Best Network ReOrient Podcasts (2025)

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Spring Registration Deadline, Internship Fair, Fall Concert & Campus Events: Your Fast Campus Update for Nov 10–17 1:49

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Hey Bears, it's Jenny with your Campus Update for November 10 through November 17. Let's get you set for the week—fast.First up—registration for spring semester classes closes this Wednesday at 5 p.m. Don't forget to sign up to secure your preferred schedule.Next, the Career Center is hosting a Virtual Internship Fair on Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. I…

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Diwali Celebrations, Academic Workshops, STL Bus Tour & Blues Hockey: Your WashU Campus Update for Nov 3–10 2:19

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Hey Bears, it's Jenny with your Campus Update for November 3 through November 10. Let's get you set for the week—fast.First up—Diwali 2025 is lighting up campus this Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8. Hosted by Ashoka, this annual celebration features vibrant performances and cultural showcases. Tickets are available through the WashU Box Offic…

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Campus Buzz: Seminars, Pageants, Soccer Wins & Fall Events at WashU (Oct 27–Nov 3) 2:30

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Hey Bears, it's Jenny with your Campus Update for October 27 through November 3. Let's get you set for the week—fast.First up—the "Issues in Aging" seminar is today, October 27, from 12 to 1 p.m. The topic is "Brain Aging in Young Adults? The Effects of Chronic Disease and Poverty." It's a great chance to learn about how early-life factors can impa…

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Africa Week, Campus Events, Sports Wins & Workshop Highlights: Your Fast WashU Update for October 20–27 1:47

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Hey Bears, it's Jenny with your Campus Update for October 20 through October 27. Let's get you set for the week—fast.First up—the African Students Association is hosting Africa Week from October 20 to 24, featuring cultural events and a guest speaker on October 21 at 6:30 p.m. Next—the Graduate Center is offering a Funding Foundations workshop on O…

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Africa Week, Campus Events, Women’s Soccer Win & More: Your Fast Campus Update for Oct 20–27 2:06

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Hey Bears, it's Jenny with your Campus Update for October 20 through October 27. Let's get you set for the week—fast.First up—the African Students Association is hosting Africa Week from October 20 to 24, featuring cultural events and a guest speaker on October 21 at 6:30 p.m. Next—the Center for Career Engagement is offering several events this we…

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Campus Update: Major-Minor Fair, International Reorientation, Bears Victory, Africa Week, Pop-Up Bazaar & More—Oct 13–20 Highlights 2:29

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Hey Bears, it's Jenny with your Campus Update for October 13 through October 20. Let's get you set for the week—fast.First up—the Fall 2025 Major-Minor Fair is today, Monday, October 13, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Meet faculty and students from across Arts & Sciences to explore majors, research opportunities, and career connections. Next—the Reorientat…

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Campus Update: Fall Break, Career Events, Bears Football Win, ASA Language Night, Farmers Market & More (Oct 6-13) 1:57

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Hey Bears, it's Jenny with your Campus Update for October 6 through October 13. Let's get you set for the week—fast.First up—Fall Break runs from October 4 to October 7. No classes during this period, so enjoy the time off! Next, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is hosting an Engineering & Architecture Associates Program Info Session on …

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Campus Update: Bears Football, Best of Missouri Market, St. Louis VegFest & Warm Weather Highlights for October 4–6 2:05

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Hey Bears, it's Jenny with your Campus Update for September 29 through October 6. Let's get you set for the week—fast.First up—the football team is hosting Illinois Wesleyan this Saturday, October 4, at 6 p.m. on Francis Olympic Field. It's a great chance to support the Bears under the lights.Next, the Best of Missouri Market is happening October 4…

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WashU Update: Network Upgrades, Climate Day Event, Football Victory & 2026 Merit Raise Freeze Announced 2:06

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Good afternoon, Washington University community. Today is Monday, September 22, 2025, and here are the latest updates from our campus.The Network Modernization Project, initiated in November 2024, is making significant strides. This initiative aims to replace outdated network equipment with cutting-edge technology, resulting in a tenfold increase i…

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WashU Campus Updates: Network Upgrades, Career Expo, Climate Event, and More – September 15, 2025 3:22

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Good morning, Washington University community. Today is Monday, September 15, 2025, and here are the latest updates from our campus.First, a significant development in our university's infrastructure: the Network Modernization Project, initiated in November 2024, is making substantial progress. This initiative aims to replace outdated network equip…

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WashU Wins Sustainability, Diversity Honors; Launches FARM Initiative; Simone Biles to Speak at 2025 Commencement 2:37

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Hello, and welcome to the latest episode of our campus news podcast. Today is Monday, September 8, 2025, and we've got a lineup of stories highlighting recent developments at Washington University in St. Louis.First up, the university has been honored with the 2025 Excellence in Sustainability Award by the National Association of College and Univer…

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WashU Welcomes Class of 2029, Showcases Digital Innovation, New Faculty, and Exciting Fall Sports and Events 2:44

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Good afternoon, Washington University community. Today is Monday, September 1, 2025, and here are the latest updates from our campus.The university is excited to welcome the Class of 2029, the second-largest in our history, comprising 1,963 students from 49 states and 29 countries. This diverse group embodies the values and spirit of WashU, bringin…

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WashU Weekly Update: Dick Gregory Event, Career Expo, Sustainability Efforts, Athletic Wins, DEI Award, and Campus Construction Pause 2:36

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Good afternoon, Washington University community. Today is Monday, August 25, 2025, and here are the latest updates from our campus.This Thursday, August 28, the Missouri History Museum will host "Thursday Nights at the Museum: The Life and Legacy of Dick Gregory" from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. This event is part of the ongoing partnership between WashU and…

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Campus Transformations, Sustainability, Leadership Changes, and Controversy: WashU News Highlights August 2025 2:51

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Hello, and welcome to the latest episode of our campus news podcast. Today is Monday, August 18, 2025, and we have several important updates from Washington University in St. Louis.First, let's talk about some exciting changes coming to our campus. Mudd Field, a central hub for student activities, is set to undergo a significant transformation. By …

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WashU News: New Rural Scholars, Research Impact, Sustainability Awards, Job Growth & Diversity Initiatives – August 11, 2025 Campus Update 3:49

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Good afternoon, Washington University community. Today is Monday, August 11, 2025, and here are the latest updates from our campus.Currently, it's partly sunny with a temperature of 74 degrees Fahrenheit. As the day progresses, expect temperatures to rise, reaching a high of 92 degrees by mid-afternoon. There's a chance of thunderstorms around 3 PM…

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WashU Fall Updates: New Dining, Sustainability Awards, EV Stations, and Diversity Initiatives Shape Campus Life 2:43

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Good afternoon, Washington University community. Today is Monday, August 4, 2025, and here are the latest updates from our campus.This fall, the Danforth University Center will welcome a new dining option: Qdoba. Replacing the current Delicioso station, Qdoba will join Subway as one of two fast-food chains on campus, offering students and staff mor…

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Campus Changes, Sustainability, Leadership, and Controversy: Key Updates from Washington University in St. Louis – July 2025 2:55

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Hello, and welcome to the latest episode of our campus news podcast. Today is Monday, July 28, 2025, and we have several important updates from Washington University in St. Louis.First, let's talk about some exciting changes coming to our campus. Mudd Field, a central hub for student activities, is set to undergo a significant transformation. By 20…

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Muslimness in Bosnia: A Discussion with Ðermana Kuric 53:38

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In this episode, Hizer Mir and Chella Ward talked to Ðermana Kuric about Bosnia and Muslimness, focussing on the ways the history of Muslimness in Bosnia interacts with current identities and practices. Ðermana is a researcher whose work concerns hate crime and discrimination in relation to Muslims in Europe. This episode is one of our ‘Forgotten U…

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Queer Jews, Queer Muslims: A Discussion with Adi Saleem and Shanon Shah 1:02:58

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In this episode of Radio ReOrient, Claudia Radiven and Chella Ward spoke to Adi Saleem and Shanon Shah. They discussed the recent publication of the book Queer Muslims, Queer Jews: Race, Religion, and Representation (Wayne State UP, 2024) that Adi edited and Shannon contributed a chapter. Adi is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan …

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Palestinian Futurism with Leila Abdelrazaq 50:26

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In this episode, Chella Ward and Hizer Mir spoke to Leila Abdelrazaq about her artistic practice and its themes of Palestinian futurism. Their discussion centred on Leila’s artistic work, and probed the role that reimagining the past can play in a more just future. Leila Abdelrazaq is a Chicago-born Palestinian artist and cultural organizer whose d…

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Cars, Race and Class with Yunis Alam 55:15

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In this episode of Radio ReOrient, Claudia Radiven and Saeed Khan spoke to Dr Yunis Alam about cars, class and race. They discussed the role that cars play in signifying meaning in terms of status, wealth and taste. These conversations extended to the racialization of car culture in cities like Bradford (UK) and the relationship to criminalization …

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Sumerian History with Marc Van De Mieroop 1:07:08

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In this episode of Radio ReOrient, Salman Sayyid and Chella Ward spoke to Professor Marc Van De Mieroop about Sumerian history. They discussed the role that the so-called ‘Ancient Near East’ might play in reorienting history, from redefining the history of philosophy to telling a less Eurocentric story about writing and textual evidence. Marc is Pr…

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Exploring Muslim Sicily with Nuha Alshaar and Shainool Jiwa 49:15

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In this episode Saeed Khan and Hizer Mir take a trip to Muslim Sicily, via a new book edited by Nuha Alshaar. They are also joined for this conversation by Shainool Jiwa, one of the authors whose work is featured in this edited volume. They discuss the period from around 800 CE to the mid-13th century, one characterised by a large Muslim presence w…

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Aliyah Khan on the Muslim Caribbean 49:14

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In this episode, Saeed Khan and Chella Ward sat down with Dr Aliyah Khan to discuss Muslimness in the Caribbean, drawing on Aliyah’s book Far From Mecca and ongoing important work in this area. This wide-ranging conversation covers decolonial solidarities and neglected histories, and is part of our Forgotten Ummah series, where we investigate Musli…

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Adnan Husain: A Discussion with Chella Ward and Salman Sayyid 1:11:20

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In this episode, Chella Ward and Salman Sayyid talked to Adnan Husain about some of the challenges involved in reorienting history. We spoke about the opportunities and limitations of the idea of ‘the global’ as a way of organising history, and explored the relationship between the global and the decolonial. Adnan Husain is a Medieval European and …

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Professor Priyamvada Gopal: In Conversation with Chella Ward and Salman Sayyid 55:07

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In this episode Chella Ward and Salman Sayyid talked to Professor Priyamvada Gopal, Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the University of Cambridge. We talked about her important work on anticolonial resistance, about the importance of the literary in imagining liberation, and about the relationship between the Muslim and the decolonial – and also…

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Pakistan's Political Crisis 1:03:14

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This podcast features Ammar Rashid, a leading figure in leftwing politics in Pakistan, and currently Director of the action-research organization Alliance for Urban Rights, and Research Lead at the public health think tank, Heartfile. This episode of Radio ReOrient is hosted by Sher Ali Tareen, Shehla Khan and Salman Sayyid. The conversation explor…

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Islamophobia, France and Muslim Political Subjectivity 1:03:56

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Islamophobia Awareness Month Special Episode In this interview, recorded for Islamophobia Awareness Month, Hizer Mir and Chella Ward talk to Kawtar Najib and Rayan Freschi about Islamophobia in France. They discuss why France is a special case and how its policies of ‘systematic obstruction’ hinder the lives of Muslims and contribute to global Isla…

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Radio Reorient Season 11: A Wrap Up and Round Up 37:55

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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 our discussions this season. We put these into the context in which the conversations took place: the context of the genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza and the Occupied Territories, of global Islamop…

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Literatures Beyond the West: A Conversation with Ian Almond 1:15:46

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In this episode Salman Sayyid talks to Ian Almond about his work in world literature, including his 2021 book World Literature Decentered which looks at literature beyond the idea of the West. Ian is professor of World Literature at Georgetown University, whose work asks what it would mean to do literary study that embraces the non-West not as a re…

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Decoloniality Revisited: A Conversation with Salman Sayyid 35:14

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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 post-orientalism and post-positivism, here we turn to decoloniality. Discussions of decoloniality have become increasingly mainstream since the ‘Decolonise the Curriculum’ and ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ move…

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Muslimness in China: A Conversation with Haiyun Ma 58:51

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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 previous episode we spoke to Darren Byler about Uyghur Muslims in East Turkestan. In this episode, our focus is slightly different, and encompasses many Muslim groups in China. Haiyun Ma, assistant p…

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Forgotten Ummah: Muslim Chinese and Imperial Japan 38:40

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In the first episode of this new series, Salman Sayyid and Haroon Bashir talk with Kelly Hammond about her new book. Her book explores how the geopolitical rivalries between China and Japan created opportunities for Muslim Chinese to articulate their Muslimness politically and culturally.

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Terror Capitalism, Dispossession and Masculinity in China: A Conversation with Darren Byler 56:24

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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 Terror Capitalism:Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City. Darren is a sociocultural anthropologist at Simon Fraser University, whose book explores how islamophobia and capitalism contribute to …

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Migration, Activism and Political Solidarity: A conversation with A.M. Dassau 54:14

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Persevering with our literary theme this season, in this episode Claudia Radiven and Chella Ward chat to A. M. Dassu about her books for young readers. Az is a children’s author of fiction and non-fiction, whose books include Fight Back and Boy, Everywhere. Her books engage young readers with themes of migration, activism and political solidarity, …

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Orientalism in Representations of Muslims 1:09:09

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In this episode of Radio ReOrient, we return to the literary theme of this season, to explore the work of Laury Silvers. Laury is the author of many successful book series set in the past and present of the Islamicate, including her Sufi Mysteries Quartet set in 10th Century Baghdad. In this interview she tells Saeed Khan and Salman Sayyid about he…

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Muslims in the Manosphere: A Discussion with Shareef Muhammad 1:14:02

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In this episode Hizer Mir and his co-author Sahar Ghumkhor talk to Shareef Muhammad about the phenomenon of Muslims in the Manosphere. Shareef is a scholar of history based in Atlanta, Georgia, who works on Muslims, race and third worldism - especially the experience of Black Muslims in the context of imperial America. This interview results from a…

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Hindutva and the Muslim Subject 39:27

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In this episode we celebrate the release of a special issue of the ReOrient journal, ‘Hindutva and the Muslim Subject’, edited by Sheheen Kattiparambil. Shvetal Vyas Pare and Sheheen sat down to discuss the special issue, introducing what Hindutva is and how it relates to global projects of Islamophobia within and beyond India (including Tel Aviv’s…

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Post-Orientalism Revisited: A Conversation with Salman Sayyid 35:50

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The third episode of this season of Radio ReOrient continues our project this season of returning to the first principles of Critical Muslim Studies. In the previous episode, Hizer Mir and Salman Sayyid discussed post-positivism: here they turn to post-orientalism. The advent of Edward Said’s Orientalism in 1978 shook the foundations of many academ…

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Post-Positivism Revisited: A Conversation with Salman Sayyid 41:27

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This episode is the first of three special episodes in this season of Radio ReOrient in which we look back on the first principles of Critical Muslim Studies. In this episode, Hizer Mir talks to Salman Sayyid about post-positivism - what it means, what it offers, and how it relates to the project of decolonising. The discussion that we kick off her…

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Shakespeare Through Islamic Worlds A Discussion with Ambereen Dadabhoy 59:50

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Radio ReOrient is back for another season, and this time Hizer Mir is joined by a new team of hosts: Claudia Radiven, Saeed Khan and Chella Ward. In this first episode Hizer and Chella interview Ambereen Dadabhoy, associate professor of literature at Harvey Mudd College, about her brand new book Shakespeare through Islamic Worlds (Routledge, 2024).…

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Gaza and the Crisis in Pakistan 1:20:02

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In this episode of the Radio ReOrient podcast, Dr. Shehla Khan, Dr. Sher Ali Tareen, and Salman Sayyid discuss the ongoing crisis in Pakistan under Gaza’s looming shadow . The latest exacerbation of the crisis comes with the general elections of February 2024, which represent an electoral heist of historically unprecedented proportions followed by …

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Radio ReOrient: Why Gaza Matters 47:01

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In this episode of Radio ReOrient, Salman Sayyid, with Hizer Mir as your host, discusses why Gaza matters. This leads to a wide range of discussions with topics ranging from ongoing support form Washington, London and other Western governments for Israel, how the notion of ummah deployed in light of the attack on Gaza has disrupted the nation state…

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Radio ReOrient: Palestine, Japan, Denmark 1:02:13

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Islamophobia is a global phenomenon found not only among the international 'usual suspects' of gross and systemic human and civil rights violators but also among established liberal democracies that present themselves as custodians of the international legal order. In this episode of Radio ReOrient, we talk to Saul Takahashi, an international human…

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Radio ReOrient: Islamophobia and Emancipation 1:00:15

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This episode of Radio Reorient is based on an event held on Islamophobia and Emancipation. This event was held to discuss the definition of Islamophobia that was put forth by the people’s definition in the UK… Islamophobia is a form of racism against Muslimness and perceived Muslimness.In this intriguing episode of Radio ReOrient, Kawter Najib, Abd…

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Radio ReOrient: Continuing Islamophobia in France 40:05

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In this episode, Kawter Najib sits with Hizer Mir to return to the topic of Islamophobia in France. In this discussion we talk about Kawter’s own experiences of Islamophobia in France as well as the Islamophobic murder of French-Algerian teenager Nahel Merzouk in the summer.

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Radio ReOrient: Erasing Palestine 58:16

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In this episode of Radio ReOrient, Rebecca Ruth Gould, Claudia Radiven and your host Salman Sayyid, talk about some of the issues raised by Rebecca’s new book Erasing Palestine (https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2903-erasing-palestine).

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Radio ReOrient: Critical Muslim Studies meets Critical Ancient World Studies 49:31

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In the realm of popular culture, representations of ancient Greeks and Romans abound in the West and Western adjacent societies. Classics, primarily focused on the study of Greeks and Romans, serve as Western history's foundational narrative. However, this narrative tends to create a timeline that excludes Muslim contributions and unintentionally s…

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Radio ReOrient: Islamicate Manga and Sufism 45:35

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In this episode, Naoki Yamamoto, assistant professor in Turkic Studies at Marmara University sits with Hizer Mir to discuss Sufism and manga with an eye towards the possible development of an Islamicate manga. Manga is a quintessentially Japanese style of comics and graphic novels. Naoki is working towards an Islamicate version of manga in order to…

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Pakistan: Reframing the Debate 54:22

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This episode features the second part of a series on the Political Struggle in Pakistan. Professor Salman Sayyid, Dr. Sher Ali Tareen and Dr. Shehla Khan critically explore liberalism, populism and secularism. Focusing on how these concepts are key to understanding the deep crisis engulfing Pakistan, but are often construed in simplistic binaries r…