I am an Ariane de Rothschild Fellow
I am currently in fellowship that focuses on social entrepreneurship and inter-cultural relations. At the end, I will join the network of AdR Fellows. Details can be found here.
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Quoted on PRI’s The World on Arab Poetry in modern music
The full piece can be heard on PRI’s website for the The World. Lots of good music.
Quoted on American and Muslim-Majority World Cultural Exchanges
Salt Lake Tribune Washington Post Huffington Post
Quoted on Fox411 on Free Speech
From Fox411 (they will hopefully fix the affiliation): Hussein Rashid, religion professor and religion dispatches associate editor at Hofstra University, said he is concerned that self-censorship will lead to a shutdown of the dialogue that must continue if people can be brought to understand the true meaning of Islam. “I…
Quoted about Revolution Muslim and South Park
My piece on Religion Dispatches on South Park and Revolution Muslim has been quoted in several other outlets: The Guardian: No freak-out over South Park by Zahed Amanullah Tikkun Daily: Beavis and Butt-Head declare holy war against “South Park” by Svend White Beliefnet: South Park, Muhammad, Jesus, and the Media…
Quoted: Cleveland Plain Dealer on Taqwacore
Quoted may be too generous as it seems to be an uncredited reference to an article on Religion Dispatches. Cleveland International Film Festival: Locally filmed ‘Taqwacores’ explores Muslim youth rebellion Many Muslims found the book’s depictions — of drinking, sex, drugs and young people who challenge the religion’s teachings —…
Translations of the Qur’an
Abdel Haleem Ahmed Ali Bakhtiar Behbudi and Turner Khalidi Mir Ali Quli Qarai Yusuf Ali