Coffee with Abdul-Rehman Malik

This week Katherine and Paul welcome the ever-inspiring Muslim thinker, writer and Yale Divinity School lecturer, Abdul-Rehman Malik. We brew up a conversation about food, drink and spirituality, and how slowing down to enjoy the ritual of making coffee can have a positive impact on your well-being.

Abdul-Rehman, our unofficial spiritual guide and guru, tells us about the challenges and benefits of observing Ramadan during lockdown this year, as well as how this unusual time has been a great catalyst for change. Meanwhile, Katherine and Paul discuss why Greenbelt Festival made the decision to work more closely with Muslim communities in the UK after 9/11. And, perhaps most importantly of all, we find out if Katherine is a morning or evening person (spoiler alert: her answer may surprise you).

Take a moment to make a nice hot brew to enjoy with this episode! Links, resources and episode timestamps (for all you skippers out there) below.

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ABOUT ABDUL-REHMAN

Abdul-Rehman Malik is an award winning journalist, educator and cultural organiser. Since June 2019 he has been Lecturer and Associate Research Scholar at the Yale Divinity School. He also serves as the Programme Coordinator at Yale University’s Council on Middle East Studies, and is responsible for developing curricula and partnerships with public schools to promote better cultural, language and religious literacy about the Middle East.

https://about.me/abdulrehmanmalik

Twitter: @ArMalik

Instagram: @armalik

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LINKS AND RESOURCES

‘The Mohammedan Bean: The Secret History of Islam and Coffee’ by Abdul-Rehman Malik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkti89ndu4M&feature=youtu.be

Canada’s Drag Race https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p08h1dp1/canadas-drag-race

The Book of Queer Prophets https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Ruth-Hunt/The-Book-of-Queer-Prophets--24-Writers-on-Sexuality-and-Religion/24136263

Harvard study on health and happiness https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/ 

More from Abdul-Rehman at Greenbelt Festival

https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/talks-archive/#~abdul

We didn’t mention this one in the episode, but if you want to find out more about gender fluidity in the bible, we recommend you check out Peterson Toscano:

https://petersontoscano.com

https://petersontoscano.com/portfolio/transfigurations/

Twitter: @p2son

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00:00 - Welcome to Somewhere To Believe In

00:30 - Katherine and Paul catch up

07:00 - Katherine and Paul talk about Islam and Greenbelt Festival

11:40 - Introducing Abdul-Rehman and his work

12:18 - Abdul-Rehman joins the conversation

12:30 - Abdul-Rehman on Ramadan during lockdown

16:20 - Talk Snippet from #GB16 ‘The Mohammedan Bean: The Secret History of Islam and Coffee’

15:00 - Abdul-Rehman on spirituality and food

28:24 - Abdul-Rehman on community

31:35 - Abdul-Rehman on Friday prayers

35:00 - Abdul-Rehman on changes to traditional rules

25:40 - Abdul-Rehman on racial justice

40:50 - Abdul-Rehman on how we can be better

42:50 - Abdul-Rehman on Greenbelt

43:30 - Abdul-Rehman on death

49:00 - Abdul-Rehman on lockdown beards

49:40 - Katherine and Paul reflect on the conversation with Abdul-Rehman

54:00 - How to get in touch with us

57:50 - Coming up in next week’s episode

58:30 - Thank you’s

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A huge thanks to the Greenbelt Volunteer Talks Team for all their hard work on editing this episode. Our podcast music is ‘I Can Change’ by Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires.

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