Network ReOrient

About Network ReOrient

This is Radio ReOrient: exploring the post-Western, reconnecting the Islamosphere. Every Friday, during our seasons, we feature conversations with thinkers, artists and community activists about things Islamicate and decolonial. Radio ReOrient is a part of the Critical Muslim Studies project, connecting and intersecting acts of epistemic disobedience and political re-imagination. Check out https://www.criticalmuslimstudies.co.uk/

Publisher

Radio ReOrient

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Apr 2019

Latest episode

14 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

102 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Apr 2025

   Muslimness in Bosnia: A Discussion with Ðermana Kuric

   In this episode, Hizer Mir and Chella Ward talked to Ðermana Kuric about Bosnia and Muslimness, focussing on the ways the history of Muslimness in Bosnia interacts with current identities and practices. Ðermana is a researcher whose work concerns hate crime and discrimination in relation to Muslims in Europe. This episode is one of our ‘Forgotten Ummah’ episodes where we consider Muslimness in places outside of those traditional considered to be Muslim.

2. 

   7 Apr 2025

   Queer Jews, Queer Muslims: A Discussion with Adi Saleem and Shanon Shah

   In this episode of Radio ReOrient, Claudia Radiven and Chella Ward spoke to Adi Saleem and Shanon Shah. They discussed the recent publication of the book Queer Muslims, Queer Jews: Race, Religion, and Representation (Wayne State UP, 2024) that Adi edited and Shannon contributed a chapter. Adi is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan with a focus on the intersection of race and religion, particularly in relation to Jews and Muslims. Shannon is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King’s College London with a focus on ethnographic study of religion, contemporary Islam and Christianity, new religious movements, gender and sexuality, popular culture, and social movements.

3. 

   1 Apr 2025

   Palestinian Futurism with Leila Abdelrazaq

   In this episode, Chella Ward and Hizer Mir spoke to Leila Abdelrazaq about her artistic practice and its themes of Palestinian futurism. Their discussion centred on Leila’s artistic work, and probed the role that reimagining the past can play in a more just future. Leila Abdelrazaq is a Chicago-born Palestinian artist and cultural organizer whose debut graphic novel ‘Baddawi’ was published in 2015.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,774

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

46

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

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