives about multiple areas of Muslim life in America.
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Listen to four young Muslims talk about how they felt on election night, what they did after, and where we can go from here. Guests (in order of appearance): Farha Tahir Joshua Wilkerson Sarina Bajwa Maryam Adamu (featuring a quote by Paul Jackson) Subscribe and follow Identity Politics on Soundcloud, Acast…
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Ikhlas and Makkah are back and excited to sit down with Asma Uddin, founding editor-in-chief of AltMuslimah (our new home!!), to talk about hijabis on Instagram, exercising our religious liberties and what it means to aspire to be the “first hijabi” anything. Follow Asma on Twitter here: @asmauddinesq Subscribe and…
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On this episode, Ikhlas and Makkah speak to a few folks in different stages of their romantic journeys about relationships, marriage, and “Black Love,” that alluring concept that Barack and Michelle have us all craving. Tune in for this conversation about love: how to find it, how to keep it,…
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On this episode Ikhlas and Makkah invite resident diaspora experts, Maryam Adamu and Samira Abderahman, to discuss being “Black,” “Black Americans,” “African Americans,” and sometimes “Americans from Africa.”
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On being “Black,” “Black Americans,” “African Americans,” and sometimes “Americans from Africa.”
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On being “Black,” “Black Americans,” “African Americans,” and sometimes “Americans from Africa.”
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Ikhlas announces a new co-host and brings Nijla Mu’min onto the podcast to discuss the importance of complex Black and Muslim representation in art and her upcoming film “Jinn.” Plus: A special shoutout to Ciara and Russell Wilson for renewing our faith in humanity.
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In episode 3 of Haya wa Iman I sit down with Dallas Wright and talk everything Chicago, Farrakhan and money.
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In episode two, Makkah Ali comes on the podcast to discuss everything #BeingBornBlackAndMuslim.
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Tune in for a conversation about love: how to find it, how to keep it, and what happens when you lose it. Ikhlas and Makkah speak to a few folks in different stages of their romantic journeys about relationships, marriage, and “Black Love,” that alluring concept that Barack and Michelle…
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