In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Rizwan Ahmad, Professor of Sociolinguistics in the Department of English Literature and Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University in Doha. We discuss aspects of the Linguistic Landscape, focusing on Rizwan’s research into how Arabic is used on public ... Show More
Yesterday
Elana Resnick, "Refusing Sustainability: Race and Environmentalism in a Changing Europe" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Sustainability has become a touchstone for development worldwide, promising an antidote to environmental degradation and capitalism's excess: waste. Refusing Sustainability: Race and Environmentalism in a Changing Europe (Stanford University Press, 2025) presents a fundamentally ... Show More
41m 12s
Apr 6
Alex Diamond, "Governing the Excluded: Rural Livelihoods Beyond Coca in Colombia's Peace Laboratory" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
The Colombian village of Briceño might, at first glimpse, look like many communities in the rural Global South. Many of the people living there rely on small-scale farming, even as a newly constructed hydroelectric dam threatens traditional livelihoods. Yet after decades where Br ... Show More
1h 4m
Yesterday
Khiara Bridges, "Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans" (MIT Press, 2026)
An unsettling exploration of the persistence of racism in reproductive healthcare in the US—and why even affluent Black women are imperiled by substandard care.From a leading expert on race, class, maternal health, and reproductive rights.Racism in maternal healthcare is not rese ... Show More
47m 26s
Dec 2023
Observing World Arabic Language Day on December 18, Why is Arabic So Unique? (18.12.2023)
Abdul Karim and Rania speak to Dr. Bilal Al-Omar, Senior Lecturer of Arabic at The Africa Institute in Sharjah, about the significance of the Arabic language.
Dr. Bilal also talks about what the institute offers in terms of programs for teaching and learning Arabic.
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15m 2s
Aug 2020
Islam, From China To Arabia | Mukhlis Mah | Ep. 11
<p>In our latest podcast, we are joined by Mukhlis Mah, an Australian Chinese Muslim who has been studying the Arabic language for over 6 years.<br/><br/>In this discussion, we go over a range of topics including the history of Islam in China, his journey in studying the Arabic l ... Show More
33m 52s
Oct 2024
Teaching Arabic As a Second Language | Muntasir Al Hamad
<p>Muntasir Al Hamad joins us on the media majlis museum podcast to talk about teaching Arabic as a second language. We talk about designing language, teaching curricula, and working with students of different native languages, while tackling the nuances of amiyya, fasiha and fus ... Show More
48m 42s