It's that time of year again! Ramadan Mubarak to all of our listeners around the world. We hope your month has gotten off to a great start. A special shout out to those living far north of the equator, as here in London our daylight hours are expanding far beyond what our producers are used to. Hena is a Rotary International Global Grant Scholar and Masters student at the London School of Economics. She's from Dallas, Texas, and she was born and raised Muslim. She is the first woman we have...

Raabiyah has been an activist for as long as she can remember. The first time her mother brought her to a protest against the Chinese government's treatment of the Uyghur people, she remembers asking why they were going. Her mother told her that these were Turkish people, like them, who were being mistreated in their home country, and that their mistreatment could not be ignored. Raabiya talks to us about the situation in China. She discusses her journey to taking a leadership role, in...

Welcome to a series of special episodes of the Hijabi Diaries! Over the coming months, we will be bringing you a series of interviews from our sisters in London, England, in the UK. If you are a listener, a practicing Muslim, identify as female, and would like to be interviewed for the podcast - please contact us(!) at [email protected]. Chifa is a performing artist from North London. She recently went through a year of growth and transition, in which her faith grew enormously. She...

In this Part II of Autumn's story, we talk about her journey to converting to Islam, which started amongst the company of good friends in her teenage years, and continued into adulthood as she began to discover who she was. Autumn also talks about ways prejudice has impacted her life, and how she deals with it when it does. The Hijabi Diaries is produced in partnership with the Openhearted Campaign to End Islamophobia. Aubrey Seader is our executive producer, with help from WFHB News...

During this episode we meet Autumn, who tells us about her work as an early childhood educator. She talks about the hurdles she sees many kids facing as they grow, including ones that seem pre-determined based on their race and their family's socio-economic situation. Autumn speaks about the innocence of young minds, and how their youth presents an opportunity to instils life-long values of kindness, respect for diversity, and an open acceptance of differences. This is one of two episodes...

This is the only episode of the Hijabi Diaries that doesn't involve a profile on a Muslim woman. During this episode, we take a break from our regular programming to speak with a former Supreme Court clerk, now a Law Professor at the IU Maurer School of Law, Ian Samuel. Samuel talks to us about the recent upholding of the Trump Administration's travel ban by the 2018 US Supreme Court, with a particular focus on its predicted impact on Muslim Americans. This travel ban will limit travel and...

Today on the podcast, Sherry shares some thoughts about her transformation from a shy young Egyptian-American girl who felt totally alienated in a culture so often suspicious of Arab people, to a woman determined to stand in her own power, make her own decisions (from what to wear, to what to listen to, and when to speak her truth), and let no one look down on her or her hijabi sisters. We also have the story of two friends who teamed up with an amazing cast of collaborators to make music...

Today on the podcast, we have a story of love. It's a story of growth and of coming of age. It's a story of two people coming to understand themselves better, and of them both finding a way back to loving one another, even if they don't totally understand each other's choices. It's also, more simply, the story of a father and a daughter. A warning that this episode deals with issues of addiction, depression, and anxiety. It also makes mention of an attempted suicide. These themes may not be...

In this episode of the Hijabi Diaries, Abi shares her updates from the field in her Ramadan Diaries 2018 (which you can also access on our website, www.hijabidiaries.com), which share what Ramadan is like for this hijabi, teacher, and mother of three.  Also, we talk with Anna Maidi, our co-producer, about how motherhood changed Ramadan for her. Anna hasn't observed the Ramadan fast in 7 years as she's given birth to and nursed her three sons. She finds it hard to accept God's mercy for her...

The newest episode of the Hijabi Diaries, "Upstanders and Up-standing," was originally created in April of 2017, and reflects on the effects of the 2016 Presidential elections on local Muslim people, as well as the rise in hate crimes following the election, and how Hoosiers across the state are taking their neighbors' safety into their own hands (and sometimes with them into state-level legislative sessions).

Hijabi Diaries is back, with new episodes produced by Wes Martin and Aubrey Seader, for WFHB, Bloomington (IN). In this first episode of 2018, Abi weaves the tale of her long journey to converting to Islam, which started shortly after the events of September 11th, 2001. Later in the episode, we here from Filizen Cicek, and Anna Maidi, about their experiences with gender inequality both inside and outside the religious, cultural, and even political institutions they grew up in, and later...

Katie, born and raised in a small town in northern Indiana, talks about why she wears the hijab, how she converted to Islam, her very supportive mother, modern feminism she finds in the scriptures of Islam, and how, when she puts on her hijab, she feels as though she is suddenly no longer welcome in her own country. Katie just graduated with a masters in Applied Linguistics from Indiana University in Bloomington.

Meryem speaks about her current dilemma. She's experienced a lot of prejudice since moving to Bloomington, more than she did when she was an undergraduate student in New Hampshire in the early 2000's. She fears for her safety and the safety and happiness of her young son. She has enjoyed living in America and loves the friends she has made.. the majority of people around her are nice and welcoming .. but she doesn't want her son to grow up to believe he is separate or "other," and fears he is...

Episode IV features Melani, who speaks about why she wears her hijab, what it was like moving from Indonesia to Bloomington, Indiana, why she loves being a teacher and a mother, and what her hopes are for her future.

In this episode of the Hijabi Diaries, we bring you a special treat: An interview with Anna Maidi, the co-producer of the Hijabi Diaries, and the creator of the Openhearted campaign. She talks about why she decided to start these projects, and why she believes that Muslims telling their stories will bring greater understanding, appreciation and peace to communities around the country.

The Hijabi Diaries: Muslim women, speaking for themselves. In the Hijabi Diaries, Muslim women speak about their lives, their faith, their work, what it's like to live in the current climate of anti-Muslim prejudice, and, of course, why they wear the Hijab.