Modern Minorities

Abdul-Rehman Malik (understands) This Being Human


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“We are afraid of the pain of healing because there is something comforting about living in the now, in the conflict, in our own assumptions about others. We are in uncharted territory and that's frightening.”

Abdul-Rehman Malik is an award-winning journalist, educator, cultural organizer — and a great storyteller you’ll just want to sit back and listen to all day. His work at the intersection of faith and social change has spanned the globe — across the US, Canada, UK, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sudan, Mali, Malaysia and more. Abdul-Rehman, a BBC-radio veteran, hosts the popular podcast “This Being Human” - featuring Muslim voices, stories, and experiences, AND is currently a Lecturer at the Yale Divinity School as well as director of the Muslim Leadership Lab at Yale’s Dwight Hall Center of Social Justice. In this must-listen-to conversation about heritage, compassion, pain, and forgiveness - we go deep on the state of the world as it’s always been, and how we must face it for what it is today. It’s a conversation that will leave you wanting more, for which you’re in luck, because Abdul-Rehman also has an amazing podcast that creates greater empathy and understanding through conversation. Sound familiar? (PS - his is way better)

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  • PODCAST: “This Being Human” agakhanmuseum.org/programs/thisbeinghuman/
  • SOCIAL: twitter.com/armalik
  • YALE: divinity.yale.edu/faculty-and-research/yds-faculty/abdul-rehman-malik
  • MENTIONS

    • India / Pakistan Partition (1947): wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India
    • Salman Rushdie fatwa (controversy): wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses_controversy
    • PERSON: Fuad Nahdi (Muslim journalist): buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/coronavirus-victim-fuad-nahdi-uk-muslim-activist
    • PERSON: Augusto Boal: wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Boal
    • PERSON: James Baldwin (author): wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin
    • PERSON: Madonna (singer): wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna
    • FILM: Dead Poets Society (1989): imdb.com/title/tt0097165
    • PERSON: Mahershala Ali (actor): imdb.com/name/nm0991810
    • PERSON: Ahmad Jamal (jazz great): wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Jamal
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