Single Muslim Female

In this Episode we interview Sumaiya Tufail a poet and International Relations major who is blazing trails and inspiring women around the world from her home in Vancouver, Canada. Through her own journey, she discusses the discomfort of male domination, healing and finding joy in our everyday lives. Her book of visual poetry titled Sumi Speaks is available on Amazon. 

You can follow her on Instagram @SumaiyaTufail and read about her personal experiences on her blog page https://sumaiyatufailwrites.wordpress.com/blog/

Zeynab talks all the personality types you may find on Minder & Muzmatch, and how you can navigate those personality types. This is especially for girls and guys who are serious about using the apps in the hopes of finding "the one" "the naseeb" "the life partner" or whatever you may call it.

We conclude our conversation with Yasmin-@YasGuru(IG) on part 2 of our interview. Listen to hear Yasmin expand on the ideas of abundance mindset of a Single Muslim Female. JazakAllahu Khairan for your words of wisdom Yasmin♥️ We would love to hear our listeners thoughts on SMF episodes. Send in in your comments, reactions, questions using the following link: https://anchor.fm/singlemuslimfemale-a4/message

YasGuru is a gifted relationship expert who has matched over 55 couples to date: Anyone who can match 55 couples truly has a gift for reflecting deeply on what really matters; whether single, married or just human. It was a joy to listen and learn from Yasmin. For more of YasGuru’s awesome relationship advice, You can find her on Instagram @Yasguru. After listening to this episode, please send us audio reactions. We would love to hear your comments and any questions you may have💕 https://anchor.fm/singlemuslimfemale-a4/message

So after we got over the 1958 "How to Catch a Man", we dug deeper and uncovered that we have actually moved on from this narrative. While there is still an unfortunate  stigma attached to being single, there is a recognition that single people can be happy & content. We discuss research from acclaimed magazines today that talk about the singleness "it factor."

As single women we get advice -solicited and unsolicited - all the time on our singleness. Yet, women’s singleness has been a topic of conversation throughout history. Today, we want to share this topic with you through an article we came across in the American publication, McCall’s magazine. This article is from 1958. Let's do some reflections on how women in the 1950s were advised with a whopping 129 Ways to Catch a Husband!

Why do we want to have these conversations? What has brought us to this point where we need to take down this stereotype?

Join Mariam and Saira as they explore what it means to be Single, Muslim and Female.