Identity Politics

Identity Politics


Latest Episodes

Bonus: Securing the Bag
February 20, 2020

We need your help to keep producing the show you come to know and love. Here’s two quick, easy ways you can support the show. Purchase our #CenterBlackMuslimVoices tee: identitypoliticspod.com/shop AND/OR Sign up to become a monthly contributor to the ...

Episode 58: Love, Where You Least Expect It
February 14, 2020

We chat with Toronto-based #Blackistani couple Henna Khawja and Ryan Hilliard about race, family, and what it takes to bring together two cultures in one household. Henna Khawja is a registered social worker at University of Toronto and Ryan Hilliard i...

Episode 57: We Said We’d Never Talk About Hijab
January 21, 2020

Ikhlas, Makkah and Hibba chat about hijab and modesty. 

Episode 56: The Fabric of Our Lives (ft. Hoda Katebi)
December 17, 2019

We chat with Hoda Katebi, of Blue Tin Production Co-op, about how our clothes and our spirituality are connected, and steps we can take towards becoming more responsible consumers. We also share our first modest fit and whether or not we’d wear Nike’s ...

Episode 55: When Food Taste Like Home (ft. Reem Assil)
November 27, 2019

We talk about food and community with Reem Assil of Reem’s bakery in Oakland.

Episode 54: We Man Up (ft. Aymann Ismail)
November 16, 2019

On this episode, Aymann Ismail, host of Slate’s Man Up podcast joins the show to discuss what it means to be a man in today’s world, what positive masculinity can look like, and how men can achieve it. Plus Makkah brings on a special guest,

Episode 53: A Birth Story
November 01, 2019

To kick off season 7 we invited our producer Hibba Meraay on the show to talk our birth stories and how we got our names. Plus Ikhlas shares details about becoming a mom! https://media.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/content.blubrry.

Episode 52: Hibba Takes the Mic
September 17, 2019

Ikhlas had a baby! So yah this episode is a little late. Hibba turns the tables as we celebrate some podcast milestones. https://media.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/content.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/52_Episode_52_Hibba_Takes_the_Mic.mp3

Episode 51: Heyyy Auntie! (ft. The Village Auntie)
July 09, 2019

The Village Auntie herself, Angelica Lindsey-Ali, joins us to discuss the importance of owning your sexual health and finding spaces to explore issues around intimacy, pleasure and womanhood. GUEST: Angelica Lindsey-Ali, @villageauntie,

Episode 50: 30 Feet From Stardom (ft. Dalia Mogahed)
June 26, 2019

This week, we talk about what it feels like to be recognized in public and the special brand of online vitriol that is reserved just for women. Plus Dalia Mogahed chats with us about whether the costs of being a Muslim woman with a public profile outwe...