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Mommying While Muslim is a one of a kind podcast where two American born and bred Muslim moms share their experiences to raise second generation kids. Having experienced both pre and post 9/11 America, they're acutely aware of the unique challenges their families face on top of the regular messes that all moms share. Mommying While Muslim is a space to take back their stories, and tell those no one will air on the news or portray fully or fairly in the media. Zaiba Hasan and Uzma Jafri are m ...
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Venturesome is the podcast and blog about being fiercely ambitious, brave and curious. It’s about taking risks, overcoming uncertainty and being creative in our lives and careers. Join us for interviews, conversations and insights about how to get a step ahead – even during a global pandemic. | ven·ture·some (adjective): willing to take risks or embark on difficult or unusual courses of action.
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Mindful Muslimah joins us today because listeners of her podcast of the same name may believe, “Oh my God, she does it all!” From homeschooling, to cooking with multiple aged kids with multiple food issues, to running businesses and teaching, she has her hands in everything. How DOES she do it all? As our title suggests, she doesn't do it all…at on…
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Khalila Lister, founder of Power of Voice Academy, comes on today as a TedX speaker and homeschooling mom of 4. Today, she trains people to take the stage or just gain confidence in public speaking. In this time of trial for the ummah and particularly for the people of Gaza, we are seeing more people speaking up for liberation. They’re making their…
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Dr. Nour Akhras is a pediatrician infectious disease specialist who has gone on multiple medical missions during her career, even while pregnant! And then she wrote a book about it. That definitely kicks a$$ for our series this month! Listen to her medical mission journey, from the life-changing first trip to now, and how she was able to put that i…
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Someone we've followed online was later recommended by prior guest @hindmakki, and y'all know we don't believe in accidents! We kick off our November Series: Kickass Muslim Moms with her. Yasmin Turk recounts her journey from GED to mommy to PhD. It's not a normal path for everyone, but the takeaway is definitely, never underestimate the power you …
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Saira Sufi was specifically requested by listener fans who remembered her story and resilience and wanted to see how she’s doing today.Saira rejoins us this year, 5 years after the death of her son. The last time she was on, it was just 2 years after her great loss and since then, she’s had A LOT happen, including personal and emotional growth, and…
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Why would United States Senators sign into law, a bill that combats the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) movement this past May 2023? Probably because BDS works. What is it and why does it matter so much to our lawmakers and to all Americans? While we find out, let’s ask ourselves, “Why do we consider Rosa Parks a momshero?” States led the w…
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Warning: neonatal loss Abeeha Hasan contacted us several years ago after experiencing the neonatal loss of her precious Jennah. It was really raw the first time around and since then, listeners asked us how she is, what’s up, and even notified us of her goings on since she was last here. There’s a LOT of big things she’s gone through and she was ki…
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Where Are They Now? Surviving After Young Widowhood
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Sumiya Khan trusted us with her raw story of love and loss 3 years ago and she’s back to let us know what she’s been up to. You’ve asked about her over the years, about her passion projects and profession, so we have some wow updates straight from Sumiya herself. Make sure to check out @widowedandmuslim, her biggest production since she was last on…
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In this FIRST episode, Zaiba Hasan and Uzma Jafri introduced themselves as two American Muslim mothers, born and raised in the USA and their unique places in history and geography. What did it mean for their kids who were also born here? They have a combined eight children and over 25 years of parenting experiences to share. So for those moms who f…
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Are some things meant to be? Indeed! Sevim Kalyoncu’s earth consciousness and motherhood as it’s inspo is inspo for us! As Director of Green Muslims, she’s showing us how to get our hands into work to make real change. 🌍 Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or head over to our website and SHARE this episode! Links: Green Muslims Website:…
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How does a fashion designer’s daughter get obsessed with lizards and oil spills? Hear Sama Wareh’s inspiration for becoming a naturalist and Director of the Art & Wilderness Institute. What is a naturalist? You’ll find out in this episode! Having met our very own female Indiana Jones, we don’t have enough good things to say about the work of the Ar…
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| Zaiba's very own daughter, Zara Hasan, speaks to the fears of young people regarding climate change and our Islamic duty to work together to save the planet. Find out what single change you can make to be a good steward of the earth and how teens can get active in their own communities. Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, or on our we…
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Search for Understanding with Evangelicals
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Neil Matthews had us on when we first started podcasting for a captivating episode that helped US change what our views about Evangelicals were. We fully arrived ready to be attacked and were pleasantly surprised. We can really learn so much when we are willing to step into other people's shoes. 🌟 It's an episode you won't want to miss! 🎧✨ EVEN tho…
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Queen Bees of Interfaith with Rachel Doll O'Mahoney
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🎙️ Unveiling the Power of Unity 🌟 Get ready for an extraordinary episode where we delve into the incredible journeys of inspiring leaders who are making waves in the world of interfaith collaboration. Join us as we sit down with the remarkable Rachel Doll O'Mahoney to explore the stories, insights, and triumphs of these remarkable "Queen Bees of In…
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Religious Freedom to Podcasters of Faith w/3 Black Men Podcast
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We're sharing part TWO of the BYU Religious Freedom Review Podcast Panel and plan to put Part 1 either in our Facebook group you hear about on this episode or at our Patreon--maybe both. Let us know if you want that part, but this one is pretty dang awesome. Zaiba sits with two members of 3 Black Men podcast, Sam Gay and Robert Monson, as they all …
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Muslim Moms on Interfaith SERIES: How Podcasts Bring God Closer with In Good Faith Podcast
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We made new friends over the summer with In Good Faith Podcast when host Steven Kapp Perry interviewed both 3 Black Men Podcast and Mommying While Muslim cohosts (that's US!) during Brigham Young University's Annual Religious Freedom Review. And there's nothing more freeing than being able to share your POV with other people who are receptive to le…
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Mariam Ardati is a death doula and funeral director based in Sydney, Australia, walking Muslim families and their dying loved ones to their final destination for 17 years. Find out how a near death experience led her to transform her life, career, and helped her lead a true life of service as a doula during the most trying times of people’s lives. …
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My Muslim Experience of Death & Dying
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| Rishma Govani is on today to share her experience of losing her husband during COVID lockdown and the blessings and curses of being widowed of her greatest love so early. Her experience of death and dying is a personal journey down memory lane and we are so honored that she is sharing that with us today. Take her advice and ours, and prepare as s…
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Our very own cohost Uzma Jafri joins us on this episode to explain why and how she specialized in medicine, "walking with" her patients at the end of their lives, and why it's Islamically important to know how to help families face the end of life. A lot of Muslims do not understand the difference between palliative care and hospice, so swipe left …
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Our favorite Muslim chaplain, Kristen Jawad, is the essence of compassion and understanding in serving the spiritual needs of Muslims nearing the end of their earthly journey. Knowing that she is providing comfort, solace, and support for individuals and families during these challenging times makes us so hopeful for our community getting its needs…
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Replay: BLOOM Charity and Kids Leading to Jannah
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Sorry we are late to publish this week, but travel called and we answered big. Check our stories! Enjoy this replay where we talked to Amina Shams, founder of BLOOM Charity, about her journey to adoptive motherhood, and how she didn't stop there. What moms stop at step A when there's so much more we know we can do for others? Amina took it several …
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Representative Nabeela Syed is the youngest Democratic member of the Illinois House and discusses her battle for gun reform. She gives us FOMO and nostalgia for our birth state (even Uzma is proud to admit this now), and so much hope, because the legislature was able to pass a law banning military-style assault weapons. Common sense gun control IS …
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Senator Nabilah Islam from Georgia State joins us today to discuss why she dove into politics. As she profoundly states, “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu,” and is both the youngest member of the Georgia State Senate as well as the first Muslim women in this important governing body. As a minority community in America (just 3%!) Musli…
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SERIES Muslim Moms on Gun Violence: Muslims on Studying Gun Violence
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State Representative Ruwa Romman joins us from Georgia where she is working hard to represent District 97, as well as advocating for better background checks, studies on preventing gun violence, and solutions to keep guns out of the hands of abusers. In 2022, she became the first Muslim woman to be elected to the Georgia State House of Representati…
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Ayesha Nava is our candid guest who shares notes with Zaiba today on PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome), which is more common than we think and often interferes with one’s attempts at having children. Learn the signs and symptoms that could indicate PCOS in our bodies or in our daughters’. Yes! Look for signs in our young pubescent daughters becaus…
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Career Cornerstones: Find Alignment and Build a Fulfilling Career with Diana Alt
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Diana Alt, a certified career coach with 20+ years experience in tech, discusses the concept of "career cornerstones" and shares insights on building a fulfilling career. In this episode, she emphasizes the importance of finding work that aligns with your interests and skills and encourages you to explore side hustles or alternative avenues to fill…
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Whoa, is this late! Did y’all notice? Ashlea Angel joins us to discuss how lightning struck her (or her tubes) twice, affecting her choices of infertility treatments. Not only does she share her experience with retrievals and transfers, but shares that embryos get report cards! 🤯Tiger moms to be, this is the first of many grades your baby to be is …
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Aneesa Husain is as proactive a Muslimah as we’ve ever met, and we LOVE it. She joins us on our Muslim Moms Overcoming Infertility series this month and has the deets on a few of the reasons why women pursue egg freezing, how to get the process started, and special considerations. We apologize for the coughing because #allergies, and the slight ech…
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Warning: Language Sarah Khan joins us to discuss her journey finding and following through with a gestational carrier not just once, but TWICE 👶🏽👶🏽. What's a gestational carrier? You'll have to listen to find out. 🎧 We learned some new things in this episode about the emotional pathos a mom goes through in this situation BEFORE and during pregnancy…
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Navigating Career Transitions: Insights from Evelyn Chou, Senior Product Manager at Coursera
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Evelyn Chou, Senior Product Manager at Coursera, explains how she evolved her career and skill set through introspection, experimentation, proactive personal development and taking risks. Evelyn offers advice for career pivots, both from the perspective of a hiring manager and someone who has done it herself. You can find Evelyn on Medium and Mento…
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Replay: Muslim Moms & Neonatal Loss
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Trigger warning! Listen again to Abeeha Hassan's experience of stillbirth after her IVF journey. All that heartbreak, anticipation and work to come home empty-handed. Early on in her recovery, she wanted us to broadcast normalizing grief. In this episode, she taught us sabr (patience), shukr (gratitude), and tawwakul (unshaking faith in Allah SWT).…
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SERIES Muslim Moms Overcoming Inferility: Muslim Moms and IVF
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| Rabia Rajab is a survivor of infertility and IVF 🌟. Call it mother's intuition, but she knew before the doctors did about how tough her journey was going to be and initiated a decade long trip that would make most of us cut and run. Certainly, the Force (and the 4th) are with her. 💰 The costs of treatments are not only financial, but as you'll he…
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That had to be a record for Ramadan--over before it started subhanAllah. Here are our short reflections on the month and prayers for you, our wonderful audience. Eid Mubarak! Tune in for our message tonight and then next week for a full length episode. Support the show Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com Email: salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com FB: Mommyi…
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Rabia Faisal of Chaishaiusa comes on to satisfy all our chai craving questions. Uzma and Zaiba fell onto their blends a few years ago and have been devout drinkers since. It’s the company they share with friends who ask which chai to buy. Learn the international chai curating process Rabia uses as well as the custom blending secrets she shares toda…
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Fatmah Muhammad founder of Knafeh Queens is on the podcast for making knafeh konverts of Uzma and Zaiba. This is a dessert that can be daunting for anyone who doesn’t know about it, and your favorite podcast duo avoided knafeh like the plague until they encountered Fatmah’s unique family recipe. From her refreshing mommying philosophy, commitment …
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| Subhaan Ashrafi, founder of Sabr app, joins us today to tell us why he developed this for Muslim audiences and how it can help our families. His story of making a dream required resiliency and relationship-building, which he speaks on at length, an inspiration to us and to our kids. With persistence, he was able to create a unique app of its kind…
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| Artist Natalia Dar describes her journey toward healing personal losses via art and the resulting devoted following of admirers she has now. At least this podcast is a devoted follower! We love watching her process, which she shares at length on IG and you could watch those videos FOREVER. We discuss her choice of the hardest things to paint and …
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Fahd Al Binali of IQRA Network joins us today to discuss his role in creating the platform to teach Quran and Islamic studies without children hating either or both. His specific interest in gearing education toward Western audiences is especially important because it focuses on application of these principles in students’ lives. This requires inno…
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@browndages co-founder Instisar Bashir joins us today to describe the product she created with her husband in order to provide POC with options to cover up their wounds with products that actually blend in with their skin. For too long, we’ve had to explain the mainstream bandaids when people can clearly see them on our darker skin when it’s really…
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| @covermecutee founder and mompreneur, Idayat Sambo discusses her inspiration for launching a modest clothing brand, the origin story of her massive talent, and the utility of African American fashion fusion. As it turns out, our favorite piece, the Aisha hoodie, is also Idayat's favorite creation! Hear about affirming African standards of beauty …
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| Hanane Jamili discusses her inspiration for art, and her creative process as a busy mom of 3. Find out what products from her we use every day to beautify our homes, and check out her new Ramadan line as you prepare your home for the holy month, or for your Eid gift lists. One lucky winner will win a new piece from her limited edition Ramadan lin…
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SERIES Muslim Moms' Favorite Things: Introducing Our Favorite Things
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| Welcome to the launch of the Muslim Moms’ Favorite Things Series this month! Zaiba & Uzma are introducing the audience to products they use and love, and how to win some yourself in time for Eid. Fellas, this is where you want to shop this year because “happy wife, happy life,” right? If you’re a business that was contacted to be featured on this…
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Jenny Triplett is a multimompreneur, author, and podcaster who joins us today to share her POV on surviving marriage, also the title of her podcast! Jenny and her husband Rufus give us tips online and in their programs, and she shares how she survived her own marriage and kept the spark alive through love and loss. We take a curve down the dowry la…
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Hustle-free Side Gigs: Finding Balance with Boundaries and Systems with Leah Keggi of Coast L Studio
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Welcome to the first episode of Season 3 of the Venturesome Podcast. In this first episode, we're talking about side gigs with Leah Keggi. Leah Keggi is a VP of marketing by day and a talented surface pattern designer in her free time. In this episode, Leah and I discussed how she balances a demanding career within the wine and spirits space with h…
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She's BAAAAAAACK.....Y'all loved Cliteracy Consciousness last year with Dr. Shaakira Abdullah @thehalalsexpert, but now she's talking to us about the pressures Muslim kids face in and around sex. Is it just Hollywood hype, and how do we prep our kids to keep it halal and locked up until marriage? Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Spot…
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WOW! Let us apologize for the echo on this episode. However, we think it’s tolerable. Our DMs have been popping through the year with questions about yoni or vaginal steaming, so we needed to find a practitioner who knows more about this. Chantal Blake joins us from Dakkar, crossing the sea just to teach us about the globally ancient science of yo…
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SERIES Muslim Moms Aren't Nuns: Common Muslim Sex Hang Ups
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We kick off this podcast episode by apologizing to the Michigan Spartans! IFYKYK. Dr. Sadaf Lodhi OB/GYN sets us straight REAL fast on this episode! She is not only a practicing doctor to women, she is also host of The Muslim Sex Podcast and a certified Sex Coach. THEN we start talking about the good stuff to launch our “Muslim Moms Aren't Nuns” se…
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| Zaiba & Uzma share the details of putting together the Uyghur Muslim Mom narrative podcast series and why they presented it this way to you. Hear what their overarching vision for the Oppressed Mother Series is and how you can support it right now. Check out the Shownotes for each Uyghur Muslim Mom episode and find out what you can do today to he…
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In this finale of our limited series “Oppressed Mother,” hear how Mihrigul Tursun fought the PRC, and how her government demanded she relinquish her Egyptian citizenship or have her family in China imprisoned. Impossible choices a mother, daughter, sister, victim, must face. At the cost of family reunification, Mihrigul testified through translator…
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Trigger warning: torture Mihrigul Tursun, Chinese citizen, recounts her journey out of China to higher education and global awareness: now she was surrounded by donkeys instead of chickens! Outside the PRC she also experienced her Islamic awakening, which would end up costing her freedom and threaten her children’s lives. Something as simple as wha…
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