Yasmine & Ahmed

The Field Between

Society EN ↓ 132 episodes

Yasmine (professor of Islamic Studies) and Ahmed (online) meet in The Field Between. Listen to a young Muslim couple talk about current events, politics, reading, poetry, academia, and much more.

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Yasmine & Ahmed

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Ep.7 Sharia Airlines (w/special guest DRAKE) 03.04.2023 42:01

We update on some Ramadan goals, we hear a new Drake song about converting to Islam, and then we get a ruling on anime, and Ahmed has been watching Ultimate Airport Dubai, so we talk about that too. Music: "New Faith" lyrics generated using ChatGPT, voice generated using Uberduck, beat produced by ThatKalb (aka Ahmed) "Bread" by Antonio Griggs

Ep. 6: Is Our Children Learning? 27.03.2023 1:04:19

Not gonna lie... this one wanders a bit. We discuss angels and demons (not the book), Islamic numerology, pseudo-science, and then we talk about a truly psychicly damaging experience we had visiting a nearby university.

Ep. 5 Ramadan Muslims 20.03.2023 41:16

Why are we in Pittsburgh? What does Jordan Peterson think is happening in China? A sheikh advises us about drinking breastmilk, and then we discuss a piece in Buzzfeed about Ramadan Muslims by Hanif Abdurraqib before we get into our own Ramadan goals. We recorded this one on the road. The audio quality is bad, but I did my best. Yasmine loves to breathe. (Interlude music: "I love to piss" by H...

Ep.4 Celibacy & Women's Liberation 12.03.2023 1:12:50

We discuss conservatives being mad at Hershey's, MILFs, a New Yorker article that didn't need to be written, and some articles in a radical feminist journal from the 60s/70s. Also, as a bonus, Yasmine takes a quiz assessing her instincts as a feminist. Artwork by Indra Dean Allen for issue #1 of 'No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation'

Ep.3 Exiting The Vampire Castle 06.03.2023 1:01:22

We discuss evangelical Christians, Joe Biden deepfakes, and Mark Fisher's essay "Exiting the Vampire Castle."

Ep.2 Perception Box 02.03.2023 1:04:47

We talk about Liver King who, in at least one way, is a spiritual leader of our times. We also talk about Elizabeth Koch's noble new startup which will surely change the world.

Ep.1 Conference of the Birds 02.03.2023 51:35

We introduce The Field Between, talk about some random Twitter stuff, and discuss the Sufi epic by Farid Al-Din Attar, The Conference of the Birds.