Best Baraka Blue Podcasts (2024)

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#061: The Sufi Philosophy of 'Ayn al-Quḍāt w/ Mohammad Rustom 1:55:23

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In this episode, we discuss Mohammad Rustom's new book, Inrushes of the Heart, which delves into the life and thought of the Muslim philosopher and Sufi master 'Ayn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī. The conversation explores the book's insights into 'Ayn al-Quḍāt's original teachings on topics such as God, human agency, and spiritual practice.Path & Present is a …

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Muhammad Suhail, Author of He Who Is Made Lord 50:49

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Muhammad Suhail Mohamed Yazid is a PhD candidate in History and the Prince of Wales Student at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. A Singaporean historian, Suhail researches the broader history of decolonisation in the Malay World, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the Global South. His book He Who is Made Lord recovers the multiple meanings o…

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Baraka Blue with Ameera Aslam: Truth and Beauty 1:16:01

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Baraka Blue with Ameera Aslam: Truth and Beauty by Wardah BooksBy Wardah Books

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Hanna Alkaf: Hamra and the Jungle of Memories 1:05:54

1y ago1:05:54

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Hanna Alkaf is the author of Hamra and the Jungle of Memories (HarperCollins). In this recording of a session conducted at Wardah Books titled The Art of Weaving Mythology with Fiction on 28 May 2023, Hanna Alkaf speaks about storytelling and representation, reverse colonisation, and helping children (and adults) see the light out of their darkest …

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Farhat Amin: Smart Muslima 44:55

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Farhat Amin speaks about her two books Smart Single Muslimah and Smart Teenage Muslimah. Our guest host for this episode is Ameera Aslam.Farhat Amin is an author and has been involved in UK dawah for over 25 years. Through her books and courses, she promotes Islamic family values to Muslim women amplifying the Islamic alternative to feminism and pr…

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Qad Kafani: Recording in Wardah Books 4:43

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This is an archival atmospheric recording of an impromptu performance by an Indonesian qasida group that sang in the bookshop. It was recorded in the shop in February 2010; you can hear the door chime and customers speaking in low voices in the background. Qad Kafani is a qasida written by Imam 'Abdullah ibn 'Alawi al-Haddad.…

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Madiha M Saeed: The Quranic Prescription 48:29

1+ y ago48:29

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Madiha M Saeed, MD is the author of The Quranic Prescription: Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health. In this episode, we are privileged to speak to someone who believes so passionately in the importance of a lifestyle grounded in tayyib, as 'prescribed' by the Quran.By Wardah Books

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Aliyah Umm Raiyaan, author of Ramadan Reflections: A Guided Journal 31:22

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We speak with Aliyah Umm Raiyaan, author of Ramadan Reflections: A Guided Journal, on her book and on journaling as a practice to become more akhirah-focussed. Aliyah Umm Raiyaan converted to Islam more than two decades ago and has been involved in UK dawah for over 20 years. In 2010, she founded Solace UK, a charity that helps women who have conve…

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Dr Hisham A. Hellyer 1:06:03

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Dr. Hisham A. Hellyer is an academic and public intellectual who researches the politics and geopolitics of the contemporary Middle East, security studies globally, and the interplay between faith and modernity. A scholar in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA), and Senior Associate Fellow in International…

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#060: Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam w/ A. Helwa 1:43:30

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A. Helwa believes that every single person on Earth is deeply loved by the Divine. She is a writer who has inspired hundreds of thousands of readers through her passionate, poetic, and love-based approach to spirituality. Her popular blog @quranquotesdaily, was established while obtaining her Masters in Divinity, as a means of helping others overco…

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Sukina Noor: Love and Longing 42:02

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Sukina Noor is an internationally renowned poet, spoken-word artist, playwright, workshop facilitator, educator and public speaker who has toured extensively across UK, Europe, America and Africa performing, delivering poetry workshops, partaking in panel discussions and delivering lectures. She holds a BA (Hons) Degree in English Literature and Ca…

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#059: Vast Oceans: From the Spirituality of Malcolm to the Activism of Rumi w/ Dr. Youssef Carter 1:25:35

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Dr. Carter is Assistant Professor and Kenan Rifai Fellow in Islamic Studies at the Department of Religious Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Carter has a special interest in Sufism, a passion that has been sparked by years of research and involvement amongst Black Muslim communities in the United States as well as Senegal. When it comes to the classr…

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#058: A Journey of the Soul, A Journey to Islam w. Dr. Abdallah Rothman 1:42:05

2y ago1:42:05

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Dr. Abdallah Rothman is Professor of Islamic Psychology and Principal at Cambridge Muslim College, founder of Shifaa Integrative Counseling and co-founder and Executive Director of the International Association of Islamic Psychology. He was previously Visiting Professor of Psychology at George Washington University, Zaim University Istanbul, Intern…

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#057: Case of Jamil Al-Amin: w/ Kairi Al-Amin & Maha Elkolalli 1:17:49

2y ago1:17:49

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Time Magazine: The Many Lives of H. Rap Brown https://time.com/6111614/h-rap-brown-jamil-al-amin/JAMIL AL-AMIN, IMAM (1943– )A gifted rhetorician and civil rights activist, the American Muslim leader Jamil al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown, born in 1943) came to national prominence in the 1960s as an outspoken advocate of black power. In 1967, Brown s…

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#056: Hafez & The Persian Sufi Poetic Tradition w/ Nicholas Boylston 1:14:26

2y ago1:14:26

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#056: Hafez & The Persian Sufi Poetic Tradition w/ Nicholas Boylston by Baraka BlueBy Baraka Blue

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#055: Wisdom Crystallized: What is Sufi Metaphysics? w/ Mohammed Rustom 1:08:31

3+ y ago1:08:31

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We speak about the course Wisdom Crystallized: Sufi Metaphysics in 21 Verses. https://www.rumicenter.love/wisdomhttps://www.mohammedrustom.comMohammed Rustom is Associate Professor of Islamic Philosophy and Islamic Studies in the College of the Humanities at Carleton University. He obtained a PhD from the University of Toronto in 2009, specializing…

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#054: Awakening in the Dream: Ibn Arabi, Virtual Reality & Ultimate Reality w/ Oludamini Ogunnaike 1:36:08

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Oludamini Ogunnaike holds a PhD in African Studies and the Study of Religion from Harvard University, and is Assistant Professor of African Religious Thought at the University of Virginia.Oludamini Ogunnaike is a scholar of African, Islamic, and Religious Studies, with a focus on the intellectual and artistic dimensions of West African Sufism and I…

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#053: Islam & the Blackamerican: Reflections on Race, Religion & Identity w/ Dr. Sherman Jackson 1:07:38

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Dr. Sherman Jackson is the King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture, and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California (USC).In this conversation, recorded February 2020, Dr. Jackson reflects on his seminal work, "Islam and the Blackamerican" nearly 20 years after it was written. He gives …

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#052: A Ramadan in Retreat: Psychological/Spiritual Wellness in Isolation w/ Dr. Abdallah Rothman 1:00:12

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Dr. Abdallah Rothman is an Islamic Psychology researcher and practitioner. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Board Certified Registered Art Therapist (ATR-BC). In addition to his academic and clinical training in Western psychology, Abdallah studies and practices Islamic Psychology and is currently doing doctoral research in this …

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#051: Women of Light w/ Ieasha Prime 57:42

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Ieasha Prime converted to Islam more than 20 years ago, after being an International Youth Ambassador to Morocco and Senegal. It was during this time in her youth that she officially began studying Islam. The year she returned from the youth ambassador’s program, she took an Islamic Studies course at the Islamic Center in Washington D.C. from the p…

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#050: Beauty in Breaking: The Heart of Poetry w/ Amir Sulaiman (LIVE @ WASAT) 1:19:56

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Amir Sulaiman is a poet, recording artist, Harvard Fellow, actor, screen writer and producer born in Rochester, New York. His poems cross subjects of love, tragedy as well as what it means to reconcile humanity with the unprecedented trials of modernity. He has performed his works across the US as well as many other countries including England, Bel…

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#049: The Walking Quran: Insights from Islam in Africa w/ Dr. Bilal Ware 1:11:34

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Dr. Bilal Ware is a historian of Africa and Islam. He is professor at UC Santa Barbara. He earned his Ph.D. in 2004 at the University of Pennsylvania where he trained in African History, African-American History, and Islamic Intellectual History. His research spans the last thousand years, centering on West Africa, while reaching into the Mediterra…

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#048: 'Ayn al-Qudat's Tawhid of Iblis: In Defense of the Devil? w/ Mohammed Rustom 52:12

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Mohammed Rustom is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Carleton University. He obtained a PhD from the University of Toronto in 2009, specializing in Islamic thought, Quranic exegesis, and Persian literature. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the NYUAD Library of Arabic Literature.Website: https://www.mohammedrustom.comArticles: https://www.…

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#047: The Inner Search: 45 Years on the Sufi Path w/ Shems Friedlander 1:21:08

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Shems Friedlander is the author of ten books, including a number of books about Rumi. He is a painter, photographer, designer, filmmaker, and educator. Friedlander was Emeritus Professor at the American University in Cairo. He was selected as one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World, in the field of Art and Culture, by the Royal Islamic…

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#046: The Way of the Whirling Dervish w/ Mithat Özçakıl 1:06:50

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Mithat Özçakıl is a third generation dervish in the Mevlevi Sufi order, the order founded by Rumi, known in the West as the Whirling Dervishes. He is a graduate student at Selcuk University in the Institute of Rumi Studies. He is also a part of the Sufi Music Ensemble in Konya and works at Irfan Civilization Research Center.…

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#045: Do it for the Deen: From Philly to al-Azhar w/ Youssef Kromah 1:09:20

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Youssef Kromah is an award-winning poet, best-selling author, dynamic speaker, community activist and international television host at Huda TV in Cairo, Egypt. He was first featured as a spoken-word poet on Russel Simmon’s HBO series Brave New Voices and later as a featured guest speaker on CNN’s Who’s Black in America, hosted by Soledad O’Brien. H…

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#044: A Khalifa Upon the Earth: Islam & Stewardship w/ Rhamis Kent 1:23:06

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Rhamis Kent is a consultant with formal training in mechanical engineering (University of Delaware, B.S.M.E. ’95) and permaculture-based regenerative whole systems design serving as a registered certified Permaculture Design instructor with PRI Australia. He also serves as a co-director of the Permaculture Research Institute (PRI), a member of Perm…

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#043: Knowledge of Self: An Islamic Model of the Soul w/ Abdallah Rothman 1:52:00

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You can link to the model that we discuss here: https://images.app.goo.gl/o9o5e1TqBHA26rEcADr. Abdallah Rothman is an Islamic Psychology researcher and practitioner. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Board Certified Registered Art Therapist (ATR-BC). In addition to his academic and clinical training in Western psychology, Abdallah…

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#042: Jesus in Sufism: Ibn 'Arabi, Creativity & the Christic Archetype w/ Ali Hussain 1:41:38

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Dr. Ali Hussain obtained his doctoral degree in Islamic Studies from the University of Michigan, Department of Middle Eastern Studies. His research focuses on the image of Jesus Christ in the writings of Sufi mystics, specifically Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-'Arabi (d. 1240).He is also the founder of Nostalgic Remembrance: Art in Memoirs, an initiative exp…

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#041: Divine Happenings w/ Hakim Archuletta 1:18:37

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Hakim Archuletta has worked within the healing arts profession for over 30 years. He studied homeopathy and apprenticed with Dr. John Damonte in London in the early 70's. He continued these studies in Berkeley apprenticing with homeopathic doctors and working with the first Homeopathic Study group there. He continued his studies in the Middle East,…

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#040: Sufism & Psychology: An Islamic Model of Spiritual Development w/ Abdallah Rothman 1:10:08

5+ y ago1:10:08

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Dr. Abdallah Rothman is an Islamic Psychology researcher and practitioner. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Board Certified Registered Art Therapist (ATR-BC). In addition to his academic and clinical training in Western psychology, Abdallah studies and practices Islamic Psychology and is currently doing doctoral research in this …

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#039: Engaging the Reality through the Imaginary: Narrative & Spiritual Realization w/ Amir Sulaiman 1:33:10

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Amir Sulaiman is a poet, recording artist, Harvard Fellow, actor, screen writer and producer born in Rochester, New York. His poems cross subjects of love, tragedy as well as what it means to reconcile humanity with the unprecedented trials of modernity. He has performed his works across the US as well as many other countries including England, Bel…

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#038: The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Sufism w/ Cyrus Zargar 1:19:11

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Cyrus Zargar is the Endowed Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Central Florida. He earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in Near Eastern Studies in 2008. Zargar’s research interests include Classical Sufism, Islamic Philosophy, Arabic and Persian Sufi Literature, and Ethics in Literature …

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#037: The Life & Legacy of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen w/ Shobhana Xavier 1:41:09

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Dr. Xavier is a professor of Religious Studies at Queens University in Ontario Canada. She works on contemporary global Islam and Sufism, with particular regional interests in North America (United States and Canada) and South Asia(Sri Lanka). She broadly examines how Sufism transforms and/or maintains continuity as it is transmitted to new regions…

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#036: Holistic Islam w/ Kabir Helminski 1:41:40

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Kabir Helminski is a Shaikh of the Mevlevi Order of Sufis, which traces its inspiration to Mevlana Rumi. He began his Mevlevi training as a student of the late Shaikh Suleyman Loras. In 1990 he was subsequently appointed a Shaikh. Under Kabir’s direction, the Mevlevi Order is working to apply traditional Sufi principles to the conditions of contemp…

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#035: The Eye With Which He Sees: The Mysticism of Muhammad ﷺ w/ Zachary Markwith 56:49

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Zachary Markwith is the Executive Director of the Hub Foundation. He is also a doctoral candidate in Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He earned an MA (cum laude) in Comparative Religious Studies at the George Washington University and a BA in Islamic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of California,…

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#034: Sufism Contested: Sufism & Anti-Sufism; Traditionalism & Universal Mysticism w/ Rory Dickson 1:36:59

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Rory Dickson is Assistant Professor of Islamic Religion and Culture at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. He researches Sufism (Contemporary Sufism, Sufism and Islam, Sufism in North America).You can find his books here: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8&text=William+Rory+Dickson&search-alias=books&field-author=William+Rory+…

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#033: What is Sacred Community? w/ Farooq Maseehuddin 1:48:02

6y ago1:48:02

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Farooq Maseehuddin is the Founder of Tarjuma in Edmonton, Canada and has worked closely with Taleef Collective. His graduate research is a comparative study of Christian and Muslim communities in North America. https://tarjuma.caTopics discussed include: History of Muslim community in North America - Unmosqued vs. Demosqued - Third Spaces - Social …

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#032: One Love: The Sufi Path of Radical Love w/ Omid Safi 1:25:13

6+ y ago1:25:13

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Omid Safi is an American Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University, where he is the Director of Duke Islamic Studies Center, and a columnist for On Being. Dr. Safi specializes in Islamic mysticism (Sufism), contemporary Islamic thought and medieval Islamic history. He has served on the board of the Pluralism project at Harvar…

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#031: Divine Comedy w/ Azhar Usman 1:39:40

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Azhar is a standup comedian, actor, writer, playwright, and producer. He is one of Chicago's top standup comics; CNN called him "America's Funniest Muslim," and Georgetown University identified him as "one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World." In 2010, standup icon Dave Chappelle–for whom Azhar has opened over 50 times–commented "Azhar…

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#030: Sacred Art, Sacred Science w/ Hunter Brown 2:13:16

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Hunter Brown studied Art History and Physics at UC Berkeley. His core areas of research are early Buddhist art and ancient Asian art more generally. He is currently living in Bali and studying traditional Balinese Gamelan music.You can support Path & Present here: https://www.patreon.com/pathandpresent…

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#029: Tawba: Turning & Re-turning to the Source w/ Michael Haroon Sugich 1:14:44

7y ago1:14:44

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Michael Sugich is a native of Santa Barbara, California and studied at UCLA and the California Institute of the Arts. He was initiated into a traditional Sufi order in 1972. Since that time he has studied Sufi doctrine and practice with spiritual masters across the Arab and Islamic world. He lived for 23 years in the precincts of the sacred city of…

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#028: The Poetics of Radical Love: Rumi, Hafez, & the Persian Sufi Tradition w/ Leonard Lewisohn 1:05:43

7y ago1:05:43

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Leonard Lewisohn is an American author, translator and lecturer in the area of Islamic studies and a specialist in Persian language and Sufi literature. He is the editor of Mawlana Rumi Review. He is a member of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies in University of Exeter.Mawlana Rumi Review: http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/research/ce…

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#027: The Heart Of Culture: Spirituality, Creativity, Community w/ Abdul-Rehman Malik 1:24:36

7y ago1:24:36

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Abdul-Rahman Malik is an award winning London-based journalist, educator and organiser. Toronto born, he is Programmes Manager for the Radical Middle Way, and Director of the Insight Film Festival. He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio, offering Pause for Thought - contemporary perspectives on spirituality - on Radio 2’s flagship breakfast show …

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#026: Seeing Through A Unique Lens w/ Antar Hanif 1:26:04

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Antar Hanif (iAMSHOOTER) is a veteran photographer who has worked for many clients, including Ikea and Nike. More recently he has been focusing his lens in the fields of fashion and travel photography.We spoke about how your art/craft/work transforms the way you see the world, how travel changes one's vantage point, learning to ride a scooter in Ba…

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#025: The Art of Peace: Hip-Hop, Chess, and Martial Arts w/ Adisa Banjoko 50:40

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Adisa Banjoko aka The Bishop is an author and educator based in the SF Bay Area. In 2006 he founded the 501c3 non-profit Hip-Hop Chess Federation Inc. They fuse music, chess and martial arts to promote unity, strategy and nonviolence. He is also the chess and jiu-jitsu instructor at Zaytuna College. In 2016 he released the book Bobby, Bruce & the B…

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#024: Sociocultural Anthropology (From Cuba to Palestine & Beyond) w/ Michael Vicente Pérez 58:44

7+ y ago58:44

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Michael Vicente Pérez is a professor of Sociocultural Anthropology at the University of Washington. His research interests include migration and displacement, ethnicity and nationalism, memory, violence, human rights, Muslim societies and Islam.https://anthropology.washington.edu/people/michael-vicente-perez…

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#023: Ibn 'Arabi, Rumi, & The Spiritual Power of Art w/ Ali Hussain 1:40:33

7+ y ago1:40:33

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Ali Hussain is a doctoral candidate in Islamic studies in the department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan. His research focuses on Jesus in the thought and writings of the 12th/13th century Muslim mystic Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-?Arabi (d. 1240). He's also interested in sacred bodies as tools for mythic storytelling in Sufism.https://www.…

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#022: The Life & Legacy of Syed Naquib al-Attas w/ Syed Muhiyuddin al-Attas 1:21:17

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Syed Muhiyuddin bin Husein Al-Attas graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Otago, New Zealand in 2011. Since 2012 he has been a student of contemporary Malaysian Philosopher Syed Naquib Al-Attas and his students, especially Prof Wan Mohd, at CASIS(Center for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science and Civilisa…

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#021: Putting the Soul back in Psychology w/ Dr. Malik Badri 1:58:28

7+ y ago1:58:28

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Professor Dr. Malik Badri was born in Rufa’a, Sudan in 1932. He obtained his B.A. (with distinction) and his Masters from the American University of Beirut, in 1956 and 1958 respectively. He further obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Leicester, England in 1961 and his Postgraduate Certificate of Clinical Psychology from the Academic Departme…

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