“You live a life”: a Conversation with Minoo Moallem

<p>*Note: This is roughly 75% of the conversation. To listen to the entire episode, subscribe to the show <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/posts/89183733">on Patreon</a> for as little as $5 a month*</p> <p><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Friend of the podcast Frances Hasso <a href= "https://twitter.com/nasawiyya)">(@nasawiyya)</a> and <a href= "https://gws.berkeley.edu/about/department-faculty/minoo-moallem/">Minoo Moallem</a>, a professor at UC Berkeley, had a conversation about Persian carpets as commodities and more than commodities, Iran, Islamophobia, diasporic loss, feminism, patriarchy, culture, and the making and unmaking of theory and area studies.</span></p> <p>Watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/0DiCbAu6GJs">video edition</a> on The East is a Podcast <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdOn41-X_riUeCB1uWVLrJA">YouTube channel </a></p> <p><br /> The digital project Nation on the Move may be found here:<br /> <a href= "http://vectors.usc.edu/projects/index.php?project=83">http://vectors.usc.edu/projects/index.php?project=83</a>;<br /> <br /> The essay on the prayer carpet: <a href= "https://mavcor.yale.edu/sites/default/files/article_pdf/moallem_minoo_pdf.pdf"> https://mavcor.yale.edu/sites/default/files/article_pdf/moallem_minoo_pdf.pdf</a>;<br /> <br /> The new project on carpet artists:<br /> <a href= "https://www.famsf.org/stories/weaving-connections-carpet-art-community-environment"> https://www.famsf.org/stories/weaving-connections-carpet-art-community-environment</a>;<br /> <br /> The Meridians article, "Race, Gender, and Religion: Islamophobia and Beyond”: <a href= "https://read.dukeupress.edu/meridians/article-abstract/20/2/271/296649/Race-Gender-and-ReligionIslamophobia-and-Beyond"> https://read.dukeupress.edu/meridians/article-abstract/20/2/271/296649/Race-Gender-and-ReligionIslamophobia-and-Beyond</a><br /> <br /> <br /> Support<br /> <a href= "https://www.patr