From the other side

This week we unapologetically speak about culture again with 'Big Shotta' being roasted for being bribed as a child and being a coconut.

Resources:

1. How is culture important in life? - https://www.quora.com/How-is-culture-important-in-life

2. Part 1: What Is Culture and How Does It Affect Our Daily Lives? - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabriella-van-rij/part-1-what-is-culture-and-how-does-it-affect-our-daily-lives_b_9607312.html

3. Culture plays key role in nation building - www.cultureindevelopment.nl/News/Discussing_Culture_and_Development/1352/Culture_plays_key_role_in_nation_building

This week we delve deep into the millennial connection with religion and again how our experience resonate with that. It might come across judgemental but we're mostly exploring a mindset unfamiliar to us.

Resources:

1. Millennials abandon hope for religion... —Galen Watts - theconversation.com/millennials-abandon-hope-for-religion-but-revere-human-rights-90537

2. Why Millennials are less religious than older Americans - www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/01/08/qa-why-millennials-are-less-religious-than-older-americans/

3. Millennials and Religion: A New Perspective - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/millennials-and-religion-a-new-perspective_us_59480034e4b0961faacbe57c?guccounter=1

This week Big shotta passes the responsibility of hosting to his co-hosts and it ends up being a little awkward and hostile. We also talk about our issues with diversity and tokenism.

This episode was a total mess. We were interacting with people in the background, Big Shottas narcissism was confronted and we tried, we really, really tried to have a discussion on personality.

We are back and we're getting our bearings in order. This week we just updating you guys with what's going on and breaking down characters whilst we're at it.

We're at the end of Ramadan and this series of episode. We talk about our goals and how weak we are. Pray for us we are broken.

References:

A Yemeni Wedding - https://vimeo.com/183140304

This week we explore our insecurities in interacting with the opposite gender especially in religious settings. Should the interaction with a kuff lady be different to the interactions with a muslim lady ?

Shout outs

Make sure to check out Abwaan Chronicles hosted by Hafsa, Ikran, Istahil, Sahra and Umalkhair

- https://soundcloud.com/theabwaanchronicles

Also here is a link to their charity initiative to sponsor a childs education in Somalia. Please donate - https://www.gofundme.com/Abwaan-Sponsor-a-Child-s-Education/donate

Also make sure to check out Inspyre Reads for a humorous and insightful bookclub with the mandem.

-https://soundcloud.com/inspyre-entertainment

And here is the Ramadan Tent initiative discussed on this episode -https://ramadantentproject.wordpress.com/

This week we tried, really tried to discuss why there is an uptick in gang violence during Ramadan this year.

It was a short episode and again we were outside so that's why it sounds like that.

Tell us if you actually enjoyed this episode.

This is 'From The Other Side:Of Ramadan'. A new series exploring our experiences with Ramadan and how we are going to tackle the month right!

This week we broke our fast on the episode and we got really honest about our experiences of the month.

References:

What do Ramadan Kareem and Ramadan Mubarak mean, how are the greetings different and when can you say them? - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6211919/ramadan-kareem-mubarak-meaning-fasting/

In our 20th episode we get really vulnerable and reveal our insecurities and how we try to overcome them. And we got a soundboard so things will get more hectic from now on.