She Speaks: Academic Muslimahs

She Speaks: Academic Muslimahs

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She Speaks: Academic Muslimahs episodes

  • 028 Aalih Hussein

    This week, we talk to Aalih Hussein, who is a 2nd year PhD student in Social Work at a Joint Doctoral Program between North Carolina University Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. She talks about her experiences with racism, Islamophobia, imposter syndrome, and western feminism. Her research is focused on the mental wellbeing of Millennial Muslim American women. You can learn more about Aalih at https://aahussein99.wixsite.com/website/

    #Islamophobia #WellBeing #MentalHealthMatters #SelfCare #Racism #ImposterSyndrome

    34 min
  • 027 Shabana Mir

    In this episode, we feature Dr. Shabana Mir, Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Director of Undergraduate Studies at American Islamic College in Chicago. We talk about the value of an Islamic liberal arts education and of all-women’s education. She provides a brief synopsis on her book, Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life and Identity. Dr. Mir explains the sorts of scrutiny Muslim American women face on campuses. Lastly, she touches upon the impact of COVID on religious spaces and tells us about her latest project on Muslim women community organizers.

    Muslim American Women on Campus (2014): https://uncpress.org/book/9781469629964/muslim-american-women-on-campus/

    Hind Makki’s Side Entrance project: https://sideentrance.tumblr.com/

    29 min
  • 026 Sanae Elmoudden
    This episode features Dr. Sanae Elmoudden, an Associate Professor in the Rhetoric, Communication and Theatre Department at St. John's University, NYC. She talks about mental health, being a caretaker in addition to being an academic and an advocate, the alienating stigma around mental illness, role of religion, and the role of academia in raising awareness around mental health issues.
    Check out Dr. Elmoudden's page: https://www.facebook.com/appreciatingbraindiversity
    36 min
  • Christmas Episode Repeat
    This is a repeat of the last year's Christmas episode, but its been redone to remove some background noises and adjust volume!! 
    This episode tells stories of how Muslims move within and through the Christmas season. While the voices are of Muslims Americans, they do not and cannot represent us in our entirety. Learn about the birth of Jesus in Islam, and hear from Muslim Americans who embrace aspects of Christmas celebrations, those who resist, those who are still figuring things out, and those in between. You will hear from Dr. Sakina Jangbar, Dr. Noor-Aiman Khan, Dr. Elham Mireshghi, Dr. Neelofer Qadir, Nur Shahir, and Dr. Sophia Spadavecchia.
    39 min
  • 025 Lubaaba Al-Azami

    This episode features Lubaaba Al-Azami, who is a PhD candidate in English Literature at the University of Liverpool and visiting doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. We have a lovely conversation about alternative memories of the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent, creating inclusive spaces in academia that we so desperately need, differences in studying in US and UK, the launching ‘Medieval and Early Modern Orients’ project, the nature of some of the English encounters with Mughal Empire, and making NeSA (Network of Sisters in Academia) a nurturing space. 

    Medieval and Early Modern Orients: https://memorients.com/ (Twitter: @MEMOrients)

    NeSA: Network of Sisters in Academia (Twitter: @NeSAtweets)

    31 min
  • 024 Nazita Lajevardi

    In this episode, Dr. Nazita Lajevardi,  Assistant Professor at Michigan State University in the Department of Political Science, talks about contexts and factors that impact our political participation, usefulness of the idea of a pan-Muslim identity, resentment toward Muslim Americans, the Muslim ban and its impact, and how to move forward politically and so much more.

    Check out her latest book: Outsiders at Home: The Politics of American Islamophobia (Cambridge, 2020)

    22 min
  • 023 Shireen Al-Adeimi

    This episode is with the very brave and brilliant Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi. She talks about student-led discussions in classrooms, misplacement of kids in ESL due to bias, valuing diversity within educational settings, beginnings of Yemen war, USA UK and Saudi Arabia involvement, abandonment of Yemenis by Muslims ummah, and so much more.

    #Pedagogy #Yemen #Saudi #Houthi #Shafi'i #Sunni #Zaidi #Shia #betrayal #malnutrition #MadeInUSA #MedicineBlockade

    29 min
  • 022 Election 2020
    A special episode on the 2020 American elections, the ‘Muslim vote,’ and what now?
    (and also a bit of conversation on Islamophobia in France, and on the pandemic)
    30 min
  • 021 Maha Hilal
    Dr. Maha Hilal completed her PhD in Justice, Law & Society at American University in Washington, D.C. and currently works at Justice for Muslim Collective. In this episode, Dr. Hilal shares with us her experiences of systemic anti-Muslim racism she experienced during her graduate studies at American University. We talk about dissertation committees, funding, grad school environment, white supremacy within academia and its effects on people of color, and how all of this shapes one’s sense of self as a scholar. She also shares with us some advice to future graduate school students.
    You can learn more about Justice for Muslim Collective at https://www.justiceformuslims.org/programs
    31 min
  • Kayla Wheeler

    I am doing what I can and hard(ish?) at work recording the next episode of Academic Muslimahs. For now, I am rereleasing an episode with one of the smartest women, Dr. Kayla Wheeler. She talks about lots of issues, including starting the much needed #BlackIslamSyllabus and researching Black Muslim women's fashion. The episode was originally released on Feb 28th, 2020. I will be back with a new episode in two weeks!

    29 min

About She Speaks: Academic Muslimahs

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Join Dr. Saba Fatima, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), as she talks to Muslim women in academia about their research and life experiences. In this podcast, she discusses all things Muslim, women, and academia.