For full details, as well as a listing of upcoming media appearances, see Professor Rustom’s CV
From the Divine to the Human: New Perspectives on Evil, Suffering, and the Global Pandemic Read
(Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies, 2023; by Noah Taj)
Learning to Listen, Listening to Learn View
(From the Divine to the Human, 2022)
The Best Books on Sufi Philosophy Read
(Shepherd.com, 2022)
Interview on Islamic Cosmology Listen
(Dhaq, 2022; hosted by Abdullah Sattar)
Interview on the Occasion of Rumi’s Death Day Read in English, Read in Bosnian
(Preporod, 2021; hosted by Haris Dubravac)
A Sufi Theory of Quranic Origins View
(Approaches to Qur’anic Studies in the Western Academy; Washington, DC, 2021)
Deen-e Muhammad View
(Sufism’s Sacred Material Worlds, Lahore, 2021)
Mysticism and Ethics in Islam Book Launch View
(The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, American University of Beirut, 2021)
Ibn ‘Arabi’s Theory of Knowledge (with French subtitles) View
(Conscience Soufie, 2021)
Islamic and Sufi Studies in the West (with Arabic subtitles) View
(Hira Podcast, 2021; hosted by Hadi Al Lawati)
Divine Love: ‘Ayn al-Qudat’s Mystical Philosophy (with Arabic subtitles) View
(Hira Podcast, 2021; hosted by Hadi Al Lawati)
What is Sufi Metaphysics? Listen
(Path & Present Podcast, 2021; hosted by Baraka Blue)
Ibn ‘Arabi’s Invitation to Self-Discovery View
(Ibn Arabi Reading Group, Melbourne, 2021)
Mysticism and Ethics in Islam Conference Report Read
(Al-‘Usur al-Wusta, 2019; by Louise Gallorini )
‘Ayn al-Qudat on the Tawhid of Iblis Listen
(Path & Present Podcast, 2019; hosted by Baraka Blue)
In Defence of Satan Listen
(Ajam Media Collective Podcast, 2019; hosted by Rustin Zarkar)
Mysticism and Ethics in Islam Read
(The Sheikh Zayed Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies Conference, Beirut, 2019; convened by Bilal Orfali, Radwan Sayyid, and Mohammed Rustom)
عين القضاة وكتابه زبدة الحقاىٔق View
(مقابلة مع بلال الأرفه لي، المكتبة العربيّة، أبو ظبي، ٢٠١٩)
Interview on ‘Ayn al-Qudat’s Quintessence of Reality View
(Library of Arabic Literature, Abu Dhabi, 2019; hosted by Bilal Orfali)
Interview on ‘Ayn al-Qudat’s Quintessence of Reality and its Importance Today Read in English; Read in Arabic
(Library of Arabic Literature, Abu Dhabi, 2019; hosted by Bilal Orfali)
‘Ayn al-Qudat’s Quintessence of Reality View
(NYU Abu Dhabi Institute Interviews, Abu Dhabi, 2017; hosted by Martin Klimke)
Some Quranic Verses Explained (in German) Listen (1) Listen (2)
(Deutschlandfunk, Köln, 2016–2017; Koran erklärt series hosted by Thorsten Gerald Schneiders)
Rationality and Language in Islamic Thought Read
(NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, Abu Dhabi, 2017; convened by Mohammed Rustom)
Panel on Abrahamic Religions and Ecology View
(Religion, Ecology, and Our Planetary Future, Cambridge, MA, 2016)
On Equilibrium and Realization View (1) View (2)
(VI Simposio Internacional Ibn Arabi, Murcia, 2016)
The Quran in Context Read
(FASSinate Magazine, Ottawa, 2016; by Nick Ward)
The Study Quran Provides a Baseline for Understanding Islam Read
(Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, 2015; by Peter Robb)
Discovering the Quran Read
(Carleton University Faculty of Arts and Science News, Ottawa, 2015)
Akbarian Aphorisms for the Twenty-First Century View
(The Annual Symposium of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society, Oxford, 2015)
What is Tafsir al-Qur’an bi’l-Qur’an? View
(Evolving Perceptions of Islamic Studies, Montreal, 2015)
Actionless Action View
(Door of Mercy, Istanbul, 2015; read by Omid Safi)
Interview on Teaching Islam in China View
(TURKKAD, Beijing, 2015)
Philosophy as a Companion of Religion in Islamic Civilization View
(Philosophy in Support of Religion in the Abrahamic Traditions, Milwaukee, 2015)
Towards a Muslim Poetics of Nature View
(Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, 2015)
Sanctity and the Song of Life View
(The Annual Symposium of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society, Berkeley, 2014)
Interview on Philosophical Sufism Listen Read
(History of Philosophy without any Gaps, 2014; hosted by Peter Adamson)
‘Yakinin Yakini, Uzağın Uzağıdır’ View
(Uzaktaki Yakîn, Bursa, 2014)
The Triumph of Mercy: A Significant Book in the West Read
(Iran’s Book News Agency, Tehran, 2014)
College of the Humanities Professor Wins Book of the Year Prize in Iran Read
(Carleton University Faculty of Arts and Science News, Ottawa, 2014)
Interview on The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra Listen
(New Books in Islamic Studies, 2013; hosted by Kristian Petersen)
The Water and Fire of Love View
(The Hacı Bayram-ı Veli International Symposium, Ankara, 2012)
On Aspiration and Poverty Listen
(The Annual Symposium of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society, Oxford, 2012)