Latest Episodes
September 30, 2024
Episode 12: Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse
Imam Fakhruddin Owaisi and Adnan Adrian Wood Smith join us to discuss of the Poetry of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (d. 1975). Probably the most...
01:32:45
September 17, 2024
Episode 11: Bedil
Professor Hajnalka Kovacs and Ahmad Rashid Salim join us to discuss the poetry of Bedil Dihlavī (d. 1720), one of the greatest and most...
01:33:07
September 17, 2024
Episode 10: Misri, Bursavi, and Ottoman Sufi Poetry
Professors Nurullah Koltaş and Vitoria Holbrook join us to discuss the poetry of Niyazi Misri (d. 1694) and Ismā’īl Ḥaqqī Bursawī (d. 1725), two...
01:10:26
April 30, 2024
Episode 9: Hafez
Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr joins us to discuss the poetry of Shams al-dīn Muḥammad Shirāzī (1325-1390), better known by his pen-name, Hafez. Widely considered...
00:53:59
April 21, 2024
Episode 8: Ibn al-'Arabī
Professors Michael Sells and Hany Ibrahim explore the poetry of Muḥyī ad-Dīn Ibn al-‘Arabī (1165-1240), the Andalusian scholar, mystic, poet, and author known as...
01:12:41
April 12, 2024
Episode 7: Amir Khusraw
Professors Prashant Keshavmurthy and Shankar Nair explore the brilliant and multilingual poetry of Amir Khusraw (651-725 /1253–1325), one of the most celebrated and influential...
01:47:22