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Sacred Montreal

9/13/2022

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 Here is another of my Islamic poems chanted and recorded live and lo-fi last weekend:​
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Islamic Chant in English

9/6/2022

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This (We Praise and Glorify the One) is the unedited recording of the first time I performed this poem from a series of Islamic chants I have been working on. It was recorded on August 28th, 2022, at the wonderful zawiya of Sidi Nezar, in Mississauga. The performance still needs to be fine-tuned but it was a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed singing it together for Allah's sake.


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Expressions of Sufism in Canada

2/4/2022

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Honoured to have co-written a chapter with my mentor Meena Sharify-Funk, on Sufism in Canada, in a book edited and written by so many esteemed friends and colleagues.

This is the book:
Producing Islam(s) in Canada: On Knowledge, Positionality, and Politics
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Graduation and Dissertation Results

10/7/2020

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It has been a busy few months as you can see from the following summary of my activities:
  • successfully completed the Joint Laurier-Waterloo PhD in Religious Studies, with a concentration in Religious Diversity of North America
  • successfully defended dissertation, "Tradition as Flow: Decolonial Currents in the Muslim Atlantic," in May 2020
  • dissertation published online: https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2300/ 
  • will be recognized at the upcoming Fall 2020 convocation ceremony
  • recipient of the Award for Outstanding Work at the Graduate Level by the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Laurier University 
  • for the public presentation of dissertation findings, published a series of five videos online: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC-Hd5dnAtd0U5wwbuwm2UKVMF8wyL-yt  (the last video is now posted)
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Dissertation Findings Video 4

9/2/2020

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My Dissertation is Available Online

8/28/2020

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My dissertation has been published online. To access it, please click here: Tradition as Flow: Decolonial Currents in the Muslim Atlantic.
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Dissertation Findings Videos 2 and 3

7/11/2020

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Here are videos 2 and 3 from the series summarizing my dissertation findings:

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Dissertation Findings Video 1

6/12/2020

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Here is video 1 of 5 presenting my dissertation findings. Yes, I successfully defended my dissertation on May 26th, 2020 (al-hamdulilah). The full text of the dissertation will be published and made available online this summer (in sha Allah). In the meantime, I am publishing videos presenting my research findings. Stay posted in the coming weeks for the other 4 videos of this series. Comments and questions are welcome. Enjoy!
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Scenes from Morocco and Spain

10/19/2019

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Here is a slideshow with photos from my travels in Morocco and Southern Spain in 2018 and 2019. Enjoy!
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Islam, Coloniality and Tradition - Summer course in Morocco 2019

10/17/2018

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I am honoured to be teaching this summer course in Morocco with my mentor and friend, Professor Ali Zaidi.

It is a full-credit course for Laurier University undergraduates , offered jointly by the Global Studies Department and the Department of Religion and Culture.

Overview:

​Spring 2019, May  20-24 at Laurier
June 1-18 in Morocco

Stay in the capital, Rabat

Take excursions to Casablanca, Tangiers, Fez, Meknes, and UNESCO sites

Experience Ramadan and Eid during 5-day homestay

Witness the effects of coloniality, capitalism and the refugee-crisis


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