Yawm-e Ali 2021 talk
In February 2021, I was privileged to be asked to give a talk during Yawm-e Ali. The video is embedded below.
Blog
Hollywood is slowly working to rectify decades of Muslim misrepresentation – CNET
Hollywood is slowly working to rectify decades of Muslim misrepresentation – CNET. Streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Disney Plus, hungry for content in a competitive space, offer more opportunities for diverse stories to be told, says Hussein Rashid, an academic whose research focuses on Muslims and American popular culture.
Advisor on Alhamdu
Please to announce I'm an advisor on Alhamdu, which: is an experiential arts project created by MIPSTERZ that explores Muslim Futurism—a cultural and artistic aesthetic that builds on Afrofuturist works to reimagine an American Muslim future free from the confines of the majority culture. Excited to see this project develop.
Speakers | A Year of Learning | University of Illinois at Chicago
Speakers | A Year of Learning | University of Illinois at Chicago. Hussein Rashid Educator and Founder, islamicate, L3C Hussein Rashid, PhD, is founder of islamicate, L3C, a consultancy focusing on religious literacy. He is currently a freelance academic and his research focuses on Muslims and American popular culture.
Word of Pod Podcast
Got to do a little introduction to my art, the value of communication, and integrity, on the Word of Pod podcast.
Event: Speaking Religious Truth to Political Power: Values and Voices 2021
I'll be speaking on a panel for Values and Voices. American Values, Religious Voices: 100 Days, 100 Letters is a national nonpartisan campaign bringing together scholars of diverse faiths to speak to our leaders in Washington, DC and a wider interfaith following about the religious texts and teachings connected to our…
Interview on Ms. Marvel’s America
In their co-edited volume, Ms. Marvel’s America: No Normal (University Press of Mississippi, 2020), Jessica Baldanzi and Hussein Rashid focus on the superhero Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan. The first Muslim superhero to headline her own series, the teenager Kamala Khan is also a second-generation Pakistani immigrant who lives in New…
Muslim Futurism Advisor
The good folks of Mipsterz have a new project on Muslim Futurism, and I'm an advisor. Check it out and support us.