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Visceral News Reactions

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As we kick off our August series, “Muslims in the News,” Zaiba and Uzma review past big headlines that affected their physical and mental safety. Ask yourself how news coverage would have been different, and HAS been different for non Muslims suspects. When do Muslim Americans hold their collective breaths and why? 

This is a series asking the hard questions about what we expect from the news and how biased news coverage can endanger Muslim American moms and their kids. Learn about their perpetual grief process and follow along this month as they highlight some solutions to prevent the dissemination of Islamophobic news coverage.

 There’s some slamming hands on the table--we apologize!

Links:

  1. Interim Recommendations for Fully Vaccinate People: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html 

  2. Book mentions by Uzma: Mornings in Jenin and The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa

  3. Book mention by Zaiba: City of Brass by S.A. Chakroborty

  4. San Bernadino shooter coverage: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/04/458502872/frenzied-media-pour-over-home-of-san-bernardino-killers-during-live-broadcasts 

  5. John Ritzheimer and the Phoenix Masjid Free Speech Rally: https://youtu.be/55b3-jBqztU 

  6. Ahmed Mohammad and the atomic clock: https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/index.html 

  7. Las Vegas shooting coverage: https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/index.html

  8. Phoenix doctor fired for speaking out: https://www.newsweek.com/thirst-kill-us-pediatric-doctor-fired-accusing-israel-cannibalism-1604992 

  9. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  10. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  11. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

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Muslimah Erasure in Music

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​When we discuss entertainment, we think about music, too. Muslimahs have been making music for centuries, but a lot of us haven't been taught that. Amira Daugherty talks about her path from law to music, from activism to making history on American Idol, all without encouragement or accolades because Muslimah voices don't get them. This rapper, singer, and spoken word artist is literally using her voice to communicate across boundaries and connect with humanity, facing hurdles within and outside of her community. 

She’s also got a special ability you'll want to hear about as she attempts to create more inclusive American Muslimah representation. 

Hit the high notes with us on this episode airing at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, or Alexa.

Links:

  1. Find Amira online and SUPPORT HER ALBUM: https://amiraunplugged.onuniverse.com/

  2. Follow Amira on IG: @amiraunplugged

  3. Follow Amira on YouTube: Amira Unplugged

  4. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  5. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  6. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  7. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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Muslim American Casting

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Serena Rasoul, founder of Founder of Muslim American Casting, LLC joins us today to talk about Muslims in Entertainment. After House of Cards and other acting opportunities, Serena decided to pursue authentic representation of SW Asian, North African and Arab Muslims. Like other sheroes on the podcast this month, she addresses miscasting, Muslim tropes, and compromises that Muslim talent may have to make in Hollywood because the industry doesn’t understand their values and work ethic. It certainly doesn’t understand Muslims telling their own stories, which is why Muslim writers and filmmakers can get support from Serena and her company. Through Muslim American Casting, Serena is “Creating spaces, adding new faces.” 

​Hear her on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, or Alexa tonight at 6pm EST.

Links:

  1. Find Mama Africa Muslimah: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdxJPUOBuLbgnj8Uqqsa3Zg

  2. GoFundMe for Mama Africa Muslimah’s legal fees: https://gofund.me/8580557a 

  3. Find Muslim American Casting, LLC: https://www.muslimamericancasting.com/about

  4. Find Serena Rasoul on IG: @iamserenara

  5. Watch “We Are Lady Parts” on Peacock TV

  6. Website: mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  7. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

  8. FB: Mommying While Muslim

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Reclaiming Media Narrative

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Kicking off this month’s Muslim Representation in Entertainment series is scholar Dr. Maytha AlHassen. We explore the historical origins of the most common Muslim tropes, discuss the findings of recent studies done on movies that negatively depict Muslims, and discuss how we can counter them. You may even hear some hints about what’s coming next on a popular TV series that Dr. AlHassen co-produces. 

Links:

  1. Learn more about Dr. AlHassen’s work: https://www.mayalhassen.com/

  2. Haqq and Hollywood: Illuminating 100 Years of Muslim Tropes and How to Transform Them: https://popcollab.org/learning/haqq-and-hollywood/

  3. Muslim Narrative Change Cohort: https://pillarsfund.org/culture-change/muslim-narrative-change-cohort/#:~:text=In%20January%202020%2C%20we%20launched,behaviors%20and%2C%20ultimately%2C%20society 

  4.  Missing & Maligned: The Reality of Muslims in Popular Global Movies: https://assets.uscannenberg.org/docs/aii-muslim-rep-global-film-2021-06-09.pdf 

  5. The Blueprint for Muslim Inclusion: https://pillarsfund.org/content/uploads/2021/06/SOURCE-The-Muslim-Blueprint.pdf 

  6. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  7. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  8. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  9. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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How to be an Expat

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Aseel Elborno joins us today to discuss her longtime research of a particular country where she would like to transplant her family, even if temporarily. Her reasons for doing so should resonate with ALL moms in need of a village and who feel burned out. From community building to family planning, to how to prepare for an international move, we talk about all of it with this amazing expat in the making. 

Let it open our eyes to more opportunities for our families, and convince us that Allah’s world is big enough and worth it to experience FULLY! 

Links:

  1. Support high school senior Huda attacked at her graduation: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/protect-students-we-stand-with-huda 

  2. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  3. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  4. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  5. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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Manifesting Duaa and Dreams of Andalus

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Isra Hashmy joins us today to discuss her epiphany during the rat race of life and following Allah’s guidance to pursue her dream until it manifested into reality. Following the expat life isn’t as easy as we think, so she explains some of those details that could provide hiccups to a family planning on living overseas. Then there’s the hiccups you DON’T plan for, like a pandemic that separates your family and you’re with the kids in a country where you don’t speak the language. So, not traumatic at all. The hard parts didn’t make it on House Hunters International, but the fun ones did, so check out her family on there.

Get the details tonight at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or ask Alexa.

Links:

  1. Find Isra on FB: Muslimah Simple and Decluttered Living: https://www.facebook.com/groups/simpledeclutteredlife

  2. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  3. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  4. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  5. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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So That You May Know One Another--on Travel and Adventure


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If you’ve been a fan of Maroc Mama, you’ll be so excited for this one. For those who don’t know her, you will fall in love. Amanda Moutakki  joins us today to discuss her expat achievements and challenges, and running a tourism business in a pandemic. Her POV about living abroad is inspirational AND aspirational. Tune in to also find out about momcations and how she curates those.

Links:

  1. Find Amanda Mouttaki on on IG: @marocmama

  2. Check out her travel blog: www.marocmama.com

  3. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  4. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  5. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  6. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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Homeschooling and Writing Overseas

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Author mom Adeeba Jafri @adeebajafri_official comes on to discuss what precipitated her move abroad, what life is like, and shares info on the IB program for teens. On top of all that, she's a teacher and author with a new book on the way. 

Can you believe she stayed up all night nervous about coming on? For NOTHING! She is terrific and you can find out more on your podcast apps! Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or iHeartRadio. Or, ask Alexa!

Links:

  1. Find Adeeba Jafri on IG: adeebajafri_official

  2. Check out her writing and books: https://www.adeebajafri.com/about/

  3. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  4. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  5. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  6. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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How to Choose Women Faith Leaders for Real Diversity & Inclusion

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Hurunnessa Fariad joins us today to talk about how masajid can and DO do it right by appointing female leadership. As an employee of a major Muslim American masjid, she’s experienced that representative leadership exists and succeeds. 

Huri’s takeaways today include ALL women have talent. Plug in to her strengths and watch her soar because she will always take her kids and community with her! We also talk about women vs women in the masjid. Don’t miss it!

Tune in 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or ask Alexa!

Links:

  1. Find Hurunnessa Fariad on on IG: @sisteract

  2. Listen to Sister Act podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ytEwMpRfrZzVaGrM1o2qW?si=-KIcqc8VQyin3P3eCnkWzg 

  3. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  4. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  5. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  6. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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Why All Male Panels are Canceled

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Note: Since the breaking of the ceasefire by Israel, Hamas did not retaliate after the indiscriminate attacks on Muslim worshippers at the Aqsa compound on Friday 5/21/21. However, no further arms were deployed by either side, but since then, Israel has launched Operation Law and Order. According to this new act, Israel arrested over 500 Palestinians identified as involved in the protests that led to the massive bombing and murder to civilians in Gaza with the excuses of “but Hamas” and “Israeli self defense.” This is in addition to the 1500 Palestinians arrested without warrants by Israel before the murder campaign. Israel has advanced facial recognition technology and Big Brother knows who is at which protest and can prove it, then find them for protesting/peacefully assembling/speaking freely; you know, exercising democratic principles.

Hind Makki discusses all male panels and additional exclusionary practices that marginalize Muslimahs, both in the audience and in expert spaces, at conferences, seminars, and in the masjid space itself! These under-represented panels are hurting our institutions and driving financially independent and Islamically educated women away from the masjid and Islamic organizations. Since many of us had to learn how to live without the masjid during key parts of our worship, are we going to go back if we continue to be under-represented there? Let's discuss the bottom line.

For anyone who isn’t Muslim, there’s some great breakdowns about Islam in here for you, too.

​How do you feel when you see all male panels on parenting? 

Links:

  1. Find Hind Makki on Twitter: @hindmakki

  2. Find Hind Makki on IG: @sideentrance

  3. ISNA statement on The Inclusion of Women in Masjids http://dvmcf.net/files/sacredspaces/2016-ISNA%20Statement.pdf   

  4. Fatwa by Fiqh Council of North America on women in the masjid: http://fiqhcouncil.org/the-inclusion-of-women-in-masjids/ 

  5. #MuslimMaleAllies

  6. The picture that brought international attention on manels: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/28/saudi-arabian-womens-conference-picture_n_3515062.html 

  7. Side Entrance on Women’s Experiences in the Masjid: https://sideentrance.tumblr.com/about

  8. How the pandemic brought Muslim female scholarship forward: https://religionnews.com/2020/05/18/coronavirus-restrictions-on-mosques-bring-women-to-the-fore/ 

  9. Study on Muslim Prayer Spaces by Sara Abdelghany at Georgetown U: https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1059375/Sara%20Abdelghany%20-%20Making%20Space%20Muslim%20Americans%20and%20Progressive%20Gender%20Activism%20in%20Mosques%20after%209%2011.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y 

  10. Celebrate Mercy elevating women: https://celebratemercy.com/ 

  11. ISNA elevating women: https://isna.net/ 

  12. Women’s Quran recitation at Islah LA on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R7-9wBSdaos 

  13. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  14. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  15. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  16. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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Will the Women of the Board Please Stand Up?

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Kristy Sabbah joins us today as a former masjid board member and community leader. She reveals issues women on the board face and what they need from the community to support them. Let’s talk under representation, leadership accountability, cultural relevance, tokenism, and modeling board leadership for our daughters. The Muslim American masjid experience is so diverse, and our masjid (and organization) board representation must be as well.

Note: This podcast is not a place to obtain medical information and you must follow up anything you hear with your doctor.

Links:

  1. Find Kristy Sabbah IG: @kristysabbah

  2. Mom misinformation about COVID vaccine: https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/05/05/elle-reeve-vaccine-hesitancy-mothers-facebook-groups-ebof-dnt-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/  

  3. Muslim task forces on COVID vaccine: https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/DHSForms/Served/le3592A.pdf  

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  5. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

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Women on Women Microaggressions in the Prayer Hall

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Mommying While Muslim has never been late to drop an episode except Eid al Fitr 2021! We hope our lovely audience understands how excited we were to celebrate with our families and we wanted to edit something worth your listening ears.

Today is an opportunity to hear about our experiences in the masjid that hurt our hearts because we know the masjid can do better by us as women, mothers, and for our children. Hey, no one’s perfect, and no masjid is perfect, and we don’t want perfection. Can we attend masjid (once it’s safe again) without women, our very own sisters, calling out our kids or what we are wearing (or aren’t wearing), and judging each other over stuff we really don’t have too much jurisdiction over. Let’s do our work, and let Allah do His work. But we have to start by addressing what’s wrong and what each of us can do better ourselves. 

Our goal is to get our unmosqued Muslim families mosqued again. Let’s make it home again.

Links:

  1. Biden Steps to Address Gun Violence: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/07/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-initial-actions-to-address-the-gun-violence-public-health-epidemic/  

  2. American Muslim Women’s Giving Circle: https://amuslimcf.org/donors/giving-circles/womensgc/

  3. RSVP “YES” to Mommying While Muslim Virtual Tea for AMWGC recruitment event: https://fb.me/e/dH3OIF98Q 

  4. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  5. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  6. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  7. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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Reclaiming Myself with Keto Muslim Mom

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We meet the incredible Saadia Qureshi, The Keto Muslim Mom, today who jogs us down memory lane to discuss common new mommy issues: complicated diagnoses, health problems, pandemic pregnancy, body image, mompreneurship and her personal journey to live a particular lifestyle that brings her joy. This is one that requires a mental seatbelt as only Zaiba can manage, and some chill which Uzma will never ever master, as you ride a roller coaster of new mommy experiences and memories.

Links:

  1. Find Saadia on IG: @ketomuslimmom

  2. Academic Freedom and Potential Increase in Islamophobia: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/scottsdale-professor-whose-quiz-offended-muslim-student-gets-155k-11544885 

  3. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  4. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  5. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  6. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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Reasons to do it Again

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Sadia Jalali is the founder of Muslim Bliss and Uzma’s college roommate, and back on this podcast to talk about why Muslims moms CHOOSE to go back to the nursery. On this episode of our New Mommy Memoirs series, we change it up by discussing life’s changes that sometimes necessitate having another child in the second (or third) phase of life. 

She poses her zen approach to parenting and the epiphany that made her change her “never” to “maybe” to “okay” NINE years later. It’s worth thinking about for anyone who is on the fence and doesn’t want to say “what if” in a few years. Cheers to second chances and intentional pregnancies, as well as anyone who weathered a pandemic or single pregnancy! You’ll REALLY want to catch the very end of this episode for a fun gotcha moment.

Links:

  1. Find Sadia Jalali, LMFT on IG: @muslim.bliss

  2. Find Muslim Bliss on the web: www.muslim-bliss.com 

  1. Contact AG Keith Ellison (who happens to be Muslim!) in MN to pursue 2nd degree murder charges against Derek Chauvin accused of murdering George Floyd: https://www.ag.state.mn.us/office/contactus.asp

  1. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  2. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  3. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

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His, Mine, & Ours

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​Our good friend Shmila Javed is on today to share her new mommy memoirs in the context of a blended family. We are thankfully losing our hang ups about Muslim nuclear families in America, thereby getting closer to the prophetic model of a happy, healthy household alhamdulillah. She surprises us and confirms a lot of what we imagine it must be like to start all over with diapers and breastfeeding. Alhamdulillah it was HER and not us! 

We love our gf and the blast from the past. We hope you'll have as much fun at this reunion as we did!

Links:

  1. Shmila Javed on IG: @shimms3

  2. How American police gets away with killing people: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/us/police-killings-prosecution-charges.html 

  3. Contact AG Keith Ellison (who happens to be Muslim!) in MN to pursue 2nd degree murder charges against Derek Chauvin accused of murdering George Floyd: https://www.ag.state.mn.us/office/contactus.asp 

  4. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  5. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  6. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  7. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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I thought I was done, buuuuuuuut.....

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After a tough month in March, we are ready to talk about BABIES! We’re taking a walk down memory lane with a mom who recently had one in the strangest year on record. Sofia Kamal received a “subhanAllah surprise” when her then youngest was 10 years old and she’d been “done.”

Her journey to motherhood was fraught with tests including PCOS and a challenging career as a lawyer, but even the tail end of that was a lesson in patience and gratitude. Take a listen and share this episode with someone who might not be clicking her heels when she reads two blue lines for a much needed audio shoulder squeeze and a vote of confidence. “You got this!”

Links:

  1. Legal Islamaphobia: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/frances-anti-separatism-law-aims-to-legalize-islamophobia-experts/amp 

  2. Check out Zaiba on a French Muslimah’s podcast: https://youtu.be/0U1FhmcLMJ0

  3. Attend Mommying While Muslim’s First Ever Virtual Iftaar on 4/18 to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: https://fb.me/e/5DUWoDsTJ 

  4. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  5. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  6. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  7. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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But He Doesn’t Hit Me

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Madiha Schader joins us today to talk about her experience learning early on that she married someone who wouldn't be safe for her, yet how she continued to hide the details from her family and friends. The cultural reasons she did this are very clear in her story. She’s not unique, but what she focuses on today is that abusive domestic relationships don’t always include physical violence. Mental, emotional, verbal abuse, financial/social isolation and unreasonable demands from a place of control that endanger a person’s psychosocial wellbeing are equally suffocating and a matter of life and death. 

Madiha’s freedom actually came through her own son and her body. Find out how her closest friends identified what was happening and supported her until she was able to decide it was time to save herself. 

If you know someone you suspect is in danger of physical violence or mental oppression, ASK her. Then help her using the resources listed below. If you’re someone who is in danger, having kids WILL NOT change an abuser towards you and might direct abuse toward your kid(s).

Note 1: pronunciation correction Madiha Schader (SH ay der)

Note 2: If you are in danger, make sure to “clear history” on your browsers if you’re searching for help. Use the phone numbers we listed below and delete your call history if you have access to a phone.

Links:

  1. NISA helpline for Muslim women’s helpline: 1-888-315-NISA (6472)

  2. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

  3. Elderly Asian woman attacked unprovoked: https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2021/03/12/asian-grandma-reportedly-knocked-unconscious-in-random-attack/amp/ 

  4. Elderly Asian woman attacked unprovoked and strikes back: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/elderly-asian-woman-attacked-san-francisco-fights-back-sends-alleged-attacker-to-hospital/ 

  5. Chinese Filipino man attacked unprovoked: https://www.asianjournal.com/usa/northerncalifornia/filipino-chinese-man-attacked-during-lunch-break-in-san-francisco/ 

  6. President’s call for Congress to pass anti hate legislation: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/19/biden-urges-congress-to-pass-hate-crime-legislation-over-violence-against-asian-americans.html

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Brain Tumors Suck

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Samia Masood joins us today to talk about her harrowing experience through her son's illness and how she survived it. Life pre diagnosis and post diagnosis is a real thing and very delineated in a mom’s mind and heart for life and we work out some trauma together. Her ordeal didn't end after her son’s initial fight was over, but the hot coals propelled her to do MORE--not just for her family, but for her community as well. Find out how. Check it out at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Alexa, Audible, Roku, Amazon Music or iHeartRadio.

Note: In the soapbox, Uzma definitely meant to say CAIR-FL “condemns” not “condones.

Links:

  1. Islamic Network Group Educator Resources: https://ing.org/school-overview/ 

  2. Call CAIR-FL to find out how to support the Muslim student attacked at Chiefland Middle School: https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-florida-statement-on-recent-bullying-and-violence-at-chiefland-fla-middle-school/ 

  3. Find Samia on IG and Facebook: @thinkandteach

  4. Find Samia on the web: https://www.thinkandteach.com/

  5. St. Baldrick’s Society: https://www.stbaldricks.org/get-involved?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0caCBhCIARIsAGAfuMxWP2ZHn43WxRiCXGdWwow6pxPdqd3S0tLU5gZlZm3zGs8zIcVh1hEaAssXEALw_wcB

  6. ACCO American Chidlhood Cancer Organization: https://www.acco.org/blog/hospital-network-program/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0caCBhCIARIsAGAfuMz5x-iK_vB11ziNDKARYbaekwg7691Q9UxRxmIznufRnzhwJh9MFz0aAmJrEALw_wcB 

  7. ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation in Virginia: https://www.askccf.org/ 

  8. Mom support for childhood cancer: https://momcology.org/ 

  9. Resources for kids with cancer: https://andrewslaughinggas.org/news

  10. Special cakes for kids who have cancer: https://www.icingsmiles.org/

  11. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  12. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  13. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  14. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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I Didn't Bring Home My Newborn Part II

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Trigger warning: child loss.

If you haven’t scheduled to listen in on our Firewalker series this month, you’ll want to. These moms aren’t just walking over hot coals--they’re doing it through billowing blazes while taking names and kicking butt.

Whether you're ready for it or not, Shazia Imam, host of the Feminine & Fulfilled podcast joins us to drop truths about what it looks like when NOTHING works out. She's faced the worst of what we daily pray for protection against. How she overcame everything is a story to hear, and now it informs her important work for women! Her declarations to Allah SWT are aspirational and affirming so listen in to learn them.

Cool fact: This episode was recorded live on Facebook and YouTube but ran unrecorded for the first time on Clubhouse with live QA afterwards! Super fun.

Links:

  1. Biden on School Reopening: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/biden-schools-reopen/2021/02/11/3a63e3ee-6b2d-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html 

  2. Get the 100 Dreams template: https://www.thelifeengineer.com/dreams.html#ck_modal 

  3. Find Shazia on IG: @thelifeengineer

  4. Find Shazia on the web: https://www.thelifeengineer.com/ 

  5. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  6. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  7. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  8. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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Zaiba Hasan Zaiba Hasan

When it’s Time to Walk Away

Shownotes:

We're all about love and marriage this month. Until we're not. Not all marriages work out, and we don't say "succeed" or "fail" because marriage isn't an Olympic event, y'all. Sometimes two people just don't belong together, and when kids are involved, decisions must be made.

Rayesa Gheewala, The Muslimah Divorce Coach, talks to us today about the heartbreaking truths of divorce, including the aftermath that can leave a mom gutted if she doesn't know where to get help. The answer is already one we know, and Rayesa is so gifted at leading us back to natural, nonverbal knowing, or our fitra. The role of ego in anything, especially in divorce, really needs more exploring in ways that we’ve never heard of before. We also touch on what’s causing Muslim divorces during this pandemic, and how to identify when it’s the end of the road. 

Take notes! The pearls in this episode are for anyone even CONTEMPLATING a relationship.

Links:

  1. Find Rayesa on IG: @rayesagheewala

  2. Join The Divorced Muslimah Network FB group

  3. The Divorced Muslimah’s Website: www.rayesagheewala.com

  4. Take your personality test with your spouse:  https://www.16personalities.com/ 

  5. Muslim American divorce: Divorce among American Muslims: Statistics, challenges & solutions | SoundVision.com

  6. On immigration: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/biden-executive-orders-family-separation-464816 

  7. On immigration: https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210218/news/302189894/

  8. Follow the money: https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/12/19/ice-detention-private-prisons-expands-under-trump-administration/4393366002/ 

  9. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

  10. Email: mommyingwhilemuslim@gmail.com

  11. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

  12. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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