Mommying While Muslim

Yasmin El Hady, or the comedienne and social media sensation known as Yasguru, joins us today to help make sense of how to juggle mommying, work, and the kids this quarantined Ramadan. 

What is timeboxing, what does it look like, and how can it help make sense of the new mom juggle we all have to do? Find out how we can manage our tasks better if we can determine what activities cause high stress vs low stress. Best of all, it’s FREE!

The live on this episode left us in tears laughing, our cheeks hurting. She helps us laugh at our type ‘A’ selves and reminds us that Allah is The Best of Planners. Yasmin is a true gem of a mom who makes it look easy, but is genuine about how hard all of it still is, especially on her videos on IG. 

Check them out and watch out for our episode with her dropping tonight at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Google play, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and other podcast platforms. Don’t forget to rate, review, subscribe, and SHARE.

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1. Watch for some hilarious videos with Yasmin El Hady on IG: @yasguru
2. Yasmin on the web: www.yasguru.com
3. Info on Timeboxing: https://clockify.me/timeboxing
4. Mommying While Muslim’s Launchgood Ramadan Challenge--give to a different cause each day of Ramadan: https://www.launchgood.com/ramadanhome/#!/ramadan?src=189224 
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Eissa Albinali joins us today to discuss life in lockdown in Spain and what we  are taking for granted here in the States. He’s a super creative expat with some amazing ideas to share, and projects he’s got started on YouTube we can bring right into our living rooms. He’s also got great advice for teens to utilize their time, get their creative juices flowing, and advice for moms on how to support our kids this quarantined Ramadan. 

Remarkable kids come from remarkable moms, so let’s not forget to make duaa for both Eissa and his mom, and pray for the reunification of their family ASAP. Ameen.

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1. Catch Kid Khutbah every Friday on Muslims in KidLit on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WwhI43AgP3w 
2. Muslims in KidLit to get referrals on the best Muslim kid reads: @muslimsinkidlit
3. Eissa Albinali website and blog: https://eissaalbinali.com/
4. Eissa Albinali on IG: @ealbinali_
5. Find Lingo boy on IG: @lingoboy
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Senator Ghazala Hashmi representing Virginia District 10, the first Muslim elected to the Virginia State Senate, represents historic political change and joins us today to discuss how 2017 rhetoric propelled her from education to politics. How does a normal Muslim American mom make change like this and why is it important for Muslim immigrants and their kids to be actively engaged in American politics? This lifelong educator also gives us tips on success within the world of online learning, so you’ll want to hear those gems!

Learn about EMGAGE and its role in serving Muslim Americans running for office across the nation. Organizations like this are training young people to do important work towards political and social change, so don’t forget these groups during Ramadan! 

Links:https://youtu.be/NrB8Iamo0OA

1. To learn more about Senator Ghazala Hashmi: https://ghazalahashmi.com/
2. Learn more about EMGAGE and donate to their work if you can: https://www.emgageusa.org/
3. Senator Hashmi’s book recommendations
   1. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
   2. Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 
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Uzma’s son and daughter guest on our episode today while they explain their worries and excitement about a Ramadan without the socialization and masjid influences we’ve been used to.

Hear some dirty laundry about our co-hosts and their experiences of Ramadans past, and how we plan to make the best of Ramadan 2020, especially for the young ones who are looking forward to it so much. There’s also a very important correction to what we stated about praying taraweeh with a live stream at home, so please check out link #1! 

This is going to be a blessed month no matter what the world looks like outside; even if Uzma has to die cooking through it!

Links:https://youtu.be/NrB8Iamo0OA

1. Is praying taraweeh with a livestream permissible? Answer from Sh. Yasir Qadhi: https://faithiq.org/Ramadan/Can-I-Follow-The-Live-Broadcast-Of-Taraweeh-In-Makkah-From-My-Home
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Join expert homeschooling mom and community volunteer extraordinaire, Priscilla Martinez, as she shares what Ramadan entirely at home can look like. What are the traditions we will be grieving, but what can we look forward to? Seriously, some of us are missing the forest for the trees here, so let’s shift mindsets and make the best of what we’ve been dealt!

Ramadan 2020 will definitely be one for the history books, and as the makers of festivities and home comforts, let’s make it happen together, Mamas, Ammis, and Hooyos!

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1. Have your kids join The Apostrophe online Muslim youth community hangout space: m.me/apostrophemoretosee
2. The FYI Webinar (register to receive the recording) Preparing for Ramadan with Family in the Age of Quarantine: https://us04web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N6W_heruQK2vOhzZ5S-eyQ
3. Penny Appeal for Coronavirus Emergency Fund to assist families who can’t work right now: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/coronavirus_emergency_response_financial_hardship_grants#!/ 
4. The FYI Toolkit on Wellness during the pandemic: https://www.thefyi.org/toolkits/coronavirus/
5. Awesome video from AJ+ on the day in the life of a first-time faster: https://youtu.be/h1779_E1A20 
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Get real news on the pandemic from a scientist rather than a politician or your neighbor who swears by elderberry or summer heat to kill coronavirus, or your Amo Sami who swears it’s all a conspiracy to rig an election year. Doctor Syra Madad is not just a novel infection chaser and someone who maintains readiness to fight them, she headed for Ebola on US soil when the rest of us were running away from it. From bioterrorism to now hunkering down in New York City to stem the spread of infection in her city and even in ours, she shares her mom life and work with us.

We’re most proud of sharing this space today with someone who demonstrates a passion for her work and dedication to humanity, but we also love that Dr. Madad represents and lives Islam in her own voice. Her newborn daughter and ours are so lucky to have role models like her, and guess what? Like US and like YOU, too. All the moms holding down the fort and living resilience that our kids need to witness right now--not only can you do this, and you’ll get through this. We’re here for you.

Thank you to the ER and hospital staff doing so much right now, sacrificing everything to keep us healthy. Thank you to first responders, food retailers and everyone affected financially by social distancing--your patience and fortitude help us grow ours.

Links:

1. Find Dr. Madad on Twitter @syramadad
2. She’s also on Instagram: @syramadad
3. Read more about her work and many interviews on her joint art and science website she shares with her husband: http://scty.org/
4. Penny Appeal for Coronavirus Emergency Fund to assist families who can’t work right now: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/coronavirus_emergency_response_financial_hardship_grants#!/ 
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Saira Sufi joins us today to share the story of her son, Hadi, and how he remains her guide today. She has weathered innumerable losses in the last couple of years, and still holds her chin up as she advocates for her son’s disease and mom resilience. This may be a triggering episode for anyone who has suffered immense loss and grief, so maybe listen in a group so you can support each other through this episode.

Also, let’s never forget to support medical research and to join minority blood registries in case we can ever help another family avoid illness and loss. This episode is for every mom, sibling, and family who’s ever experienced the loss of a child, and we pray for their continued healing and reward with Allah SWT. Ameen.

Links:https://youtu.be/NrB8Iamo0OA

1. Team Watience Website: https://www.teamwatience.com/
2. Team Watience FB: https://www.facebook.com/TeamWatience/
3. Team Watience IG: https://www.instagram.com/sairasufiandteamwatience/
4. Help reach Saira’s $60K research goal by donating to the Hadi Abdu Rasheed Research Fund for Aplastic Anemia: https://aamdsif.salsalabs.org/eoyp2pfundraisingcampaign/p/hadiabdurrasheedsresearchfund/index.html 
5. Be the Match and register your bone marrow with the minority registry for a child or human in need; it just takes a cheek swab, no blood! https://bethematch.org/support-the-cause/donate-bone-marrow/join-the-marrow-registry/
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Dr. Saba Maroof joins Zaiba and Uzma on their quest to provide a one-stop-shop for mom answers while we navigate our Muslim American families. 

As a mental health resource brought to our audience by MWM, Dr. Saba will be able to offer professional insight into some of our families’ most concerning issues and questions. We look forward to exciting offerings online for our audience with her and having one more on this team to help us expand what we can do for our Muslim American mom sisters!

Links:https://youtu.be/NrB8Iamo0OA

1. Dr. Saba’s podcast on Apple podcasts is Unsung Heroes: Stories to Inspire: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/show/unsung-heroes/
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Maryam Munir, the founder of The Parent Empowerment Project, joins the Mommying While Muslim team in order to bring positive parenting expertise to our repertoire. Even though out on a family emergency, Maryam kindly joins us from overseas today to talk about key buzz words in the parenting field today.

Links:https://youtu.be/NrB8Iamo0OA

1. The Parent Empowerment Project: https://teepep.com/
2. Mommying While Muslim doesn’t have any financial relationship with Life360, and Zaiba is glad they’re taking her money: https://www.life360.com/
3. Hadeeth on kindred souls: The Prophet (SAW) said: "The souls are like an army joined in the world of spirits. Whichever souls knew each other in that world are attracted to each other in this world, and whichever remained distant and indifferent there are disinterested to each other in this world." (Saheeh al-Bukhari) 
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Do we hang up our womanhood, our God given sensual selves, once we have kids? And if we do, WHY?

The Village Auntie spills it all, as she does best, to help us reclaim our feminine histories in order to be better mothers. Part of that reclamation includes restoring the fundamentals about what Islam teaches regarding feminine sexuality, and how critics are quick to forget or minimize those religious truths in order to feed cultural taboos and shame culture. 

Find out about her journey, her book, and hear how she exudes all things sensual, sensitive, and safe.

Links:https://youtu.be/NrB8Iamo0OA

1. The Village Auntie on IG---Seriously, check out the videos to learn SO MUCH!: @villageauntie, also where you can click on the bio to buy Passage: A 31 Day Guided Journey with The Village Auntie
2. The Village Auntie to schedule a workshop: [email protected]
3. The Village Auntie monthly series Lights On at the Amaliah podcast: https://www.amaliah.com/post/56963/brand-new-sex-series-on-the-amaliah-podcast-angelica-lindsey-ali-village-aunty
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