EP 16 | Beyond Bhangra: Islam in South Asia, Colonialism-Induced Forgetfulness, & Desi Inferiority Complexes | Saaleh Baseer, Zeshan Gondal

Along with Zeshan Gondal, FFP was honored to have Saaleh Baseer join us once again! Nihal took a journey with Saaleh and Zeshan into a history of South Asia. They spoke about the importance of knowing one's ethnic roots, how Islam developed in South Asia, the Mughal and Ottoman empires, and who some of the major Muslim scholars of South Asia were. They also spoke about the effects of British colonialism on South Asians for generations to come.

Saaleh Baseer is currently completing his MA in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago while also studying at Darul Qasim. He holds a BA in Middle Eastern Studies from Columbia University and an 'alimiyyah degree from Darul Uloom Azaadville in South Africa. Saaleh seeks to explore how the Mughal sultanate fragmented epistemologically and politically amid the rise of the British. Follow him on instagram @saalehbaseer. 

Zeshan Gondal is Head of Strategy at Zayn Capital, a VC firm investing in startups in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and MENA. He previously worked as a David Swensen Fellow at Yale University, where he advised senior University leadership on strategic financial and operational decisions. Zeshan holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale and is an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School.

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