Book Nomad: Reading the World

Book Nomad is a monthly podcast by Muslims for those who love reading, culture and the occasional tough question! Each episode, we explore a book, dive into its themes and see how it applies to our real lives and communities. Instagram: @booknomadpodcast

Mini-episode: Rekiya and Z by Muti'ah Badruddeen (Nigeria) 07/13/2023

Mini-ep: Un homme, ça ne pleure pas by Faïza Guène (France/Algeria) 08/25/2022

Audio article: Ayesha Dean: The Istanbul Intrigue by Melati Lum (Australia/Turkey) 08/19/2022

Audio article: Death is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa (Syria) 08/09/2022

How does getting up for Fajr help the Ummah? (Unofficial Mini-ep: Two Gods (US - documentary film) 06/07/2021

Book Nomad - Home 03/24/2021

Mini-ep. Can history ever really be erased? (Focus: China: Beijing Coma by Ma Jian) 02/19/2021

Ep. 46: How do we Measure Motherhood? (Theme: Motherhood in Literature) 12/21/2020

Ep 45: What Can We Learn From a Family Tree? (Theme: Reading Multigenerational Sagas) 09/23/2020

Ep. 44: When the Reading gets Tough, Should the Tough Keep Reading? (Theme: Upsetting Reads) 08/09/2020

Ep. 43: What Does Memory have to do with Justice? (Focus: Palestine: A Map of Absence ed. by Atef Alshaer) 06/03/2020

Ep. 42: Do Light Reads Carry Any Weight? (Theme: Light Reads) 05/06/2020

Mini-ep. Is this one mispronounced name too far? 04/14/2020

Ep. 41. Are You What They Say You Are? (Focus: France/Algeria: Zahia Rahmani's trilogy) 04/01/2020

Ep. 40: In We vs. Me, which side are you on? (Focus: Somalia: Links by Nuruddin Farah) 03/04/2020

Mini-ep. So you think you're free? (Focus: Sudan: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih)) 02/17/2020

Mini-ep. What if the Good Old Days were not all good? (Focus: Turkey: The Ottoman Empire by Halil İnalcık) 01/28/2020

Mini-ep. Turkey: The Birds Have Also Gone by Yashar Kemal 01/16/2020

Ep. 39. 2019 Book and Podcast Highlights 12/26/2019

Ep. 38. Reading Children's Literature - Then and Now 11/13/2019

Ep. 37. Egypt/Persia: The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty 10/24/2019

Ep. 36. UK: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 10/08/2019

Ep. 35. Nigeria: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 09/15/2019

Ep. 34. USA: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 08/15/2019

Ep. 33. USA: The Autobiography of Malcolm X as narrated to Alex Haley 07/31/2019

Ep. 32. Reading Far Away Lands 07/07/2019

Ep. 31. Sudan/UK: Elsewhere, Home by Leila Abouela 06/19/2019

Ep. 30. Canada: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 06/05/2019

Ep. 29. Malaysia: The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf 05/22/2019

Ep. 28. France/Brazil: Le Petit Prince + The Alchemist by Antoine de St-Exupéry + Paulo Coelho 05/08/2019