Maybe Drake was right, trigger fingers have turned to Twitter fingers. In the world of social justice Twitter it’s all too tempting to go for the clap back—but is that the best way to communicate and advocate for change? Ikhlas and Makkah talk to activist and prolific tweeter Yasmin Yonis…
Read MoreNowadays everybody wanna talk about “Muslims” and “the Media,” but what about Muslims in the media? Pop-culture enthusiast Tawfiq Farraj talks to us about the representation of Muslims in TV and film and journalists Malika Bilal and Noreen Nasir join us to chat about how they balance the responsibilities of…
Read MoreIs it possible to be “just Muslim?” In Episode 14, Sarrah AbuLughod and Shereen Yousuf reflect on Shia erasure and being invisible minorities in the American Muslim community. Guests: Sarrah AbuLughod, @SarrahABL, is the Community Engagement Manager at The Family and Youth Institute and a graduate student of Islamic Studies,…
Read MoreDo you ever feel like you exist in a world that doesn’t have space for someone like you? In Episode 12, Ikhlas interviews her good friend Yasmine Muhammad about her struggle to find her voice within Islam. We also speak with writers and poets Fatimah Asghar, Safia Elhillo and Hanif…
Read MoreTwo young white Americans, talk to us about how being Muslim influences the way they think about, talk about and experience race.
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So we LOVE all of our episodes, but there are some that are near and dear to our hearts (and we think yours, too). Here are 5 episodes that we couldn’t stop thinking about in 2016.
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What’s the relationship between race, religion and hip hop? Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer joins us on this episode to talk about what she calls Muslim Cool—a way of being Muslim in the U.S. that explores the relationship between Islam, hip hop and popular culture.
Read MoreIdentity Politics is an altM 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…
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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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