278 episodes
Mommying While Muslim Zaiba Hasan & Uzma Jafri
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.8 • 89 Ratings
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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 moms first, careerwomen second, and global citizens at heart. They meet taboo topics head on because they weren't allowed to do it growing up, not at home or at school and work. They aim to better their immediate households, communities, and their momsisterhood the world over by telling the truths sometimes people don't want to face or to hear. Not everyone has the privileges they have and they are eager to learn, more than they are to share their own experiences. Always looking to give back, they find women and families who need a mic because no one needs a voice; they just need an opportunity to speak. Besides tough social issues, they also tackle political ones because when laws affect their kids, they're coming for them as well as the ones who make them! There's no lane that doesn't get taken here. Along the way, they recruit momallies for Muslim Americans who have been inordinately targeted for the last 20 years. True moms know that ALL our children deserve to be safe, loved, and happy, and we bust every yellow brick on the Islamaphobic road to make sure they all are. If you like good trouble, this one's for you!
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Where Are Muslims on Campus Right Now?
We had too good a conversation not to make an episode out of it, and thank you to Shehla Faizi of @imamuslimpodcast for initiating it! Basically, like the majority of the country, we moms are asking:
WTH is going on on our student campuses? Why on earth would students put their education, finals, safety and futures on the line for Gazans they don’t even know?Why are peaceful student encampments met with such brutal force?Why is everyone vs. the students protesting genocide and not the actual genocide in Gaza?What can we do in solidarity with our students?If you take nothing else away from this conversation, SHOW UP.
Tune in to find out how to keep us safe! Stay safe out there, everyone! 👊🏽👊🏽
Links:
The History of Anti War Student MovementsAnti War Student Movements to Explain to KidsThe History of the Young LordsWeb: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com Email: salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.comFB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim groupIG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast
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Support the Show.
1. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com
2. Email: salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com
3. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group
4. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast
5. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w -
Portrait of a Listener Part 2
THANK YOU to all respondents of our survey so far. Anyone who'd like to receive a a free gift card via email, please head to the link in bio to fill that out by 5/15. Your answers helped us round out and improve the picture we have of you in our minds when we plan and pray for this podcast. 🎧
What topics do audiences want us to cover, how do they want to support us (or don't 😭😭😭), what do they want us to do better, and what comment made us outright cry?
Tune in at 6pm EST to find out and if you are a student who needs info shared or resources sent ASAP, please let us know and we are your moms to get it done. Stay safe out there, everyone! 👊🏽👊🏽
Travel Love LegacyA podcast where we elevate the voices of Black & Brown Family TravelersListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the Show.
1. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com
2. Email: salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com
3. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group
4. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast
5. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w -
SERIES: We're Baaaack!: Portrait of a Listener Part 1
Today is the first of two episodes reporting the results of our Annual Survey. On this one, find out who our fellow listeners are, where they listen in from, what they do, and what this data means to us. Find out if it's true about you or not, and why this data matters to the podcasts industry itself.
Survey closes on 5/15! Click on the link in bio to fill it out and automatically enter our drawing to win egift cards for participating. Help shape the future of Mommying While Muslim Podcast with your feedback.
Tune in at 6pm EST and remember to cast your Webby People's Choice vote by midnight! Link in bio.
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1. Vote for the Webby's People's Choice Award: https://tr.ee/OENKpQ_3z3
2. Fill out the Annual Survey and try to win a prize as well as help us out: https://tr.ee/CqK2JzJe8b
3. Disparities in the Podcast Industry: https://gitnux.org/diversity-in-the-podcast-industry/
Travel Love LegacyA podcast where we elevate the voices of Black & Brown Family TravelersListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the Show.
1. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com
2. Email: salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com
3. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group
4. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast
5. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w -
Replay: Perpetuity of Ramadan's Spiritual Productivity
We are in dire need of it, hence the replay of Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi's episode about impediments to spiritual consistency in our lives. While some folks tried to white knuckle it through Ramadan, we used it to treat our broken hearts and rage. But we are still worried about how to make the essence of this month make the world make sense after Eid. How do we carry our Ramadan routines forward past this blessed month and not lose the spiritual high we SO NEED right now?
Let’s talk about train cars, the myth of parental ownership, suhbah (spiritual companionship), acts of worship we can rely on no matter our stage of motherhood, and insha’Allah walk away feeling energized to maintain the magic of Ramadan, keeping up steam for the rest of the year. Allahuma ameen.
☪☪Tune in to this episode and share it with a friend who needs to keep filling her cup while she hits the streets and phone banks to stop a manmade catastrophe THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED if everyone paid more attention to ALL children, and not just their own.
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Hosai Mojaddidi’s Website: http://hosaimojaddidi.com/about/ Hosai Mojaddidi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hosaimojo/?hl=en Hosai Mojaddidi on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hosaimojaddidi/ The Golden Quran app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.goldenquran.freesoft&hl=en_US&gl=US Ustadha Hosai’s book recommendation: The Jewels of the Quran Imam GhazaliWeb: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com Email: salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.comFB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim groupIG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcastTravel Love LegacyA podcast where we elevate the voices of Black & Brown Family TravelersListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the Show.
1. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com
2. Email: salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com
3. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group
4. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast
5. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w -
Replay: This Isn't How I'm Supposed to Feel
This week's replay is Dr. Fareeha Malik, DDS, mom of 2 with a history of severe postpartum depression. PPD ended up informing her relationships and and even her reproduction.
Of course, we discuss how she she found healing. Bringing home a baby doesn’t always mean mom’s eternal happiness. Not all mothers feel “the way they should” after the baby is born, and may feel lost if they don’t know where to turn for resources. This endangers not only mom but also a newborn.
In a time when 14000 children have been unalived in a completely manmade g-cide, this episode still has its place as one of the struggles mothers face. And for those of our momsisters delivering via C-section without anesthesia, delivering prematurely due to stress, shock, and manmade famine, PPD is a real threat with deep seated claws. May Allah SWT first and foremost secure the survival of our momsisters and their newborns born in an ongoing g-cide, and protect them from every evil of the heart and mind, and destroy the enemies who threaten their physical states. Ameen.
We were so into the conversation that we didn't get to review the valuable resources we have for our community. check out the shownotes on our website or DM us.
Links:
1. Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: http://perinatology.com/calculators/Edinburgh%20Depression%20Scale.html
2. PHQ-9 Screening Tool: https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/images/res/PHQ%20-%20Questions.pdf
3. American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology patient handout on PPD: https://www.acog.org/Patients/FAQs/Postpartum-Depression?IsMobileSet=false
4. Nisa Helpline: https://nisahelpline.com/who-we-are/ 1-888-315-NISA (6472) available 12 hours during the day, or email info@nisahelpline.com anytime
5. National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 available 24/7 for help
Travel Love LegacyA podcast where we elevate the voices of Black & Brown Family TravelersListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the Show.
1. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com
2. Email: salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com
3. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group
4. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast
5. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w -
Replay: Female Scholars & Safe Spaces
This hiatus replay features Shaykha Tamara Gray, founder of Rabata, an online institute for and by Muslim women to educate themselves in Islam. She’s also an experienced mom who has a lot to share with moms about allying with their kids as part of their mothering.
Mic drop moment 32:36 when Shaykha Tamara reminds us about the etymological relationship of the words “umm” (mother) and “imam” (one in front of whom we study, or leader), but on a lighter note at 44:15 “Shaykha Tamara: I am green beans!” Serious butterflies and chills in this episode, so don’t miss it!
Tune in at 6pm EST and share with a momsister in search of female scholarship. Remember to pray for those memorizers of Quran and scholars we have lost in the past several months, in G@z@ especially, due to a siege that was 100% manmade and 100% avoidable.
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Find out more about Rabata: https://www.rabata.org/Rabata on IG: @rabata_orgFind out more about Ribaat programs: https://ribaat.rabata.org/For more information on the teen program “RabaTeens”: rabateens.rabata.org For more information on the children’s program “Dragonflies”: dragonflies.rabata.orgAnse Tamara on IG: @tamaralgrayAnse Tamara’s picks for Muslimah AmTravel Love LegacyA podcast where we elevate the voices of Black & Brown Family TravelersListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the Show.
1. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com
2. Email: salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com
3. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group
4. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast
5. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w
Customer Reviews
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What an easy to listen to, relevant and relatable podcast. As a former TV and radio producer I often listen to podcasts and judge the errs and arrs and found after listening to 2 episodes that I had NOT critiqued under my breathe! Thank YOU so much for this podcast Zaiba and Uzma! 6 Stars!
Wonderful
I love the advice they give on parenting! You can feel their love and passion in every episode. Regardless of your faith I feel like they give valuable insight to parenting
Im a guy and i
Love this show. Thanks and keep it going forever please :)