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Younus Y. Mirza, "The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries" (Fortress Press, 2025)

Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been historically revered throughout the Islamic tradition. This began already in the Qur'an, where she is called by the name "Maryam." The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries (Fortress Press, 2025) examines the ... more

12 Aug 2026 • 47 min

Daniel Majchrowicz, "A Journey to Mecca and London: The Travels of an Indian Muslim Woman, 1909–1910" (Indiana UP, 2025)

Descended from Mughal nobility, Akhtar al-Nisa Begum Nawab Sarbuland Jung grew up in Hyderabad in southern India, where she lived a quiet, private, and privileged life at the heart of the state's royal court. In 1896, at the age of 20, she married... more

10 Aug 2026 • 1 hr 1 min

Muslims and the Minority Question across the Indian Ocean: A Conversation With Roy Bar Sadeh

In this conversation, we are entering an Indian Ocean world connected

by steamships, telegraphs, pilgrimage routes, and print. From Bombay

and the Gulf to Cairo and Mecca—and onward to Moscow and

Geneva—merchants, scholars, activists, and politica... more

5 Aug 2026 • 1 hr 10 min

Paulina Banas, "Visualizing Egypt: European Travel, Book Publishing, and the Commercialization of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century" (American University in Cairo Press, 2025)

Following Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1798 campaign in Egypt, new possibilities of travel and improvements in printing technology saw an emergence of publishing ventures in France and Britain dedicated to the production of albums and travel accounts featuri... more

2 Aug 2026 • 51 min

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Roy Bar Sadeh

Historian of modern South Asia and the broader Islamic world

University of Oxford; St. Anthony's College; University of Manchester

Episode: Muslims and the Minority Question across the Indian Ocean: A Conversation With Roy Bar Sadeh

Mohammed Alsudairi

Elector of Politics and International Relations of the Arabic-Speaking World

Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Australian National University

Episode: Muslims and the Minority Question across the Indian Ocean: A Conversation With Roy Bar Sadeh

Paulina Banas

Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Episode: Paulina Banas, "Visualizing Egypt: European Travel, Book Publishing, and the Commercialization of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century" (American University in Cairo Press, 2025)

Maryam Khan

Associate professor at Wolfert-Loria University

Episode: Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan eds., "Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing" (U Regina Press, 2026)

Rahim Thawer

PhD candidate at the University of Alabama and a registered social worker and psychotherapist

University of Alabama

Episode: Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan eds., "Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing" (U Regina Press, 2026)

Xian Aubin Wang

Author of Islam and Maoism in Southern Yunnan, State Violence and Resistance, 1949-2024

Cornell University Press

Episode: Xian Aubin Wang, "Islam and Maoism in Southern Yunnan: State Violence and Resistance, 1949–2024" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Aditi Chandra

Professor, author of Unruly Monuments, Disrupting the State at Delhi's Islamic Architecture

University of California, Merced

Episode: Aditi Chandra, "Unruly Monuments: Disrupting the State at Delhi's Islamic Architecture" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Chiara Formichi

Author of Domestic Nationalism, Muslim Women, Health, and Modernity in Indonesia

Cornell University, Southeast Asian Studies

Episode: Chiara Formichi, "Domestic Nationalism: Muslim Women, Health, and Modernity in Indonesia" (Stanford UP, 2025)

Marta Dominguez Diaz

Senior lecturer in Islamic Studies, Anthropology

University of St. Gallen

Episode: Marta Dominguez Diaz, "Tunisia's Andalusians: The Cultural Identity of a North African Minority" (Edinburgh UP, 2025)

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Host of The New Books Network

Jaclyn Michael

Host of New Books in Islamic Studies

Claudia Radiven

Host of Radio Reorient / The New Books Network

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Host / Panelist on Radio ReOrient; co-host of episodes

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Host of the New Books Network podcast

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4.7 out of 5 stars from 98 ratings

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Love this podcast! Always a great topic that is discussed! Very informative
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Muslims and the Minority Question across the Indian Ocean: A Conversation With Roy Bar Sadeh

Q: What is the central paradox you describe about Muslims in South Asia before Partition and their classification as minorities within the British Indian context?

The paradox lies in a global majority-scale Muslim population being treated and politically categorized as minorities within India's political framework, revealing how modern state structures and demographic categorization shaped minority status and political strategy.

Paulina Banas, "Visualizing Egypt: European Travel, Book Publishing, and the Commercialization of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century" (American University in Cairo Press, 2025)

Q: Why Egypt in particular, and how did Napoleon's campaign trigger a wave of illustrated books and modern Egypt imagery?

The guest explains the Bonaparte campaign as a catalyst for collecting, Description de l'Egypte, and the emergence of illustrated Egypt books, alongside the growing interest in Egyptology and travel that fed publishing markets in the 19th century.

Paulina Banas, "Visualizing Egypt: European Travel, Book Publishing, and the Commercialization of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century" (American University in Cairo Press, 2025)

Q: What set of scholarship influenced you to focus on the commercial aspect of the illustrated book industry?

She cites Derek Gregory, Edward Said, Ali Bekhtad (Ali Bekhadhat), Mary Roberts, and others who examined the power structures and networks around Orientalism, emphasizing how commercial and collaborative dimensions shape image production.

Paulina Banas, "Visualizing Egypt: European Travel, Book Publishing, and the Commercialization of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century" (American University in Cairo Press, 2025)

Q: To start, could you introduce yourself and tell us how you came to study Middle East and Islamic art broadly and the current topic more specifically?

The guest discusses her background, moving from Poland to France and the U.S., her interest in 19th-century visual culture, and how her work focuses on the publishing and editorial processes behind Orientalist imagery, especially in relation to Egypt.

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Q: And Oludamini, may I ask you, in the spirit of this conversation, for our listeners, would you translate khutba and hadith?

Khutba is like a Friday sermon or homily, a sermon given by the imam before the prayers; hadith is a saying or tradition about the Prophet Mohammed, transmitted through a chain of narration. These examples illustrate how hard it is to express Islamic concepts in English without losing nuance, and they show why scholars carefully choose or adapt terms rather than rely on direct, one-to-one translations.

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What is New Books in Islamic Studies about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The episodes feature in-depth conversations with scholars about recently published books and research on Islam, Muslim communities, and related histories. Topics span colonial legacies, Islamophobia, state policy, education within Muslim communities, Sufism, and transregional diasporas, often blending ethnography, theory, and archival work. Noteworthy are the rigorous academic framing, global geographic scope (from Southeast Asia to Europe and the Middle East), and a mix of methodological approaches that illuminate how religion, politics, and culture intersect in contemporary contexts. The show frequently elevates nuanced, field-based insights and invites audiences to consider how ideas about Islam and Muslim societies shape public discours... more

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