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Alcohol
Episode 155
In this episode of High Theory, Nina Studer tells us about alcohol. The restrictions and prohibitions, medical and moral discourses surrounding alcoh…
1 year, 7 months ago
Asim Qureshi and Walaa Quisay, "When Only God Can See: The Faith of Muslim Political Prisoners" (Pluto Press, 2024)
Episode 351
When Only God Can See: The Faith of Muslim Political Prisoners (Pluto Press, 2024), uncovers the unique experiences of Muslim political prisoners hel…
1 year, 7 months ago
Aliyah Khan on the Muslim Caribbean
Episode 9
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 Me…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adnan Husain on Reorienting History
Episode 93
In this episode, Chella Ward and Salman Sayyid talked to Adnan Husain about some of the challenges involved in reorienting history. We spoke about th…
1 year, 8 months ago
Kecia Ali, "The Woman Question in Islamic Studies" (Princeton UP, 2024)
Episode 350
In The Woman Question in Islamic Studies (Princeton UP, 2024), the Introduction of which is available at the publisher's website, Kecia Ali delves in…
1 year, 8 months ago
Samar Al-Bulushi, "War-Making as Worldmaking: Kenya, the United States, and the War on Terror" (Stanford UP, 2024)
Episode 121
Since Kenya's invasion of Somalia in 2011, the Kenyan state has been engaged in direct combat with the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab, conducting a…
1 year, 8 months ago
Erik Freas, "Palestine's Christians and the Nationalist Cause: The Late Ottoman and Mandatory Periods" (Routledge, 2024)
Episode 289
Palestine's Christians and the Nationalist Cause: The Late Ottoman and Mandatory Periods (Routledge, 2024) provides an historical overview of Palesti…
1 year, 8 months ago
Professor Priyamvada Gopal on Anticolonial Resistance
Episode 92
In this episode Chella Ward and Salman Sayyid talked to Professor Priyamvada Gopal, Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the University of Cambridge.…
1 year, 8 months ago
In Conversation: Decolonial Activism and Islamophobia in France
Episode 36
In this episode, Amina Easat-Daas interviews Houria Bouteldja on decolonial activism and Islamophobia in France.
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1 year, 8 months ago
William Gallois, "Qayrawan: The Amuletic City" (Penn State UP, 2024)
Episode 349
William Gallois joins the podcast to discuss his latest book, Qayrawān: The Amuletic City, published by The Pennsylvania State University Press in 20…
1 year, 8 months ago