The Ansari Podcast

By Mahmoud AnsariReligion & Spirituality

The Ansari Podcast episodes

December 21, 2020 E6: Life as a Palestinian Refugee vs. As a Leading Doctor in America w. Dr. Yassine Daoud
The Ansari Podcast: Mahmoud Elansary and Dr. Yassine Daoud, 2 Muslim Americans, Dr. Yassine opens up about being a Palestinian refugee and his life and experience as a refugee vs. living in America. They discuss Prophet Muhammed and what it means to be rich. They discuss what the purpose in life is and being unfortunate and oppressed. Life as a refugee vs. Life in the United States. Lebanons oppression towards Palestinian refugees. They discuss Halal and Haram and how it's been given too much precedent over the main principles of Islam. What our purpose as Muslims here on earth are and in America. Who is the most beloved to God (Allah)? And how we should love and care for each other, mercy, compassion, and kindness. They discuss Muslims in America and how being Muslim and being American aren't mutually exclusive. Why young Muslims don't go too mosques anymore. Prophet Muhammed's Mosque and its culture. The issues with the modern mosque and what true Islam actually calls on you to do. The difference between the knowledge of Islam and its implementation. Hijabis and not judging them and what is a Muslims job.
ABout Dr. Yassine Daoud:
Dr. Daoud received his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School. He was selected to the prestigious Doris Duke Fellowship where he obtained a clinical research fellowship under the mentorship of the world renowned Dr. C. Stephen Foster at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Daoud is a highly published author and editor in multiple leading ophthalmology journals. He routinely lectures nationally and internationally. Dr Daoud is the chair of the Wilmer Eye Institute's Femtosecond Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery Committee. He currently leads a group of researchers to improve ocular health and incorporate evolving technologies to improve ocular surgery outcomes.
1 hr 34 min
December 14, 2020 E5: Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye on Anxiety, Depression & Suicide
The Ansari Podcast: Mahmoud Elansary and Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye, 2 Muslim Americans, discuss self awareness and its importance, self-healing and breathing techniques. They go on to discuss anxiety and how it effects the body and where it can be rooted from, as well as the effect of social media and drugs on young Americans. They discuss Prophet Muhammed and Islam and what those 2 say about emotions and suicide. Mahmoud Elansary opens up about his own experience with suicide, anxiety and depression. And how Muslims should deal with suicide, within their own community, and Islams' ruling on suicide as a whole.
1 hr 3 min
December 07, 2020 E4: Signs of End of Times, Anti-Christ, Stock Market and Jesus
The Ansari Podcast: Mahmoud Elansary and Naveed Mian discuss what success means to them and what it truly is. How Islam and prayer has effected their lives. How short life really is and death. Who created God and how Islamic theology helps their mentality in business and leadership. The Anti-Christ (Dajjal), Jesus in Islam, World War 3, The Rockefellers, and modern day celebrities and the mentality that comes with money, fame and success. h]How Muslims are treated by other Muslims, signs of day of judgement, Prophet Jesus and Muhammed PBUT and their timeless influence on humanity. They talk about Mensa Musa, Amazon and Apple.

1 hr 36 min
December 01, 2020 E3: Islamic Culture VS. Western Culture: Do They Clash?
The Ansari Podcast: Mahmoud Elansary and Omar Nassimi discuss in-depth how Muslim Americans can integrate into American life without being white washed or removed of their Islamic identity and culture. They discuss whether Islam is actually incompatible with the west, where narratives of Muslims come from, how Islamic culture and western culture are similar and different, the stereotypes about Muslims and Islam. Liberalism and Islam in America. A secular lifestyle vs. a religious lifestyle and what being American actually means for a Muslim American.
1 hr 11 min
November 23, 2020 E2: Drinking, Smoking, and Difficult Family Life. Yet Still Muslim.
On this episode Mahmoud Elansary, and his friends, Bilal and Shaber discuss their Muslim American experience with drugs, alcohol, friendships, and trying to fit in throughout high school. They go onto discuss terrorist groups like ISIS, and Americas roll in the Middle East. They ponder over who God is, what he may look like, and how merciful he is. And they look back on being embarrassed to be Muslim when they were teenagers and what their strengths and weaknesses are looking forward.
1 hr 34 min
November 16, 2020 E1: Black and Muslim Americans: What's their Relationship?
Mahmoud Elansary has on Br. Mujahid Muhammad where they start off talking about Black wall street, Jim Crowe, and the black struggle in America. Then they go onto to discuss the Muslim struggle in America, the Black Muslim struggle and the relationship between Muslim Americans and Black Muslim Americans and how we can better that relationship. Mujahid Muhammed is the President and founder of K.E.Y.S development. He's a community therapist and activist dedicated to the well-being of youth and families in Baltimore. He served as a clinician in the Baltimore City school system, the University of Maryland, and several other prominent organizations. His leadership afforded him the opportunity to implement the first Columbia University CASA Blueprint program in the state of Maryland. He became a certified trainer through Cornell University. He served as a crisis management and foster parent trainer for Catholic Charities for over ten years. His focus is to work with disenfranchised children and their families in a way in which mentors, counselors, therapists, and social workers all first become advocates in a community in which they will serve. Allowing themselves to become infused in the community prior servicing children and families in those communities. Mujahid Muhammad remains at heart an activist and can often be found in the projects of Baltimore having lively discussions around social change with parents and playing ball with kids in the neighborhood.
1 hr 50 min

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