“On the Square: Real Talk on Race and Islam in the Americas,” is a podcast produced by Sapelo Square in collaboration with the Maydan. Sapelo’s editors get “on the square” with guests in lively and unfiltered conversations on a wide range of real issues from settler colonialism and the police state to the question of being Black and Muslim in the world. Like our award-winning website, On The Square is a digital space where we come together, exchange, celebrate, debate and always keep it real.
On The Square and the Maydan Podcast is supported by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
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“On the Square: Real Talk on Race and Islam in the Americas,” is a podcast produced by Sapelo Square in collaboration with the Maydan. Sapelo’s editors get “on the square” with guests in lively and unfiltered conversations on a wide range of real issues from settler colonialism and the police state to the question of being Black and Muslim in the world. Like our award-winning website, On The Square is a digital space where we come together, exchange, celebrate, debate and always keep it real.
On The Square and the Maydan Podcast is supported by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
In this episode, Sapelo Square History Editor Zaheer Ali speaks with Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer about her latest work, Umi’s Archive, a multimedia research project that digs deep into the life of her mother, Amina Amatul Haqq (neé Audrey Weeks), to explore the meanings of being Black in the world.
Opening contains audio from a video performance by Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, featured in “Why Umi’s Archive?”
This episode includes an excerpt from Suad El-Amin’s “Shahadah.”
On The Square theme music was created by Fanatik OnBeats.
Artwork for On The Square was created by Scheme of Things Graphics.
On The Square
“On the Square: Real Talk on Race and Islam in the Americas,” is a podcast produced by Sapelo Square in collaboration with the Maydan. Sapelo’s editors get “on the square” with guests in lively and unfiltered conversations on a wide range of real issues from settler colonialism and the police state to the question of being Black and Muslim in the world. Like our award-winning website, On The Square is a digital space where we come together, exchange, celebrate, debate and always keep it real.
On The Square and the Maydan Podcast is supported by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
