The Convo

The Convo

Tune in with Hamzah and Sufyan in this exciting new podcast as we explore news and current affairs - both local and global - with a twist!

  1. 10/20/2021

    Episode 24 - The Quest for Knowledge

    ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™Œ๐™๐™€๐™Ž๐™ ๐™๐™Š๐™ ๐™†๐™‰๐™Š๐™’๐™‡๐™€๐˜ฟ๐™‚๐™€ - ๐™Ž๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™–๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™™๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ The Convo team will aim to unpack this with our esteemed guests:   ๐‘บ๐’‰. ๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’-๐‘ผ๐’…-๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’ - recently graduated from the Islamic University of Madinah and has attained multiple ijazaat in Hifdh of the Quran according to Hafs โ€˜an โ€˜Aasim. He holds a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) and is currently pursuing a Masters of Teaching.   ๐‘บ๐’‰ ๐‘ฐ๐’Œ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’๐’‚๐’‰ ๐‘จ๐’‰๐’Ž๐’†๐’… - studied at Dar al-Uloom Victoria and completed a Bachelor of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage (Honours - Major in Qurโ€™an & Sunnah) at the International Islamic University Malaysia. He also has a Masters in classical Arabic and is a PhD candidate in Islamic Studies at Charles Sturt University. He is currently a Hifth Instructor, advanced Arabic grammar teacher and an assistant Imam.   View the live video on Facebook at Episode 24 - The Quest for Knowledge View the live video on YouTube at Episode 24 - The Quest for Knowledge Follow us on Instagram @theconvo.pod Follow us on Apple podcast @The Convo Follow our YouTube Channel @The Convo Podcast

    1h 16m
  2. 09/21/2021

    Episode 23 - Hijacking a Generation: Twenty Years of the War on Terror

    The Convo team along with our guests below unpacked the consequences of the War on Terror narrative in this episode titled: ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐‘ป๐’˜๐’†๐’๐’•๐’š ๐’€๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’“ ๐’๐’ ๐‘ป๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’๐’“.   ๐‘ซ๐’“ ๐‘จ๐’”๐’Š๐’Ž ๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’‰๐’Š - Research Director at advocacy group ๐—–๐—”๐—š๐—˜ - has specialised in investigating the impact of counterterrorism practices worldwide since 2003. Has published a wide range of NGO reports, academic journals and articles. Author of the book _"Rules of the Game: Detention, Deportation, Disappearance".   ๐’๐’–๐’๐’‡๐’Š๐’Œ๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘ด๐’๐’‰๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’… ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’‡๐’‡ - Writer on Islam, politics and International Relations. Singaporean political activist jailed without trial for 4.5 years - accused of supporting terrorism by Singaporean government. Released November 2020.   ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฒ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’… - Lawyer, sessional academic and Executive Member of Muslim Legal Network (NSW). His thesis is on Pakistanโ€™s Counterterrorism framework. Other research areas include Islamic Law in the Muslim World, South Asian politics and postcolonial thought.   View the live video on Facebook at Episode 23 - Hijacking a Generation: Twenty Years of the War on Terror View the live video on YouTube at Episode 23 - Hijacking a Generation: Twenty Years of the War on Terror Follow us on Instagram @theconvo.pod Follow us on Apple podcast @The Convo Follow our YouTube Channel @The Convo Podcast

    1h 25m
  3. 09/07/2021

    Episode 22 - Between Mountains and a Hard Place

    The Convo team along with our guests below examined Pakistan's policy towards Afghanistan in this episode titled:  ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ - ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’Œ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’'๐’” ๐‘ท๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’š ๐‘ป๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐‘จ๐’‡๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’   ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’”๐’‰๐’Ž๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ด๐’๐’”๐’๐’Š๐’‰ - A political analyst and commentator on Afghanistan. He has an MA in International Urban and Environment Management and served as an advisor to the former president of Afghanistan, Burhanuddin Rabbani.   ๐‘จ๐’…๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฒ๐’‰๐’‚๐’ - Political analyst, author, activist and founder of Geopolity.com. Written on economics, political Islam, energy, defence and the Middle East for 20+ years. Author of Global Trends for the 21st Century and 100 Years of the Middle East.   View the live video on Facebook at Episode 22 -Between Mountains and a Hard Place View the live video on YouTube at Episode 22 -Between Mountains and a Hard Place Follow us on Instagram @theconvo.pod Follow us on Apple podcast @The Convo Follow our YouTube Channel @The Convo Podcast

    1h 34m
  4. 08/24/2021

    Episode 21 - AFGHANISTAN: Graveyard of another Empire?

    ๐—”๐—™๐—š๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก: ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ?   The Convo team along with our guests below unpacked the current situation in Afghanistan.   ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’†๐’๐’‚ ๐‘ท๐’๐’‘๐’‚๐’ - Sessional Academic/PHD candidate at USYD, School of Social & Political Sciences, Department of Government & International relations.   ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’Ž ๐‘ซ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’Š๐’‰๐’Š - Media Office at Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia ๐ด ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  - ๐ป๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘Ž ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ด๐‘“๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘  & ๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘š ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘–โ„Ž๐‘– ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘†๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฆ-๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘ก-๐‘‡๐‘Žโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž.   View the live video on Facebook at Episode 21 - AFGHANISTAN: Graveyard of another Empire?   Follow us on Instagram @theconvo.pod Follow us on Apple podcast @The Convo Follow our YouTube Channel @The Convo Podcast

    1h 11m

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Tune in with Hamzah and Sufyan in this exciting new podcast as we explore news and current affairs - both local and global - with a twist!