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Nov. 8, 2024

Gift of the Gab with Maureen Johnson: The Alternative to News

Strange are the times when news outlets are constantly under scrutiny for how they are (or are not!) covering the news. I sit down with content creator, Maureen Johnson, a.ka. '@realgodivagodess', and we talk about how questioning news narratives got her and other content creators into hot water with big…

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Oct. 25, 2024

Gift of the Gab with Aja Martinez: I Ain't Afraid of C.R.T!

Spooky season is upon us and we are all out there looking for a good fright. But is Critical Race Theory one of them? That is what I try to find out by sitting with, Aja Martinez, a multi-award winning author of multiple books on CRT. We discuss what it…

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Oct. 11, 2024

Solo Episode: Four Years and A Genocide Ago

Humanity is literally stuck in the WORST movie remake of "Groundhog Day", where we keep doing the same things and in this version things start to get worse! I started my podcast in 2020, which was also a presidential election year, and here we are again four years later, but…

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Oct. 8, 2024

Protest Cover: Bad Liar (Imagine Dragon)

Original song credit to @imaginedragons After all we have witnessed this past year. A g-side in 4K, you'd think it would be enough to awaken the conscience of our leaders, but I guess it isn't. The time is now ours, to take back power. Enough is enough, and we WILL…

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Sept. 27, 2024

Gift of the Gab with Marlon Duran: Where's The Vote?!

In the last Presidential elections one-in-three Americans did not vote. That is an alarming number! And with the upcoming elections in November, I sit down with Marlón Duran, the Texas Regional Field Organizer for the Jill Stein campaign, and we discuss the reasons why so many Americans do not vote…

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Sept. 13, 2024

Gift of the Gab with Jessica Elgamil: Aiding Refugees of War

For this seasons very first Gift of the Gab, I interview my friend Jessica Elgamil, who is a certified yoga teacher by trade, and she just returned from an aid mission to Egypt. She recounts how the opportunity came about to help Palestinian refugees, who had escaped the genocide in…

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Aug. 30, 2024

The Whole Muslim with Ustadh Tabari Zahir: Lamps of Light

In this week's episode we tackle a subject that has long been a subject of political discourse, especially when it relates to the carceral system within the United States. I've covered the subject of addiction before on the podcast, but in this episode I interview, Ustadh Tabari Zahir, the founding…

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Aug. 16, 2024

Solo Episode: New Season and Current Events!

The Summer is over and I am BAAAACK! Season 10 has begun, and unfortunately the world is still on fire... But don't worry, all hope is NOT lost because it is election year and guess what?! People are sick and tired of the madness and they are rising up for…

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June 21, 2024

Solo Episode: 100 Episodes!

This is it! My 100th episode and having y'all as my audience for four years now! I can't thank y'all enough for being there with me, during the evolution of my podcast AND me! And that's the recap I do for this episode, sort of taking a trip down memory…

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May 24, 2024

Solo Episode: Checking our Bias in Activism

When doing the work of activism for a cause, it sometimes happens that we experience tunnel vision; assuming that it is the only thing that is important. That is what sort of happened to me, I lost sight for a bit of the bigger picture. Ever since October 7th, the…

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May 10, 2024

The Whole Muslim with Khalidah Bilal: Compassion for All

For this The Whole Muslim segment I interview one of my FAV returning guest, Khalidah Bilal, (you can watch my first interview with her on her work with domestic violence victims here: https://youtu.be/KbIbgp0L-jM?si=6iBXPsdJJsD7Q6ji) who is a licensed Life Coach and the founder of Kindred Barakah. Kindred Barakah is an initiative…

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May 2, 2024

Video 2 of "100 Good Things"

Video Number 2 of my "100 Good Things". Today's lesson: Emotional control is essential to the freedom movement! #angermanagement #free🍉 #uprootthesystem #protestforpeace

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April 29, 2024

Video number 1 of the "100 good things" series!

Go vote because the hijab demands it! #begood #100goodthings #govote

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April 26, 2024

The Whole Muslim with Marena Riyad: Comedy and Resistance

You might think that a henna studio and a comedy stage can't ever come together, but my guest this week, Marena Riyad, would prove you wrong! I talk to Marena, who founded the Haus of Henna AND Kufiya Comedy right here in the DFW Metro area and we discuss how…

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April 19, 2024

Solo Episode: 100 Good Things

The world is topsy turvy and we gotta do what we can to make it right! That's why as a part of my 4 year and 100 episodes celebration, I will be creating a video series called "100 Good Things", in an effort to bring a sense of hope to…

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April 5, 2024

Gift of the Gab with Tai: Healing and Collective Liberation

In this Gift of the Gab, I discuss collective liberation with my guest, Tai, a Sudanese-Canadian activist, writer and the founder of, The Red Ma'at Collective. She opens up about how her past as an asylum seeker really shaped her journey to heal her trauma through the practice of yoga.…

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March 15, 2024

The Whole Muslim with Omar Khawaja: Faith and Story-Telling

When life presents to you your favorite Muslim children's story-book author, you gotta interview him! In this episode I interview the renowned creator of the "Ilyas and Duck" children's story books, Omar Khawaja and it was an absolute pleasure being able to find out how this dynamic boy and duck…

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March 1, 2024

Gift of the Gab with Leila Hegazy: Singing in Protest

The very first Gift of the Gab of the season and I could not be more honored than to have my first guest on, singer-songwriter, Leila Hegazy! Her protest cover-versions of popular songs are a hit, and a ray of light in a social-media scape that still seems to be…

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Feb. 20, 2024

Cover of Tracy Chapman's 'Change'

I ain't gonna be winning any Grammy's for my cover version of #tracychapman 's classic, change. But I'll be damned if I don't try to move someone's conscience! We are all complicit in a gen0c!de and it has to stop!! Join a pr0t3st, call your Representative, stage a sit in,…

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Feb. 16, 2024

The Whole Muslim with Sarah Albassri: Life and Martial Arts

Opening this season with a bang with a guest I've been wanting have on for FOREVER! In the very first episode of 'The Whole Muslim' for this season, I feature, Sarah Albassri or "Instructor Sarah" as she is known on social media. Sarah is a 3rd year Ph.D student, but…

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Feb. 2, 2024

Solo Episode: 4 Years! (To Celebrate or Not to Celebrate?)

Your favorite podcaster is BACK! And I am 4 years and 9 seasons in (please, don't ask me the math, I'm just making this up as I go :D) But I have been in a bit of an emotional rut, I had really looked forward to celebrating my 4 years…

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Dec. 22, 2023

Gift of the Gab with Clarke Jones: A Journey of Faith and the Power of Social Media

***TRIGGER WARNING*** This episode discusses sexual assault In this episode, I talk to content creator and a recent convert to Islam, Clarke Jones. We trace her tumultuous Faith journey, and how she came to Islam, a few short weeks after October 7th, and the beginning of the relentless Israeli aggression…

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Dec. 8, 2023

Gift of the Gab with Dr. Uzma Jafri: Discussing How to Protest Safely

In this episode, I talk to fellow podcaster from the 'Mommying While Muslim' podcast, Dr. Uzma Jafri. Not only is she a Physician and co-hosts an award-winning podcast, but she is actually trained in civil protest protocols! And at this time when protesting for the rights of the people of…

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Nov. 24, 2023

Solo Episode: Genocide, Social Media and Censorship

Having social media presence under any capacity does create its share of issues. But I never expected blatant censorship and shadow-banning would be one of them. Social media is not exactly the friendliest place for socially aware Muslims and those POC who refuse to stay silent on social justice issues.…

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