Category: Media Appearances
Graymalkin Lane on Arabian Knight Podcast
Always excited to join my friends on Graymalkin Lane to discuss the X-Men. This episode is about Arabian Knight, Orientalism, and having a good time.
In the News: How Shia Muslims in NYC feel about having a mayor who shares their faith
I was recently interviewed by NY1 News about what it means to be a Shi’ah Muslim in New York City with a Shi’ah mayor. The original article is here, and the video is embedded below.
Doha Debates: Are superheroes the moral leaders of our time?
Over the summer I took part in a Doha Debate on whether superheroes are the moral leaders of our time or not. Video version. Audio version.
Quoted in RNS about No Kings Rally and Religion
New York faith leaders join ‘No Kings’ march against Trump administration agenda Hussein Rashid, a Muslim scholar who teaches at Union Theological Seminary, addressed the crowd wearing a T-shirt reading “Salam,” Arabic for peace. “God is called the compassionate and the merciful often in the Quran. That is how we…
CNN Short Doc on Harvard Departure
CNN ran a short doc on my departure from Harvard. Two versions of the same documentary are embedded below.
Harvard Crimson on Closure of RPL
A Divinity School Program Became a Political Liability. In One Semester, Harvard Took It Apart. The report on combating anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, and anti-Palestinian bias raised concerns about the recent leadership changes within the program, referencing Rashid’s accusations of bias within the University.
NBC News Story
How a Harvard initiative studying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict collapsed “Nobody came to our defense,” said Hussein Rashid, the program’s former assistant dean, who resigned from his post in January and left at the end of June. “Our students were fantastic — our administrators were cowards.”…The next day, Rashid sent his…