2006 ESPN Arthur Ashe Award winner, a graduate of Drew University, program manager at DT Institute, and a world-renowned public speaker, Shamila Kohestani joins the Girls where they discuss living under Taliban rule, her rise in soccer stardom, and her outspokenness about women’s issues worldwide and the life-changing opportunities playing sports can provide.

The attack is yet another on innocent lives in the Capital of Kabul in Afghanistan.  19 young lives were brutally lost and 22 others injured.  The girls dedicate this episode of Little Bites to the lives lost in this outrageous attack on students at Kabul University.

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Freshta Taeb and Nadia Hashimi, part of an ambitious group of volunteers dedicated to Afghan-Americans supporting the Biden/Harris campaign. Nadia jan is a Pediatrician, novelist and former Democratic Congressional nominee for Maryland's 6th District. Freshta jan currently leads the Refugee Interventionists Program at Cornerstone Family and Marriage Intervention and the Managing Director of FT Translation Services.

Meghan Kabir is a multi-platinum songwriter and singer.  Having written chart-topping hits like Kelly Clarkson's "People Like Us," Selena Gomez's "Live Like There's No Tomorrow" from the Ramona & Beezus soundtrack, and over 10 Billboard charted songs, her success is remarkable!  With a deep love and fondness for Afghan culture, food, and dress Meghan speaks with the Girls about her musical influences, including Ahmad Zahir and Haider Saleem, as well as Nashville Country Music and LA Pop Stars.

Re-releasing this important episode on mental health with Dr. Nausheen Yunas on the occasion of World Mental Health Day. Dr. Yunas is a licensed clinical psychologist practicing in Woodbridge, Virginia.  She completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology from George Mason University and her doctorate from the American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University.

Azita Ghanizada is an Afghan-American actress.  She had a leading role in Syfy's "ALPHAS,"  starred opposite Michael Shannon & Rachel Weisz in "Complete Unknown," recently recurred on both "Ballers," and "Good Trouble." She is here to talk to the Girls about being an Afghan actress in Hollywood, her struggle to overcome adversity within the community, & how she became an advocate with MENASA.

 

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Mozhdah and Sofia catch everyone up with what they've done over the hiatus and through the Summer of the Pandemic.  More importantly, the Girls introduce the first episode of the new, additional format.  These new Little Bites of Wisdom are short, approximately 15-minute episodes wherein they discuss social issue and personal issues they are grappling with.

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Spojmie Nasiri is an immigration lawyer practicing in Pleasanton, CA, speaking fluent English, Dari and Pashto. She has won many awards and accolades, including as one of the Top 100 Immigration Lawyers in 2015 by National Advocates, “Top 40 Lawyers Under 40” list in 2015 by the American Society of Legal Advocates. Mrs. Nasiri was selected as a Northern California “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine for 2015 and 2016.

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The girls are joined by two fabulously talented and incredibly wise additional girls.  Maryam and Zuhra from the Chai Sabz podcast join Mozhdah and Sofia in an episode covering a wide array of social justice issues facing young Afghans of the diaspora.  The girls discuss what it means to be Afghan in the West and how it relates to their feelings and love for Afghanistan.  Join us for an important dialogue with differing viewpoints on subjects facing Afghan youth today.

There is an international conversation happening right now discussing police brutality and racism in societies across the world. We as Afghans are not any less affected by discrimination in the societies we live in or in Afghanistan. It is incumbent upon us to speak out against injustice. The girls this week discuss social justice in the United States, in Afghanistan and across the world.