The MSA Take

🍵Get cosy for this episode as we are joined by Maria Siddiquee: Sisters Dawah Lead at Macquarie University As an active member in the Muslim community, Maria, alongside her MSA commitments, is an MATW volunteer, host of the Noor podcast, and a loved member at UMA . 👏 🚀Join us as delve into Maria's journey with legal blindness, wearing the Niqab in university, her Hajj experience, dealing with spiritual lows and everything in between! May Allah SWT put barakah in Maria's work and allow her to be a source of motivation for all those who may be going through a rough patch - Ameen.

🎬The MSA Take returns for Season 2🎬

In our very first brothers episode, meet and laugh along with your newest hosts - Imran and Hasibul!

Hear what they get up to on the daily, their visions for the podcast, and all the "street knowledge" they've racked up from their MSA journeys. 📈

"Reviving purpose: Finding Light in Darkness " ⭐

This episode we're joined by a sister who's also a former member of our very own MSA Shura board.

🌱In this episode, we listen to the inspirational stories of gratitude and patience in our guests' experiences with working in the community, and learn about why we should all do community service as Muslims.

From cats and breaking social expectations to learning slang Arabic as a non-Arab, join us as we explore how to revive our intentions and realign our purpose during our youth 😺

In this episode we're joined by Iqtidar Ahmed, a UNSW alumni and a former president of the UNSWMSA (2017). Iqtidar had begun pursuing Islamic studies whilst studying full-time at university where he learnt the Arabic language and studied with notable scholars from Sydney as well as overseas.

Join us in this episode where we delve into Iqtidar's story and learn the art of balancing uni/work life, the importance of prioritising your time and how to take your relationship with Allah to the next level.

May Allah put barakah in Iqtidar's studies and future endeavours.

Salams! I’m Tuba, the guest for this week’s podcast episode, and also one of the marketing leads that puts out the posts you see on the MSA page :)

In this episode, I share my struggles with choosing the right career path and wearing the hijab at uni as someone that comes from a majority Muslim community. I take you through how I’ve overcome the challenges that I’ve faced as a Muslim woman stepping out of her comfort zone and into a completely new and unfamiliar environment.

Join me, as I hope that this episode resonates with you and that you can derive some benefit from it InSha Allah.

In the second brothers episode we are joined by Junaid Ahmed, who has been the Dawah lead within the MSA for the past three years. Join us as we explore how Junaid began taking the religion more seriously, the beauty of the Deen and how he ended up becoming Dawah lead. We also tackle important topics such as self-improvement and how to go about it as well as asking and answering the important questions in life.

How do you hold on to your Iman? Join us and our VP Mehreen as we delve into our journeys and discuss various trials and tribulations that shaped our identity.

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The first official brothers' episode where we are joined with the President himself. Join us as we sit down and get a sneak peek into what it takes to be President and the day in the life of Farhan Khan.

The first sisters' pilot episode of The MSA Take where we explore what this podcast is, what our plans are and what it will (inshaAllah) become.