She Speaks: Academic Muslimahs

She Speaks: Academic Muslimahs

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She Speaks: Academic Muslimahs episodes

  • 011 Kayla Wheeler
    This episode features Dr. Kayla Wheeler who has three Masters degrees!! and a PhD in Religious Studies! She talks about #BlackIslamSyllabus, Black experience as central to Islam & to American culture, anti-black racism within Muslim communities, Malcolm X in Boston, 'Arabicized' Islamic femininity, Black Muslimah femininity, Black Muslim women's fashion, and much more!!
    References to:
    http://mizanproject.org/
    http://www.muslimarc.org/
    https://kaylareneewheeler.com/blackislamsyllabus/
    29 min
  • 010 Sadaf Jaffer

    In this episode, I talk with Sadaf Jaffer, the first American Muslismah mayor in the United States of America. We talk about 'balancing it all,' pressures at Ivy Leagues, the significance of secular feminisms, and the place of Muslim Americans in American politics. The conversation is hopefully beyond the usual rhetoric of 'we belong,' and focuses on hurdles for our specific social location as Muslim Americans.

    34 min
  • 009 Narjis Hyder

    In this episode, I talk to Dr. Narjis Hyder from Walden University in The Riley College of Education and Leadership. We talk about what it means to be an academic and primary caregiver to a child with long term medical needs, the emotional and physical toll, the support village needed, and structural changes at universities to accommodate .... life. 

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    32 min
  • 008 Nyla Ali Khan

    Nyla Ali Khan, a Kashmiri American scholar, discusses the historical roots of the Kashmir conflict, the significance of Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian constitution, what it meant to Kashmiris to have those articles abrogated by the BJP government, and the current state of affairs in Kashmir.

    49 min
  • 007 Christmas Episode
    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
  • 006 Anbreen Bashir

    My guest today is Anbreen Bashir, Associate Professor of Biology at Harris Stowe State University. Together we talk about paradise on earth, visa sponsorship for work in the U.S., teaching training during grad school, how to make online teaching work, Monsanto (please don’t sue me), rice genetics, and tropospheric ozone due to climate change!

    41 min
  • 005 Tasneem Zaihra

    This episode, I talk to Tasneem Zaihra, an Assistant Professor in the Dept of Math at The College of Brockport SUNY, about her journey through academia as a first generation immigrant. We talk about migrating from India to pursue doctoral studies, finding religious communities, azaadari, marrying while studying, moving for academic posts, studying asthma using stats, having a non-American accent while teaching, teaching first generation students, and much more!

    36 min
  • 004 Khadijah Elshayyal
    In this episode, I talk to Khadijah Elshayyal, author of the book Muslim Identity Politics (2018). We talk about recommending grad school to other Muslims in current academic job market, resisting being *that Muslim that studies Muslim stuff, being taught misinformation about Islam by religious studies professor, the impact of colonialism on Muslim populations in UK, imposition of compliance and integration by British government, self-censorship in a climate of suspicion, fear of Shariah takeover, equality gap, grassroots activism, and much more.
    43 min
  • 003 Sakina Jangbar

    In this episode, I talk to Sakina Jangbar, who is at St. John's University in Queens. We talk about the power of rhetoric, how sexual assault is covered in the Pakistani drama 'Udaari', Benazir Bhutto's oratory skills, feminist expressions in South Asian cultures, Ghazala Khan at the Democratic convention in 2016, #girlsatDhaba, and thinking through about our cultures from the diaspora.

    42 min

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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.