The Field Between

We really enjoyed our conversation with two people who are doing incredible work in their respective fields: Hamid Bendaas, formerly in comms for Bernie Sanders and current communications director for IMEU Policy Project ,  and award-winning journalist/media critic Sana Saeed .   We discuss the question of whether Muslims (and other people) should continue abandoning the Democratic Party as well l...

We discuss Noura Erakat's article, 'The Boomerang Comes Back', in Boston Review, as well as some of the articles linked in the citations. We then quickly reflect on the one-year mark since Aaron Bushnell's self immolation. We highly recommend reading Ryan D'Souza's article about Aaron .  

We weigh in on the news of the week, primarily on the murder and martyrdom of Imam Muhsin Hendricks in South Africa, and why Muslims need to keep pushing for queer Muslim spaces.

Professor Yasmine gives her perspective and insight on the cuts in education spending. We then discuss Trump floating his plan to ethnically cleanse Palestine and how no one in the opposition party or press is embarrassing him for continuing the longstanding tradition of U.S. Presidents being Netanyahu's lapdogs. Lastly, we discuss the sovereign wealth fund order Trump signed, and why we're CAUTIO...

We have a delightful conversation with Hoda Abrahim (@watshoodie), half of the matchmaking duo on Hulu's forthcoming show Muslim Matchmaker, about her journey as a Muslim matchmaker, love, courtship, and more.  You can watch Muslim Matchmaker on Hulu starting February 11th and, if you're a single Muslim looking for that special someone, you can find out more about Hoda's matchmaking service here: ...

We discuss the IHRA definition of antisemitism and what it means that Harvard adopted it.

We spend most of the time discussing the ceasefire on this one. We hope to do another episode in which we can bring on an expert who can help us cut through some of the noise.  Help us out by subscribing/rating our show wherever you listen to podcasts (it really does help us improve our reach), and follow us on Instagram @The_Field_Between_Pod. We also launched our Youtube channel! We hope to have...

We talk about Nosferatu (no spoilers, but the story is also more than a century old, so c'mon), Ramaswamy & Musk's support of the H1-B program, and a medical article that has rocked Yasmine's world in the last month.    

We are joined by Hossam El Hamalawy, a revolutionary socialist and journalist. You can find his work on Middle East Eye and his Substack 3rabawy, where he provides commentary on Egypt's military, security services, foreign policy, and local dissent.   Links: Hossam's Substack newsletter 3arabawy  https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/hossam-el-hamalawy Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

We are thrilled to be joined by Addy and Ben, who are on the steering committee for Pittsburgh's Not On Our Dime campaign, a grassroots effort to financially divest the city of Pittsburgh from Israel's war crimes, as well as provide a means of democratic oversight of the city's funds by requiring some level of transparency into how the city invests taxpayer money.   This is a great episode for any...

We catch up on a few random items, then we discuss the cryptocurrency scandal surrounding Hailey Welch (Hawk Tuah), another beautifully-written opinion piece by NYT's Bret Stephens, and then Ahmed finally get Yasmine to admit she wants a Christmas tree.

We catch up on the weekend, and then discuss a really insightful Thomas Friedman article in which he solves Syria. Then we discuss Bari Weiss's media outlet's investigation into a Muslim press conference before we talk about Luigi Mangione, his arrest, and a moment that seemingly brought everyone together.

We try to provide a  very basic summary of what's happening in Syria, but mostly we respond to a lacking analysis coming from the US left that seems to think the Russian nation state has noble intentions in the region.   As always, we welcome feedback. As we stated in the episode, we would be happy to have anyone on who can further clarify some things that are beyond our current understanding of t...

While Yasmine is away, the guys will play. Corey and I (Ahmed) submit our audition tape to become the left's Joes Rogan (most people would have written "Joe Rogans," but it's actually like "Attorneys General"). Mostly we try to gauge what lessons are being learned from the post-election analysis in the New York Times (would you be surprised if I told you it's very few?).

We talk to our friend, Professor Barbara Sostaita, about her recently published book  Sanctuary Everywhere , which is out with Duke University Press. You can buy her book here: https://www.dukeupress.edu/sanctuary-everywhere Also, please watch the incredible trailer for the book, created by Alex Morelli, whose still image was used for cover art for the episode: https://vimeo.com/1004989085 From DU...

We start of with some follow-up to the election, and a critique of the game Bernie Sanders has been running for the last 4+ years before we get into something a little more fun and lighthearted: Yasmine made Ahmed watch Love Is Blind Habibi.

We come to you mid-week for an emergency broadcast.  We briefly give our thoughts on the election results. Overall, I think it's an honest discussion of how we ended up here, the losses and wins, why neither of us is surprised this happened, and how we plan to focus our energy going forward.   If you enjoy what we're doing, please consider rating us wherever you listen to podcasts, and following u...

Not gonna lie... a pretty rough episode in terms of topics. We make our final election predictions before moving on to discuss the shocking news about Al Maghrib Institute's Wissam Sherif, as well as the organization's unemphatic response. For those who would rather skip the details and discussion of the specific allegations of sexual abuse, we introduce the topic at around 27:00 and shift the dis...

Ahmed quit his job! Yasmine finished the Tour de Appalachia. We then discuss the election, who we're voting for, and a really important Thomas Friedman op-ed.

Director, producer, all around Very Good Boy Corey Reid stops by while Yasmine is away.   We have a fun conversation about the Prager U Infidel video warning about the ever-present threat of radical Islam.

Help hurricane Helene survivors: World Central Kitchen Here is a post that links to mutual aid orgs in Western NC

We talk about the all-out war happening after Israel's persistent attempts to escalate through its attacks on Lebanon. We then shift to a story about a man in North Carolina who loves trains so much it got him in trouble!

Our first installment of what will be a series of episodes in which we analyze Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing and its deleterious effect on the American liberal psyche.

More of an updates episode we recorded after a long day of traveling. We talk about the NYU definition of "Zionist," Israel's siege on the West Bank and its refusal to advance ceasefire negotiations, as well as Kamala Harris's unwillingness to change her policy on supporting a genocide. We end up going back and forth about the Green Party for a bit before we close out. We have some great guests we...

Much like a roundtable of Islamic scholars at Azhar University, we ponder whether sex toys and Islam are compatible. Despite some minor audio issues, this is a fun one! We'll try to be back mid-week for a bonus episode.