Category: Media Appearances

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.

As Ismailis, We Should all Care about Climate Change. | IsmailisRiseUp. Our generation is faced with a daunting task: stop climate change. But how? Dr. Rashid, who has witnessed his home city of New York transition from a sub-temperate to a sub-tropical climate in his lifetime, explains that it is…Continue readingAs Ismailis, We Should all Care about Climate Change. | IsmailisRiseUp

A fun little interview I did for Columbia College Today.   What, if anything, about your College experience would you do over? I tried to go to as many talks as I could on campus, because we had so many great speakers. I always left feeling inspired and interested. I…Continue readingColumbia Take 5

Ms. Marvel’s America: Looking toward a superhero in challenging times | Goshen College. “Superheroes, of course, can’t swoop in and save us in times of crisis. But they can demonstrate ways for us to help each other with the tools we do have at hand,” says Goshen College Professor of…Continue readingMs. Marvel’s America: Looking toward a superhero in challenging times | Goshen College

This week we feature selections from the December 8, 2019 Sounds of Faith concert at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. According to Dr. Hussein Rashid a religious literacy expert and cultural competency consultant who teaches at the New School in New York,  if you don’t appreciate the religious…Continue readingSounds of Faith concert at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History