Willow Wilson, American Muslim comics shaykha gives an interview on KUOW on her new series AIR. It’s a good interview that talks about flying while Muslim and the inspiration for her work.
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Dissertation Online
For those who care, my dissertation is finally online at UMI (if you are at a subscribing institution, I’m sure you know the link to use). Search under “Rashid” for name and “dust” for the title. You should hopefully get my dissertation. It is available via Open Access, so free PDF downloads for all. UMI butchered the illustrations and tables in the scans, so if those things are important to you, drop me a line and I’ll send you a clean copy. Rashid, Hussein. “A Handful of Dust: Reading South Asian (Im)migrant Identity in Islamicate Literatures.” PhD, Harvard University, 2010.
Abou El Fadl Recommended Reading
This is Ghostdog Stealing all transmissions Beaming from the mountaintop Using aural ammunition This is Ghostdog on pirate satellite. Orbitting your living room cashing in the Bill of Rights With extreme prejudice On a terminator mission This is Ghostdog Consider your position! [The following was taken directly from Scholar of the House] “Working from a comprehensive bibliography of books on Islam in English as of 2003 compiled by Patrick S. O’Donnell (Adjunct Instructor, Philosophy Department, Santa Barbara City College, 2003), Dr. Abou El Fadl hand-selected the following recommended books because they met the following three criteria: 1) Dr. Abou El…