Identity Politics

It’s been months but we still wanted to end things properly. Here’s the final episode. Hibba gets intimate with Ikhlas and Makkah on the end of a journey. https://media.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/content.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/67_Episode_67_The_Final_Episode.mp3

On this episode, Makkah and Ikhlas share why they decided to end the show and what’s next. Later, they talk to Angelica Lindsey-Ali a.k.a The Village Auntie about Allah centered self love.

Ikhlas and Makkah continue the conversation from last episode and talk to Muneera Fontaine about restoring the womb and what a graceful birth can look like. Dr. Muneera Fontaine, Ed.d is the owner of Peaceful Earth, Graceful Birth. She currently practices as an Early Interventionist, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, and Womb Healer. Her […]

Ikhlas and Makkah go into detail on how they transitioned through pregnancy loss. What helped, what didn’t, what support looks like and what it feels like to be on the other side of it. https://media.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/content.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/64_Episode_64_Process_and_Healing_Through_Pregnancy_Loss.mp3

Change is tough, it’s uncomfortable, sometimes exciting and something we all have to go through several times in our lives. Change is inevitable. So how do you move through it? Makkah and Ikhlas talk about how they’ve dealt with and meet change. https://media.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/content.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/63_Episode_63_How_to_Move_Through_Change.mp3 Music by Ketsa, “Good Vibe”, CC-licensed.

With Covid resurfacing so much trauma, therapists have taken to instagram to help folks cope. But what does the journey to healing actually look like? Ikhlas and Makkah talk to Dr. Kameelah Rashad about myths and misconceptions around healing and navigating trauma. https://media.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/content.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/62_Episode_62_Healing_as_a_Journey.mp3

Ikhlas and Makkah come back from an extended break and explore what joy and rest means to them in this space, time and age. https://media.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/content.blubrry.com/identitypolitics/61_Episode_61_Joy_and_Rest_2.mp3

We go LIVE with Black Iftar to chat about creating a community of people you love, trust, and keep you inspired in your journey towards Allah.

To wrap up Season 7, Ikhlas, Hibba and Makkah sit down to check in, make sense of a post-COVID world and prep for a Ramadan unlike any other.

We chat with real life stand-up comedian and social media satirist, Nadirah Pierre about navigating the comedy scene while staying true to herself and her community as a Black Muslim woman.