Episodes
May 14, 2020
Mother’s Day Special
A newly converted Muslimah and a new immigrant Muslimah met 40 years ago in Chitown and discovered they had more in common than they thought. Darlene Hussain and Qurrat “Annie” Jafri join us today to spill the beans on what h...
May 7, 2020
Raising Resilient Kids
Durdana Razvi Rahman, mom of the first Muslim American news reporter to don hijab on the air, joins Zaiba and Uzma today to discuss how moms help kids face adversity, even if it comes from an unjust source. While quick to dow...
May 1, 2020
Timeboxing Ramadan for Moms
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 li...
April 23, 2020
KidKoping Khutbahs & Ramadan
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...
April 16, 2020
EMGAGE this Ramadan
Shownotes: 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 fr...
April 10, 2020
Kid Takes on Quarantine Ramadan
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...
April 2, 2020
Homemade Ramadan
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...
March 26, 2020
Pandemic Preparedness
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. ...
March 19, 2020
Motherhood and Multiple Loss
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 d...
March 12, 2020
Broadening Our POV
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 ...
March 5, 2020
The Parent Empowerment Project
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...
Feb. 27, 2020
Sacred Sex and Motherhood
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. Par...
Feb. 20, 2020
Read My Hips
Do you know if you have a “loosey goosey” or a “tight pelvis?” Let’s talk wetting our pants while we wet our pants (it’s on the video if you missed it), as well as pelvic pain, its causes, the physical and sexual dysfunction ...
Feb. 13, 2020
Islamic Perspectives on Sexual Intimacy
Zaiba & Uzma learn how prophetic sexual tradition is really female-centric. Saba explains the effects of Eurocentric and colonial influences on Islamic sexual beliefs and practices. Normalizing sex again, and normalizing our ...
Feb. 6, 2020
Taking Control in the Bedroom
Three Muslim moms take on the glass ceiling of sexuality, exploring taboos on Muslim women’s sexuality and addressing the truths and half truths about it. Rather than have sex happen TO them, moms deserve to experience sex as...
Feb. 3, 2020
Postpartum Depression Part II
Rubina Cohen, our recurring contributor, joins us today to give insight into her unique experience with PPD. We compare notes, commiserate, provide some more facts, and talk about resources available to mom sisters. It’s just...
Jan. 30, 2020
This Isn’t How I’m Supposed to Feel
Dr. Fareeha Malik, DDS, and mom of 2 joins Zaiba & Uzma to describe how she felt after delivering her children, how it impacted her relationships, and how she found healing. Bringing home a baby doesn’t always mean mom’s eter...
Jan. 23, 2020
Feeding the Baby
Zaiba and Uzma review how they fed their babies, what led to those decisions, and the social backlash they received for their choices. What’s normal, what’s real, and what’s the Islamic perspective on our Muslim American boob...
Jan. 16, 2020
Reaching Motherhood
Join your co-hosts today as they discuss their personal journeys of pregnancy and delivery, sprinkled with the Islamic tenets by which they tried to conceive and receive their little blessings from Allah. It may not always be...
Jan. 9, 2020
American Muslims & Arranged Marriages
Fact check! Uzma misstated the TLC show as "Arranged Marriage," but it's actually "Married at First Sight." Neither is a very good reflection of the arranged marriages discussed today, but of the two shows, the first is a clo...
Jan. 2, 2020
We Don’t Do Resolutions, Just Evolutions.
In this first episode of the Mommying While Muslim of 2020 we discuss the rebirth of our popular podcast, changes that both Uzma and Zaiba are making in 2020, plus we will be talking giveaways. We have researched and have ali...
Dec. 26, 2019
The Muslim American Christmas Dilemma
Is it still a dilemma? When does assimilation cross the line into imitation? And what happens when you have a non-Muslim family that observes Christmas? These and many other questions, including above all, how to maintain our...
Dec. 19, 2019
The Real Threat of Muslim Entrapment
Today's episode features TWO special guests, CCF Associate Director Leena Al Arian and Legal Director Kathy Manley. Leena has lived through the arrest and detention of a family member and can speak to the psychological effect...
Dec. 12, 2019
Physical & Sexual Trauma and Leadership Accountability
FACE is helping us spiritually and physically cleanse our worship spaces of the crimes of hidden marriages, physical, sexual, and financial abuse that sometimes occurs by leadership. Although our minority Muslim community pla...