Menstrual cycles & fiqh can be a pretty complex topic for alot of women for various of reasons. Between understanding fiqh correctly, dealing with taboos or even cultural norms, or simply not being educated on this as a whole.. the topic of periods & fiqh is a pretty important one...leading us to this week's episode, which is a collab with Eamaan Rabbat from ... Show More
Jul 2025
Navigating Your 20s: Careers, Timelines, Marriage & More | Islamic Feelings
Assalamu’alaikum! As requested by my audience, this episode discusses the journey through your 20s — the pressure of building a career, the timing of major life events, marriage, and everything in between. We reflect on how to stay grounded in faith while navigating expectations ... Show More
1h 2m
Jan 2024
Becoming a student of knowledge as a Muslim woman (the benefits, etiquettes, time management & more)
In this episode we will be talking about why seeking knowledge of Islam is an obligation to a Muslim woman, the religious, health and mental benefits of seeking Islamic knowledge, the etiquettes of seeking knowledge, where to find authentic knowledge of Islam and how to master th ... Show More
1h 21m
Apr 2014
Sa’diyya Shaikh, “Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn Arabi, Gender and Sexuality” (University of North Carolina Press, 2012)
Many Muslim debates regarding women are solely situated in legal or political frameworks. For example, we often find this tendency in conversations about women’s leadership in the mosque or the politics of veiling. Sa’diyya Shaikh, Professor of Religious Studies at the University ... Show More
55m 26s
May 2022
On Women of Color in American Islam
Sylvia Chan-Malik is Associate Professor in the Departments of American and Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She talks, teaches, and writes about the intersections of race, gender, and religion, with a focus on the history and cultures of Islam and ... Show More
1h 1m
Aug 2022
Karen Bauer and Feras Hamza, "An Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries (vol. 2): On Women" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Karen Bauer and Feras Hamza's co-written book An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries (vol. 2): On Women (Oxford UP, 2022) is a collection of historical and contemporary commentaries on the Qur’an. It covers five issues: human creation and the idea of “a single soul”; marital roles ... Show More
1h 16m
Aug 2021
Simonetta Calderini, "Women as Imams: Classical Islamic Sources and Modern Debates on Leading Prayer" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
What does Islam say about women’s leadership of prayer? What sources have Muslim scholars used historically to answer this question, and what do those sources say exactly? What are the conditions under which women can lead prayers, and which types of prayers can they lead, if at ... Show More
44m 3s