Night Journey Podcast

A fascinating conversation this month with Alia Jeraj about Muharram mourning songs, and the women who sing them. I hope you enjoy! best, Isra This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nightjourney.substack.com

A very special episode this month on the embodied theologies of qawwali music with AR Malik . I hope you enjoy! Some of the delightful musical pieces discussed: Allah hi Jaane Kaun Bashar Hain (Aziz Mian) Man Kunto Maula A Beautiful Noise (Neil Diamond) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nightjourney.substack.co...

A conversation with Safa Ahmed on Indian Muslim diaspora politics through and beyond Hindutva. I hope you enjoy — Eid Mubarak! Links: Abul Kalam Azad’s speech in front of Jama Masjid, 1947 An explainer on Hindutva 101 , put together by Savera, a coalition of progressive and multifaith civil society organizations (including Hindus, Muslims, Dalits, and Sikhs Sharjeel Imam on Islamic modernism, demo...

Dear friends, Happy Ramadan! Releasing a special seasonal podcast episode today featuring a conversation with Chaplain Leena Safi on the concept of shura , or relational care, in the Islamic tradition. Podcast episodes are also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. I hope you enjoy! best, Isra This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo...

Dear friends, Today, we have a new episode of the Night Journey podcast featuring a conversation with writer and scholar Karis Ryu about world building, theology, and the secular. Podcast episodes are also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. I hope you enjoy! best, Isra This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ni...

Dear friends, Happy New Year! I present to you a new episode of the Night Journey podcast featuring a conversation with theologian and professor Martin Nguyen about theology and the creative process. Podcast episodes are also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. I hope you enjoy! best, Isra This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonu...

Dear friends, I hope you all are thriving! Sharing with you the next episode of the Night Journey podcast, in which I speak with my dear colleague and friend, Leanne Gale, about social justice lawyering, spirituality, and her work as a founding member of the New Haven anti-zionist synagogue Mending Minyan . Podcast episodes are now also available on Spotify. I hope you enjoy! best, Isra This is a...

Dear friends, Happy August! The summer has come and gone, and I have been meaning to write to you this whole while. I have spent most of its humid expanse working very slowly on the very beginnings of a dissertation topic, and I’m afraid the terror of such a big undertaking, along with its many attendant meanings, have siphoned off a great deal of energy from me these past months and weeks. But th...