Radio ReOrient

A conversation between Prof. Salman Sayyid and Prof. Ella Shohat on (amongst other topics) the significance of 1492, Orientalism and race.

An interview with Salman Sayyid in which he addresses some of the criticisms  of the recent definition of Islamophobia as “a type of racism that targets Muslimness or perceived Muslimness.” To read more about the incident of Islamophobia mentioned in this podcast, please visit:  https://inews.co.uk/news/muslim-schoolgirls-filmed-racist-video-bow-girls-school-police-investigation/

An interview with Professor Shenhav in which the politics of translation is discussed.

An interview with Dr. Mustapha Sheikh on his co-authored paper on alcohol, Islam and the ontic. For those who wish to read the paper in full, please visit the following link: http://iqbalcentre.leeds.ac.uk/files/2018/09/PDF.pdf

In this episode, Richard Bulliet talks about his work in world and Islamicate history.

Interviewer: Hizer Mir An interview with renowned calligrapher and author Razwan ul-Haq talking about his graphic novel Sultan Vs Dracula.

An interview with Dr. Nadia Fadil who speaks about secularism the state and Islam. We delve into questions such as what it means to call Islam a lived and embodied reality and what the relationship is between Islam and secularism.

 Dr Sabrina Lei, Director of Tawasul Europe Centre for Dialogue and Research, is an emerging Italian Muslim philosopher and thinker.  Trained in Latin, Greek and ancient philosophy for over a decade, with a PhD from Pontifical Gregorian University (one of the prominent centres of Catholic scholarship in Rome)  in ancient Greek philosophy.  Dr Sabrina has, so far, translated  over 25  Muslim classics into Italian, besides producing her own five books, including a  biography of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and the  recently released book : Le comunita religioso non-musulmane nel mondo islamico : Un introduzione storica ( The non-Muslim Religious Community in the Muslim World : A Historical Introduction, March 2019). Some of her noted achievements include acclaimed Italian translations of Muhammad Iqbal’s philosophical reflection on Islam called The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam.  Dr Sabrina is currently working to publish a new edition of Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s original English Quran translation, with an introductory study, to address the growing need for Quran translations with an inclusive and refined language in the West. This new edition of Yusuf Ali’s Quran translation is set to be published by Tawasul Europe later this year, insha Allah. Dr Sabrina is also currently in the final phase of her study on  the first Latin translation of the Quran (Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete, 1143). This study, backed up by linguistic, theological and philosophical insights, is set to show how this  translation  internalized and solidified many of the medieval Christian subjective notions about Islam, the Quran and Prophet (peace be upon him), and how it went on to  influence the later western approaches to the Quran translation, etc.  Tawasul Europe, a registered Italian Muslim charity-cum- think tank, founded by Dr Sabrina, is at the forefront of building bridges across cultures and religions in Italy.  Tawasul Europe works with  Vatican’s Interfaith Section, Rome Municipality and the Grand Mosque of Rome, along with around 10 universities and educational centres in Italy. 

Interviewer: Sofia Rehman A conversation with award-winning academic Dr. Shabana Mir discussing her recent study on the experiences of 'American Muslim' women on campus.

Interviewer: Hizer Mir An interview with Prof. Salman Sayyid on post-orientalism, what it means and its place in CMS.