Season 1
Nov. 21, 2019
FYI: The Family & Youth Institute with Sarrah Abu Lughod
Zaiba & Uzma, as big fans of FYI, want all moms to know about the amazing resources FYI makes available on teen device use, suicide, being a black Muslim teen, how to talk to our kids, and SO MUCH MORE. You don't need to have...
Nov. 14, 2019
Double Takes We Experience
When are we being paranoid and when are we being stereotypical ourselves? Muslim-American moms have to be extra careful to be friendly enough, but also safety savvy in a way other moms don’t. The identity of “being stuck” or ...
Nov. 7, 2019
How We Podcast
On retreat this week with a special and recurring guest, Rubina Cohen, Zaiba and Uzma review the last 6 months of podcasting: what they’ve learned, what else is coming, and how they plan to improve to suit their Muslim Americ...
Oct. 31, 2019
Parenting Together
Zaiba and her husband take time to sit down and talk about the importance of being on the same page while raising children. How they set goals for themselves, their children and learn their secret to raising kids that are n...
Oct. 24, 2019
What Muslim Moms Need to Know Part I
This week, Uzma's pre adolescent son, Usman, provides points for Muslim American moms to be successful and operate better on their day to day. See if you think what he says is just for Muslim American moms or not, and maybe y...
Oct. 18, 2019
Muslim Mom Guilt
Come unpack all the guilt Muslim moms feel and what we can do about it. We try to prove that everything we feel guilty about is made up, and remind ourselves about the Thought Model as well as, oh yeah, Allah's promise to us!...
Oct. 10, 2019
Mean Moms
Zaiba and Uzma explore the mom bully and how she is definitely one of the toxic people in our lives. They discuss how to identify bullying behavior some adults demonstrate, review instances of being bullied themselves, and ho...
Oct. 3, 2019
Invisible Mom
After a singular incident, Zaiba and Uzma talk about what it feels like to be invisible despite showing up every day in a million big and small ways for our kids. They recount what it feels like to be "the one" as well as "th...
Sept. 26, 2019
The Love You See: Love Glasses and Love Rebels Unite
Tara Ijai has been the Muslim poster child of combating Islamaphobia and all hate since the Women's March. Her journey to make the world a more loving place has been original and necessary, affecting how she lives as a Musli...
Sept. 19, 2019
De-MISTified
Links: 1) Check out the MIST website to find the region closest to you to get started/join a team at your school: www.getmistified.com 2) Email for more info on MIST: info@getmistified.com 3) Find out more about MWM and read ...
Sept. 12, 2019
Back to School Basics
How are we all doing the same thing, how are we different? We will talk about lunch prep, to snack or not to snack, "over" scheduling, bulletproof backpacks, and protractors, school dinner nights, and what back to school brin...
Sept. 5, 2019
Zaiba’s Mom and Mother-in-Law Tell-all
In this episode of Mommying While Muslim, Zaiba goes on location to her parent’s house. That’s where she sits down with her mother and mother-in-law to ask them provoking questions about mothering, Islam, and America. Zaiba...
Aug. 29, 2019
American Muslim Stress, Coping and Life Satisfaction Study
Susan Yasen Tirhi, PhD joins Zaiba and Uzma to discuss the multiple stressors facing our families today and the coping skills they may need to help build resiliency. We really encourage everyone to go through the links below ...
Aug. 21, 2019
Convening on ISNACON
The 56th annual ISNA Convention is upon us---that's right, over FIFTY years!--providing crucial family programming as well as opportunities for individual development of faith, business, and personal growth. This is THE PLACE...
Aug. 15, 2019
No Bully for You
Ishaq Pathan of Islamic Network Group joins Uzma in discussing alarming statistics of Muslim students bullied for their religion in America. Find out about Islamaphobia networks and unique opportunities and programs ING as de...
Aug. 8, 2019
Self Directed Learning with Saira Siddiqui
For all moms who care about our kids' learning, this is what you've been waiting for. Also, if you don't care about how our kids learn, please contact us because we've always wanted to meet a unicorn. You're in for a treat to...
July 25, 2019
The Case Against Texas and Anti-BDS
Do moms really need to be on the front lines of protecting free speech? Are moms responsible for organizing protests and being patriots? No, we aren't talking about backtalk today. It's all about our civil liberties and one w...
July 18, 2019
Approaching "The Talk" and Puberty
All our kids are at different stages, as are we on our individual parenting journeys. Let's help each other with our experiences so we're not daunted by what sometimes our cultures or histories have made unnecessarily taboo f...
July 11, 2019
Fighting for Religious Freedom
Zaiba sits down with Asma Uddin. She is the author of When Islam is Not a Religion . Find out how her father inspired her to fight for religious freedom, not only for Muslims but for people of all religions. Plus, how she...
July 11, 2019
How to Deal When They’re “Pooped
Are you using the summer to get all “the things done?” Potty training, no matter when you do it, can be challenging, physically and emotionally for us. Sit back and get in your giggles this episode as we take a walk down memo...
July 4, 2019
Summer Has Its Own Challenges
Uzma is off this week, but Zaiba is joined by Rubina Cohen from Firefly Strategies. Zaiba needs structure, Rubina moves with the ebb and flow. Together, they tell us how they tackle summer break with the kids, including how...
June 27, 2019
Mind Over Food Matters
We often have a lot of brain chatter about food as some of us struggle with our health, specifically weight loss. Zainab has a few unique solutions in her practice that have worked for her clients and for her. There's no reas...
June 21, 2019
Detoxing Our Bodies
Zaiba and Uzma host Nour Zibdeh, MS, RDN, CLT as they discuss what moms miss on their tables and in their diets and why (we didn't have this problem during Ramadan as we shoveled in all the goodies!). In taking care of everyo...
June 13, 2019
Muslim Mommy Money Matters
Post Eid, we are housecleaning: our lives, not the actual house, don't worry! Saleheh Vahaji of Storm Breakers Consulting joins Zaiba and Uzma to address our fears of money and debt. Hopefully, no one got into any while Eid s...