The Adnan Husain Show
Professor Adnan Husain, historian and scholar of religion, hosts a show spanning history, politics, global affairs, intellectual culture, as well as religion and spirituality. The format ranges from scholarly guest interviews, panel discussions, recorded lectures, and his own readings and commentary.
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The Imperial Theory Industry w/Gabriel Rockhill
12/19/2025
The Imperial Theory Industry w/Gabriel Rockhill
In this episode, Adnan discusses Professor Gabriel Rockhill's new book, This incredibly important book contributes an insurgent foray, a guerrilla attack, against the imperial theory industry and its ideological work in the psychological, intellectual war that is central to the perpetuation of imperialist capitalism of our era. This first volume lays out a crucial method and approach, a way of performing intellectual history through dialectical and historical materialism, while exposing the relationship between the deep state/permanent state forces that have patronized a compatible left culture and the wider systemic network of institutions where intellectual and cultural production takes place. The work goes on to examine some important figures particularly in the so-called "Frankfurt School" and situate these thinkers/scholars and their work within the imperial theory industry. It is a fascinating conversation about an profoundly important new book. We look forward to further volumes in this important series on the Intellectual World War. Dr. Gabriel Rockhill is a professor of philosophy and global interdisciplinary studies at Villanova University. He is the author or editor of a dozen books and co-founder of the Critical Theory Workshop. Check out its website and consider joining their summer school, attending their events and supporting this collective intellectual and liberatory project: Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com
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Full Audio! Struggle Session 6 Live w/Nerdeen Kiswani, Sina Rahmani, Henry Hakamaki & Mehmet Ali Arslan
12/01/2025
Full Audio! Struggle Session 6 Live w/Nerdeen Kiswani, Sina Rahmani, Henry Hakamaki & Mehmet Ali Arslan
The Struggle Session was back for November on Sunday Nov 23rd at 3pmET! Enjoy full audio of the program. This monthly livestream panel program is not convening to make you feel better--the unvarnished analysis and fierce self-criticism may make you feel a bit worse! But, it will inform and, hopefully, spur you to taking action. As Marx said, the point isn't just to understand the world but to change it. This is an activist panel for a much needed Struggle Session: Nerdeen Kiswani, founder of Within our Lifetime; Sina Rahmani, host of East is a Podcast and impressario/producer of the online tankie left; Henry Hakamaki, editor at ISKRA Books and co-host of Guerrilla History podcast; and Mehmet Ali Arslan, musician, activist, and co-host of Fredshetsarna podcast in Swedish and English. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion of the key developments and issues for the anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, anti-genocide left. We'll talk about directions of the Palestine solidarity movement and Gaza resistance in light of the ceasefire/UN occupation force resolution that Russia and China didn't veto, Mamdani on the Left and MAGA civil war on the Right, Jolani at the White House and Kremlin, imperial wars on Venezuela, Lebanon, Iran brewing and much more. Post your questions, suggested topics, and comments. Note there are now two livestream formats: landscape and portrait depending on which fits best on your screen. So do choose the alternative if it doesn't show up properly on your mobile device or computer monitor/screen. You can get priority for your questions/suggestions/comments by posting on patreon.com/adnanhusain. Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major platforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com
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Bonus Full Audio! Office Hours 13-Sudan: Resistance, Compradors, an Existential Fight for Liberation w/Hamza Al-Muqawi
11/29/2025
Bonus Full Audio! Office Hours 13-Sudan: Resistance, Compradors, an Existential Fight for Liberation w/Hamza Al-Muqawi
In this edition of Office Hours, Friday Nov. 7 at a special time, 6pm ET, Adnan hosts Hamza Al-Muqawi a Sudanese writer and activist to talk about Sudan's history as a crucial and continuing front in the struggle against colonialism, imperialism, and capitalist exploitation of Eastern Africa and West Asia. We will learn about Sudan's strategic place on the Red Sea and the geopolitical factors fueling imperial and subimperial designs and interventions as well as the resistance and struggle for liberation by Sudan's people facing terror, deliberate starvation and genocide. Hamza's analysis will help illuminate a central battleground in resisting empire and the struggle for liberation. This is a crucial conversation about a major crisis that is thoroughly ignored. Join us and post your questions and comments. You can prepare for Office Hours 13 by reading Hamza's article on substack: You can have priority for your questions and comments by becoming a supporter and posting on or make a one time contribution via Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major plaforms: X: @adnanahusain Substack:
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No god but God--after 20 years w/Reza Aslan
11/26/2025
No god but God--after 20 years w/Reza Aslan
Adnan has a conversation with noted writer and religion scholar Reza Aslan on the 20th anniversary edition of his classic popular history of Islam, "No god but God: the Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam". Reza talks about his unique background and interests in religion, the reasons he wrote this work in the cauldron of Islamophobia during the "Global War on Terrorism" GWOT just a few years after 9/11 and after the Afghanistan and Iraq invasions and occupations. We talked about its reception then and the goals of examining Islam as a religion like any other and how that allowed for an appreciation of its diverse traditions, devotional streams, and cultural expressions while still having a coherent unity. Reza explained what has changed in his thinking over the 20 years and why/how misunderstanding and hostility toward Islam seems as virulent as ever. We also talked about future directions for this faith of nearly 2 billion. An engaging discussion about an important work that has been carefully updated. A must listen! Follow Reza's work: Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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The Names of God (4): al-Rahman, "The Merciful"
11/19/2025
The Names of God (4): al-Rahman, "The Merciful"
In this episode, Adnan and Marc explore the most frequently mentioned of the names that serves both as an attribute and a sort of "proper name" in some fashion. We explored the meanings of the Arabic root R-H-M that gives rise to "rahmah" or mercy as a noun and the two adjectival attributes al-Rahman and al-Raheem, the names that are part of the invocation of chapters of the Qur'an. We considered the particular onological and psychological relationships surrounding al-Rahman as the most merciful or the most benificent. In addition, we wrestled with questions of theodicy. How can we reconcile the manifest cruelty and oppression humanity has wrought--something the angels in Qur'anic origin narratives objected to and charged that humans would sow corruption and shed blood in the world rather than serve as responsible stewards--with the cosmic foundations of the universe in rahma/mercy and the fact that God is pre-eminently understood and uniquely described as al-Rahman? What can this possibly mean in the face of the suffering of most of the world's population in deprivation, during a time of genocide in Palestine and Sudan, as well as in the suffering and difficulty we all face in our lives? This was a problem medieval mystics and theologians also tried to think through. Intriguingly, these included a sense of a profoundly necessary social empathy as a spiritual value of making the name al-Rahman real that impels sacrifice for the weak, defenseless, and suffering. We had to recognize the limits of these discourses however and consider further what this might mean for the contemporary human experience from psychological and spiritual perspectives. Many issues and concerns came up in the discussion and particularly in contending with how we can understand spiritual and psychological growth in the apparent contradiction of cosmic mercy in a cruel world. that will flow naturally into the next episode on al-Raheem, the compassionate. Thank you for joining us in this journey through the Names of God. We look forward to your comments and questions. Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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West African Sufi Resistance and Contemporary Freedom Struggles w/ Butch Ware
11/10/2025
West African Sufi Resistance and Contemporary Freedom Struggles w/ Butch Ware
Adnan's wide-ranging conversation with inspiring scholar and charismatic political activist/Green party gubernatorial candidate for California, Dr. Rudolph Butch Ware. We discussed Butch's biography and how it brought him to his groundbreaking historical scholarship on West African Islamic education, Sufi mystical and spiritual movements as anticolonial resistance and slave abolition struggles. We explored the connections between this profound and underappreciated history and the Atlantic and global resonances in the Black radical tradition and how this has informed his own politics and decisions to enter electoral politics. Finally, we learned about the gubernatorial campaign and the prospects for and opportunities within California's "jungle primary" for a Green Party breakthrough with candidate Butch Ware! Make sure to support his fight for Californians. If Zohran Mamdani can win in New York City, just think how big Butch's victory in California could be! https://www.butchware4gov.com/ Also on YT: https://youtu.be/D-89J7iPd-k Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com
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*UNLOCKED!* Indigenous Spiritualities and Anticolonial Resistance Movements w/Nick Estes
10/17/2025
*UNLOCKED!* Indigenous Spiritualities and Anticolonial Resistance Movements w/Nick Estes
In this *UNLOCKED* collaborative episode originally exclusively for Red Scare substack subscribers and patrons of the Adnan Husain Show, Nick Estes and Adnan discuss the role spirituality in anti-colonial resistance movements. From the Ghost Dance to Sufi warriorism, spiritual resources are an important and often undertheorized form of struggle against colonial and imperial violence, dispossession, and racism. Enjoy this behind the scenes confabulation! To become a supporter: Patreon.com/adnanhusain or make a one-time contribution via buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain
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UNLOCKED!! Office Hours #8 w/Nihal El Aasar: Full Audio
10/08/2025
UNLOCKED!! Office Hours #8 w/Nihal El Aasar: Full Audio
Even if you missed the livestream and if you prefer listening to watching, I'm posting Monday Sept 29th's Office Hours "Resisting Melancholia: Arab Culture and Politics during the Genocide. It was an illuminating and interesting conversation w/Nihal El Aasar who shared her insightful reflections on culture and politics and the present moment. Enjoy! Normally these live episodes are only available on YouTube or in audio form for Patrons. Please consider supporting the show on patreon.com/adnanhusain! Your regular support helps sustain this show, allows more educational content creation, and keeps this channel free and available for those who cannot afford to support but benefit from it. You can also make a one-time donation via buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow And as audio podcast on all the major platforms: X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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The Names of God (3): Allah or The Divine Being
10/07/2025
The Names of God (3): Allah or The Divine Being
Adnan and Marc plunge into the "name" that is unique in being distinguished from all others as having no attribute or characteristic and almost definitionally contrasts with the human. How should the "human" and "divine" dichotomy be understood theologically and phenomenologically in this spiritual tradition of the 99 Names in Sufi Islam? We wrestled with these and other questions related to the spiritual meaning and experience of Allah with the help of Sufi writers al-Ghazali and al-Tilimsani. Marc cooked up a bouillabase through which the "ascending arc" of Akbari meditative practice could express itself, while Adnan puzzled over al-Ghazali's surprising confession that even in this name of the Divine Essence, the human strives for "ta'alluh" or assuming some quality of the Divine. The mysteries of spiritual experience were many in this episode. This initial foray will therefore involve a return to the Divine Being, Allah, after traveling through the 98 other names in our journey together. Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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Remembering Anticolonial Algiers: Panthers & Pan-African Revolutionaries w/Elaine Mokhtefi
09/26/2025
Remembering Anticolonial Algiers: Panthers & Pan-African Revolutionaries w/Elaine Mokhtefi
Adnan has a wonderful conversation with a remarkable radical activist, Elaine Mokhtefi, in this special collaborative edition w/Guerrilla History and its ongoing series of interviews with living historical revolutionaries. Elaine Mokhtefi is author of "Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers." This fascinating discussion retraces Elaine's early political engagement with the FLN mission to the UN, her decision to move to Algeria to help build the postcolonial nation after liberation from France, her experiences as a translator and journalist covering the transnational movements for liberation across the Global South, and work with the Black Panthers exiled in Algiers. She danced with Fanon, met radical third world leaders, and struggled for a better world. Now in her 90's, she remains an inspiring and committed activist. A lot to learn in this conversation! Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: And as audio podcast on all the major platforms: X: @adnanahusain Substack:
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Subverting Syria: Dark Histories of US Empire w/Patrick Higgins
09/18/2025
Subverting Syria: Dark Histories of US Empire w/Patrick Higgins
Adnan discusses a crucial history of US subversion of Syria's sovereignty even before the conclusion of WW2 starting with interference and covert operations by the OSS precursor to the CIA and then through the entire Cold War with Dr. Patrick Higgins, a Middle East historian, co-editor of Liberated Texts and member of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective. His article "Gunning for Damascus: The US War on the Syrian Arab Republic" is mandatory reading and the state of the field on this dark history. Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com
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Struggle Session #4 *UNLOCKED*
09/16/2025
Struggle Session #4 *UNLOCKED*
Normally, the audio of livestreams (Struggle Sessions and Office Hours) are exclusive to supporters on patreon.com/adnanhusain but this Struggle Session was so important and sizzling with insight, I'm making it available on the podcast feed. You can always watch these back on YouTube and X as videos, but if you like your audio, be sure to consider supporting and joining. Adnan was joined by Benji Schoendorff of Resistance is Fertile, Jared Ball of IMIXWHATILIKE and Black Liberation Media, and Nora Barrows-Friedmann of the Electronic Intifada. Nihal El Aasar couldn't make it but will join for an Office Hours soon and a future Struggle Session. This was a wonderful, intense, and insightful conversation with the panel and engaging discussion with audience. Here is the full audio. Enjoy! Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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The Airing of Grievances with Sina Rahmani & Friends
09/10/2025
The Airing of Grievances with Sina Rahmani & Friends
The East is a Podcast hosted a collaborative conversation with multiple friends, airing grievances, covering multiple topics, discussing news and raising funds for Mohammed and his siblings amid evacuation orders. This stream featured Nick Estes from The Red Nation, Adnan Husain from The Adnan Husain Show and Guerrilla History podcast, Jared Ware from Millennials Are Killing Capitalism, and Mtume Gant of Within our Gates podcast. We are affectionately calling this a episode of "Red Millenials are Killing Adnan Within our Gates in the East!" But the main purpose was to: Support Mohammed from Gaza as he and his siblings seek to relocate to Southern Gaza amid evacuation orders:
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The Names of God (2): Beginnings and Openings
09/03/2025
The Names of God (2): Beginnings and Openings
Adnan and Marc continue their conversation about the Names of God in the Sufi Muslim mystical tradition and its wider resonances for spiritual experience and self-examination. In particular we observe some of the challenges of beginning such an ambitious project and the preparation required by discussing the openings to two major medieval Arabic commentaries on the divine names introduced in episode 1, al-Ghazali’s treatise on the “beautiful names” and al-Tilimsani’s commentary on the names and attributes as they appear in the Qur’an, the scriptural text of Islam. We also give a brief overview of the names to comment on the contrasts among the “jamali” and “jalali” or “beautiful” and “majestic” attributes as facets of the divine and the nature of apparent synonyms among the traditional 99 names. What does it mean that God self-describes in the Qur’an as both “the Just” and “the Merciful”, “the Punisher” and the “Forgiving”? How do these contrasting qualities, like “the First and the Last” or “the Hidden and the Manifest,” often paired in the devotional tradition of reciting the names, relate to the human encounter with these dimensions? We also respond to an interesting comment from a listener about our preference to translate as “the Complete Human” rather than “the Perfect Man” the concept the great mystic Ibn al-Arabi developed and we discussed in the first episode of the Insan al-Kamil. Marc has a new companion video on “Relating to God: the God image in Sufism.” You can follow his work: Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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Office Hours #5: Taking Action against Genocide and Empire w/Calla Walsh
09/02/2025
Office Hours #5: Taking Action against Genocide and Empire w/Calla Walsh
An excerpt from a very exciting and inspiring Office Hours livestream Friday Aug 29, 5pmET. For the full conversation and full audio of all livestreams (Office Hours and Struggle Sessions), join patreon.com/adnanhusain. In this edition of Office Hourse, I talked with Calla Walsh about taking action against genocide and empire. Calla is a brilliant analyst and courageous anti-imperialist activist. She discussed her experience in Cuba solidarity, direct action against the Israeli genocide in Gaza with comrades following the example of Palestine Action (UK), about her recent trip to Iran, and her analysis of and thoughts about moving from spectatorship to action in resisting ZioAmerican empire and its genocidal violence in Gaza, Palestine, and beyond. Do not miss this edition of Office Hours w/Prof Adnan Husain. Again, you can hear the full audio version on patreon.com/adnanhusain and also watch for free on YT. These Office Hours and Struggle Session livestreams are meant for interaction and engagement. You can post questions to social media announcements ahead of time or join the YT livestream comments to post your questions and comments and also discuss with other members of the audience community. But, by becoming a patron and supporter, you will have priority for your questions, suggested topics and comments for livestream guests and panels. So join patreon.com/adnanhusain You can also support with a one-time donation via buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain You can support Calla's work on Substack: In particular, support our political prisoners, notably T. Hoxha and now Casey Goonan on hunger strike. Calla calls for your action here: It has a toolkit for calling the prison administration to support political prisoners! Read her account of her trip to Iran: Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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Resistance Media Report w/Laith Marouf
08/27/2025
Resistance Media Report w/Laith Marouf
Adnan discusses recent developments in Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria with journalist, media activist and geopolitical commentator Laith Marouf of Free Palestine TV. Referring to recent reports on the platform as a basis for further analysis of ZioAmerican imperialism, its regional agents, and popular resistance to it. Support this media platform on the front lines by donating at freepalestine.video Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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The Spirit of Bandung at 70: Anticolonialism and its Legacies w/Rabab Abdulhadi & Salman Sayyid
08/24/2025
The Spirit of Bandung at 70: Anticolonialism and its Legacies w/Rabab Abdulhadi & Salman Sayyid
Drs. Rabab Abdulhadi (San Francisco State) and Salman Sayyid (Leeds), join Adnan to discuss the geopolitically important Afro-Asian Conference of 1955, seventy years ago, that brought leaders of states newly freed from colonial rule together to advocate an agenda of peace and development that would give rise to the Non-Aligned Movement, the Tri-Continental and UNCTAD. Our panel engages in a critical discussion of that history and its relevance today for people's movements not only across the Global South but globally. Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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Yemen: Solidarity and Resistance w/Isa Blumi, Part 2
08/20/2025
Yemen: Solidarity and Resistance w/Isa Blumi, Part 2
The second half of Dr. Isa Blumi's brilliant exposition of the history of Yemen. Our conversation reviews how the earlier history continued to inform the fierce resistance to imperialism and its agents through the 2010's with the Saudi/Gulf/ZioAmerican attack and siege upon Yemen. Isa analyzes how Ansarullah's diverse coalition has combated the destruction of the country while forging new paths in the annals of the history of solidarity and resistance against genocide. Do not miss this episode! For further readings and links to Dr. Isa Blumi's recent scholarship, see the description to part 1. Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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Settler Colonialism: History and Concept w/Laleh Khalili
08/16/2025
Settler Colonialism: History and Concept w/Laleh Khalili
Adnan discusses with Dr. Laleh Khalili her article in Jewish Currents "History Lesson" (https://jewishcurrents.org/history-lesson) on settler colonialism in response to an awful (and politically pernicious) book by Adam Kirsch "On Settler Colonialism". This excellent conversation is also great preparation for Office Hours when we will discuss the topic of settler colonialism further with Dr. Max Ajl. See the post and resources there to prepare further for an important discussion with you all. Dr. Laleh Khalili, Professor at University of Exeter, is the author or editor of seven books including Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration (2007). Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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Yemen's History of Resisting Empire w/Isa Blumi, P. 1
08/12/2025
Yemen's History of Resisting Empire w/Isa Blumi, P. 1
In this first part of a two part series, Adnan has an epic conversation with Dr. Isa Blumi, historian and Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University, about Yemen’s modern history of resisting colonialism geopolitically and global capitalism. Author of Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World, Dr. Blumi masterfully analyzes and integrates the geographic, social, economic, cultural, political and religious dimensions of Yemen’s distinctive historical experience. If you want to understand why Ansarullah as a popular movement has taken leadership of active solidarity with the people of Gaza in confronting ZioAmerican empire, this episode will be indispensable. To consult more of Dr. Isa Blumi’s recent work on Yemen and the Gulf region: Blumi, Isa. Destroying Yemen: What chaos in Arabia tells us about the world. Univ of California Press, 2018. Blumi, Isa. Chaos in Yemen: Societal collapse and the new authoritarianism. Routledge, 2010. Blumi, Isa. "The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)." In Government and Politics of the Contemporary Middle East, pp. 545-652. Routledge, 2023. Blumi, Isa, and Jaafar Alloul. "Guest-Editors’ Introduction: Re-Worlding the Gulf: Anomaly as Geopolitical Function." Middle East Critique 34, no. 2 (2025): 181-202. Blumi, Isa. "Imperial Equivocations Britain’s Temperamental Mobilization of the Caliphate, 1912-1924." Rivista italiana di storia internazionale 4, no. 1 (2021): 149-173. Blumi, Isa. "Iraqi ties to Yemen’s demise: Complicating the ‘Arab Cold War’in South Arabia." Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World 16, no. 3 (2022): 235-254. Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org
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There is no post-Gaza
08/07/2025
There is no post-Gaza
Part 8 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). In this update episode covering the developments in the continuing Israeli genocide in Gaza from December 2024 (when Part 7 was recorded), Dr. Ariel Salzmann and Adnan discuss the Trump administration’s policies, the displacement of UNRWA with the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” mercenary force, starvation as a weapon of genocide, the attack on Iran, the suppression of Palestine solidarity and the advance in the weaponization of antisemitism, and prospects for a countervailing the politics of solidarity. The recording platform cut off a few mins at the end, but this update is a prelude to a live Q&A session with Adnan and Ariel about not only the history covered in the series but the political stakes of our present moment and the actions or objectives to organize around. So we will have a chance to cover all this material and more. Listen to this episode and join the live stream Office Hours for Fri Aug 8, 5-7pm ET. Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com
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The Names of God (1): Introduction
08/04/2025
The Names of God (1): Introduction
Adnan introduces a new series on the spiritual and devotional tradition of the Divine Names. A collaboration with phenomenological psychologist and student of Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam, Dr. Marc Applebaum, the series explores each of the 99 "Beautiful Names" through Sufi mystical theosophy, Qur'anic commentaries, and spiritual experience and meaning. Drawing inspiration from medieval as well as modern spiritual texts within Islamic theology and Sufi writings as well as in other Abrahamic traditions and psychological and pheomenological scholarship, Adnan and Marc embark on an examination of the Names of God in the context of spiritual fulfillment and development as a path for realizing the full potential of what it means to be human, a complete human, in the world. Therefore, we hope this will be a valuable series for not only Muslims interested in the Islamic tradition on the 99 Names in Sufism or adherents of Judaism or Christianity, but also to those seeking nourishment and pathways for self-knowledge and growth of all varieties in or outside of religious traitions. In this introduction to the series, Marc and Adnan talk about: their interest in the Names; the Names' place in Sufi mysticism, particularly the "Akbarian" theosophical school based on the insights and writings of influential Sufi Shaykh Muhyiddin ibn al-Arabi; phenomenology as a philosophical approach grounding experience; and relevance to psychological and spiritual interpretations of the Names of God. For two short companion videos Marc made that elaborate more on his background as well as understanding of phenomenology and its relevance as an approach, see: More of Marc's work: Itlaq Foundation: Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: Like, subscribe, share! Also available in video on YouTube: X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com
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Psychlib #11: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition w/ Adnan Husain
08/01/2025
Psychlib #11: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition w/ Adnan Husain
**Adnan recently did an episode of Psychlib over at .** The Intersection of Islam, Marxism, and the roots of racism and Resistance: A Conversation with Adnan Husain. Welcome to a thought-provoking episode of PsychLib featuring Adnan Husain, an associate history professor from Queens University, Ontario. In this deep conversation, we explore topics such as the historical roots of Islamophobia, the integration of Islam and Marxism in resistance movements, and the psychological impact of living in settler colonies. Adnan offers a unique take on how religious and cultural resources can support long-term resistance and liberation efforts from a Marxist perspective. Join us to understand how deep histories and individual experiences intersect to create resilient movements for justice. Like, share, subscribe, comment and don't give us any money! Find Adnan: X YT Adnan Husain Show also on all the podcast platforms. Adnan is also co-host Guerrilla History Podcast on all the podcast platforms. Support the Adnan Husain Show: If you are on Twitter, please tell @teamyoutube to reinstate the "benjischoendorff" channel! Don't give us any money! Give instead toward Gaza reconstruction, for example, Help Gazans provide essential services to Gazans with the Sameer Project: or Or contribute to Benji's chuffed appeal for Omar and his family of seven in Gaza: And for Ibrahim, his pregnant wife, 6 mo baby and extended family! Palestine Trauma Centre UK RIF Linktree
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Malcolm X-Radical Legacies vs Liberal Lies w/Jared Ball
07/25/2025
Malcolm X-Radical Legacies vs Liberal Lies w/Jared Ball
Adnan discusses the life, legacy and politics of Malcolm X with Dr. Jared Ball ) of Morgan State University and host of the i. 100 years since the revolutionary was born & 60 since his brutal assassination, Malcolm X’s biography radicalizes people globally against racism, colonialism and capitalism despite the distortions and lies used to moderate his political legacy. Dr. Ball discusses his efforts to correct the record, particularly the flawed biography of Malcolm X by Manning Marable that the academy and liberal establishments acclaimed. Check out Watch the on our YouTube channel Support the show on Patreon if you can! Like, subscribe, share! X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com YouTube @adnanhusainshow www.adnanhusain.org
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Struggle Session #2: Action for Palestine
07/24/2025
Struggle Session #2: Action for Palestine
You loved Tankie Group Therapy? You will be inspired by the Struggle Session! This edition features Adnan hosting Breht O'Shea of RevLeft Radio. Dr. Chella Ward, Dr. Ambereen Dadabhoy, and Jared Ware from Millennials are Killing Capitalism The Struggle Session is not here to make you feel better, but rather to make you more ready for action. This livestream panel series with Adnan and guests will be analytical about the world, self-critical of our movements, denunciatory of the imperial agents and forces against us, and motivational for action in the struggle for liberation and justice. Join us and let’s create a dynamic community for change through political education and psychic discipline. Support: The Sameer Project: The Society for the Study of the Past: Panelists: Breht O'Shea: Revolutionary Left Radio: Dr. Marchella (Chella) Ward on X Insta Jared Ware: Millenials are Killing Capitalism, on , X: and Dr. Ambereen Dadabhoy: X Watch the on our YouTube channel Support the show on Patreon if you can! Like, subscribe, share! X: @adnanahusain YouTube @adnanhusainshow Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com
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Recovering “Muslim Rage”: Affect and Resistance to Islamophobia in Europe w/ Rayan Freschi
07/18/2025
Recovering “Muslim Rage”: Affect and Resistance to Islamophobia in Europe w/ Rayan Freschi
, a researcher with CAGE International, tells us about an anti-war/anti-genocide conference that was targeted by French police special forces recently. He also discusses his thesis that the stereotype of “Muslim Rage”, an orientalist and Islamophobic construct, should be recuperated and turned to a productive political purpose in struggling for liberation and social justice against racism. Adnan and Rayan explore the difference between sadness/despair and anger/action through Fanon and Malcolm X’s ideas. Watch the on our YouTube channel Like, subscribe, share! X: Substack: YouTube Support the show on Patreon if you can!
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Resisting ICE and Fascism on the Borderlands w/Alex Aviña
07/13/2025
Resisting ICE and Fascism on the Borderlands w/Alex Aviña
Adnan is joined by Prof. Alexander Aviña, a historian and anti-imperialist scholar at Arizona State University, to explore the history and politics of race, immigration, and the border in US fascism and empire. As ever, Alex’s in-depth knowledge and incisive analysis connects local and global conditions in an illuminating historical frame. Watch the on our YouTube channel Dr. Aviña on X: Check out his website Like, subscribe, share! X: Substack: YouTube Support the show on Patreon if you can!
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Gaza is the World’s Future
07/09/2025
Gaza is the World’s Future
Part 7 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). In this concluding episode, Ariel and Adnan reflect on the historical themes traced in the series to connect the fate of Gaza to a wider universal frame. In many ways, Gaza is not only a political litmus test or a moral challenge to our collective humanity but also a crucible in which the fate of our world future being forged. History will judge whether the “Palestine laboratory” will be one of dystopic technological capitalist hegemony for the few or the liberation and recognition of the indivisible humanity that demands equality and justice for all. Watch the on our YouTube channel Like, subscribe, share! X: Substack: YouTube Support the show on Patreon if you can!
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Struggle Session #1 w/ Nora Barrows Friedman, Alex Avina, Nina Farnia
07/08/2025
Struggle Session #1 w/ Nora Barrows Friedman, Alex Avina, Nina Farnia
You loved Tankie Group Therapy? You will be inspired by the Struggle Session! This edition features Adnan hosting , , and The Struggle Session is not here to make you feel better, but rather to make you more ready for action. This livestream panel series with Adnan and guests will be analytical about the world, self-critical of our movements, denunciatory of the imperial agents and forces against us, and motivational for action in the struggle for liberation and justice. Join us and let’s create a dynamic community for change through political education and psychic discipline. Watch the our YouTube channel Like, subscribe, share! X: Substack: YouTube Support the show on Patreon if you can!
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Uneven Argument! Piketty & Political Economy w/ Ingrid Kvangraven
07/02/2025
Uneven Argument! Piketty & Political Economy w/ Ingrid Kvangraven
Adnan discusses Thomas Piketty’s recent paper, “discovering” that colonialism caused uneven development, with critical political economy and development scholar . What is data without a conceptual or theoretical framework in which to explain that uneven development and colonialism were integral to capitalist development? Dr. Kvangraven illuminates the necessary contributions of world systems, dependency theory, and Marxist critique to understanding capitalism and the real remedies required. Watch the on our YouTube channel Like, subscribe, share and support (if you can!): X:
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