Season 1
Jan. 28, 2021
How to Write & Publish a Book
We continue talking about hard things, including writing and publishing on today's episode. There's a HUGE writers’ community on IG! AND there a lot of Muslimah writers out there with terrific stories and projects. How do the...
Nov. 12, 2020
SERIES t's an Election Year Series: The Stages of Grief Part I-Denial
Zaiba & Uzma discuss election results which, at the time of this recording, was not yet called, but was highly suggestive of results they did not expect. Why don’t they have cause to celebrate regardless of who is elected thi...
Oct. 22, 2020
The Not So Hot Episode: Hot Flashes and Atrophic Vaginitis
Zaiba and Uzma talk about expected symptoms of “the change,” and what exactly that is and is NOT. Menopause and genitourinary syndrome of menopause are the topics of the day. Super exciting, right? It IS! If we aren’t in the ...
Aug. 20, 2020
The Intergenerational Family-Past, Present, & Future
T he vertically multigenerational family is not new to America, or to the world. We discuss the pros and cons of vertical and horizontal generations in a household, talking about the trauma we’ve witnessed and how we take the...
May 28, 2020
On Call Halal
Kaitlin Abdelrahman joins us today to talk about how and why she launched On-Call Halal, delivering halal meals at suhoor AND iftar to Muslim healthcare workers in Kansas City. When all things are tough and we have to juggle ...
May 22, 2020
Blooming When Kids Lead to Jannah
A mother who adopted her child thought she would walk away and enjoy her life with her new family, but she was never more wrong. In this episode of Mommying While Muslim , find out what happened that changed this mother's l...
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...
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...
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...
Dec. 5, 2019
Childhood Sexual Abuse with Buddy Speaks
This episode is NOT meant to be heard by children unless our mom audience feels they're ready for it. If you're a survivor of any sexual trauma, as a child or as an adult, you may not be ready for it either, so gauge your abi...
Nov. 28, 2019
Turkey Day 2019 and All the Fixins
While holidays may look different for everyone, the spirit of the season is gratitude and family. Zaiba and Uzma discuss their "Thanksgiving" histories and how they became enlightened by motherhood, adulthood, and "getting wo...