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Zaiba and Uzma discussed how they faced the biggest "mommying challenges" during Ramadan 2019, and how they break us and make us. In light of the current siege in G@z@, we feel broken indeed and for that reason look forward to Ramadan.

We were inspired to replay this due a recent post by @drhanaa,peacewithinhome, because the ummah is sharing survivors' guilt while our brothers and sisters suffer across the world because of our tax dollars. Everything sticks in our throats where our rage and tears are balled up, but her recent post about how to explain this Ramadan to our kids is key, and this episode is a reminder of the lengths we have gone to in the past for our families in Ramadan. This year, the stakes are higher. Oh, Allah, You are The One Who forgives greatly, and loves to forgive, so forgive us. (Tirmidhi).

And let this be the Ramadan that brings forgiveness, mercy, and peace to the ones who need it most. Allahuma ameen. Tune in at 6pm EST and share with a momsister who also can't remember the excitement of this most beloved guest of the year, Ramadan.

Links:
1. Ramadhan & Eid Crafts and Activities:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/495846703829184/?ref=share

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We are still recovering from this past weekend’s Eman Entrepreneur Expo and Empower & Elevate Gala. Thank you to all who participated, attended, donated, and supported in all the ways that matter. But who knew two events in one day would be this exhausting?

Jokes aside, we are blessed to do the work we do, but full steam ahead since 10/7 has left us little to contribute to our own households of late, namely, those who gave us the credentials we value the most: M.O.M.

We want to continue our activism but rest, reset, and reconnect with our kids during Ramadan right around the corner. So while you might catch a story or two, we will be on both social media and new episode recording fasts until April. We will be back insha’Allah with the best version of ourselves that y’all deserve. Right now, our kids and our mom hearts need each other.

Tune in at 6pm EST to hear the announcement, and every Thursday this March for replays of past guests sure to help you stay in sajdah a little longer. Worked for us! We hope to see y’all back in April insha'Allah.

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If this month's series title scared you, we can imagine today's episode title will, too. Rest assured, we have very tame info for everyone. In fact, it's info meant to help tame the problems we think are really big and we have all to ourselves, when, in fact, many people suffer silently with the same. And silence helps NO ONE. Getting control in the bedroom is everyone's right.

We've talked pathology all month, so let's talk about practical equipment to help with some of those physical changes with time. What we use to get control CAN be used for kink, but it's not all about that at all. Drop your judgements at the door and grab your headphones for this one--not for easy listening while you're at the park with the kiddos!

Tune in at 6pm EST and share this episode with your mom, sister, and daughters, as well as the men in your life who you love. 

DMW we can't wait to see you this Saturday 2-24-24!

Links:
1. Start the conversations!-Surviving Marriage Couple Card Game NOTE: We do not have a financial relationship with Br. Rufus & Sr. Jenny. We just appreciate this game that much!
2. Adaptive wedge-NOTE: copycats on Wayfair or Amazon available at a fraction of the cost. We do not have a financial relationship with these products.
3. . Adaptive chair-NOTE: copycats on Wayfair or Amazon available at a fraction of the cost. We do not have a financial relationship with these products.
4. Learn about Judeo-Christian sex negativity’s effects via colonization of the Muslim world-Islamic Perspective on Sexual Intimacy
5. Learn about the role of sex equipment ie sex “toys” and how to get them-Taking Control in the Bedroom. NOTE: We do not have a financial relationship with these products.
6. Last chance to get your Empower & Elevate Gala tickets on 2-24-24!

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"Name it to tame it," as Zaiba likes to say on the podcast and today, she has to DO IT! We don't say "hooha" anymore after this episode because we learn the correct anatomical terms for female external genitalia and the pathologies that affect it.

Dr. Sadaf Lodhi OBGYN is on today to provide medical insight, sex coaching, and a good dose of hope to those women and moms who've given up on the idea of ever enjoying sex again (if they ever did at all!). It's time to drop our cultural baggage and embrace kink and control in the bedroom. Our favorite word after this episode is "sensate" and we'd love to hear what  yours is after!

Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, @goodpods, Amazon Music, or head to our website landing page and share this episode with partners, sisters, daughters, and even our own mothers! Good sex(ual health) for you, and for you, and for you.....

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Apologies for the late drop this week, but we had to bring you Gynogirl, our favorite supershero, Dr. Sameena Rahman, MD, and OB/GYN. She's an expert on all things sexual dysfunction and menopause with a CV as long as our arm mashaAllah.

While she dives into vaginismus, she also dispels hymen mythology, and teaches us about female Viagra. Yes, there is such a thing, so tune in to hear all about it and don't be ashamed, those gents who listen to us, to send it to your partners you think might need it! This series is about getting control in the bedroom, and there is no better way to do it than to name the pathology and get it treated.

We are on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or you can head to our website to tune in.

Links:
1. Find Dr. Rahman on IG: @gynogirl
2. Find a sexual dysfunction doctor near you: ISSWSH
3. Find a menopause expert near you: NAMS

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We kick off our February series with the theme: Kink & Control in the Bedroom. Who better to teach us control there than Dr. Neda, NP, who joins us today to talk about sex during early conjugal relations in Muslim American bedroom life, and in later phases. While she’s better known as @hijabiluscious, her professional career has her taking care of people and their health needs first. And sex is a vital health need, as well as a marker of good health.

Body autonomy is something near and dear to her, and she takes it a notch up by teaching us how to keep those luscious bodies autonomous and satisfied once they’re participating more often (emphasis on “often”) in sexual activities. Find out how to troubleshoot what’s not feeling right and more importantly, how to talk to both your doctor and partner about it. 

Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or head to our website landing page to listen up. Share this with a shy guy or girl in your life who also had to sit out sex ed because their parent(s) didn’t want them to “get any ideas.”

Links:
Follow Dr. Neda on IG: @hijabiluscious

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Dr. Maytha Al Hassen from the team at ‘Ramy’ is BACK to talk about the media shift that MAY BE happening as a result of mainstream being called out (finally!) for yellow journalism that vilifies Arabs and Muslims (at least this time in history). The Golden Globes just happened, so what about narrative shifts in entertainment media? Listen up, Hollywood!

Ignore Uzma’s doom and gloom, and pay attention to Dr. Al Hassen’s takes on social justice influencers and events that may compel narrative media changes, and those that may continue to quell it. This conversation is sure to ignite some cerebral sparks, so put your smarty hats on!

Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or head to our website landing page.

Links:
1. Dr. Maytha AlHassen on IG: https://www.instagram.com/lealishalabi/
2. Send esims to journalists in Gaza now: https://gazaesims.com/esim-purchase-tutorial/
3. Follow Palestinian journalists on IG
      a. @motaz_azaiza
      b.@wizard_bisan1
      c. @gazanewslive
      d.@gazamedicvoices
       e.@lealishalabi
4. Follow Palestinian voices on IG
       a. @imeu
       b.@iampalipina
       c. @sbeih.jpg
       d. @jenanmatari
       e. @paccusa
       f. @dcipalestine
5. Palestinian allies on IG
      a. @jvpaction
      b. @greg.j.stoker
      c.@owenjones84
      d. @breakingthesilenceisrael
6. ALL the movies!
     a. Paradise Now (Hany Abu Assad, 2005)
     b. Salt of This Sea (Annemarie Jacir, 2008)
     c.  Slingshot Hip Hop (Jackie Reem Salloum 2008) 
     d. Anything starring Hiam Abbas (Ramy's mom, among other roles)
     e. Israelism
     f. Tantura
     g. The Occupation of the American Mind
     h. Born in Gaza
     i. The Shaikh
     j. Sniper
    k. Rules of Engagement
    l. Black Hawk Down
    m. Argo
    n. The Murder of Alex Odeh ( Jason Osder and William Youmans)
7. ALL the shows!
     a. Ramy on Hulu
     b. Mo on Netflix
     c. Ramy's animated series on Amazon Prime

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Our Muslim Moms and the News Series this month is an offshoot of our series of a similar bent from 2021. Sadly we aren't saying anything different this time around.

In this replay, Zaiba and Uzma cite past big headlines that affected their physical and mental safety. Ask yourself how news coverage would have been different, and HAS been different for non-Muslims suspects. When do Muslim Americans hold their collective breaths and why? And how is it all the same now?

Our expectations from media coverage must be higher and the biases of news coverage, because it endangers affected people, must be held to account., News coverage, and now social media coverage, result in perpetual Muslim grief. But only one of them is trying to undo oppression, while the other is a tool of it. Let's work together to prevent and punish dissemination of Islamophobic news coverage.

 There’s slamming of our hands on the table so watch your ears. We apologize! Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, or head to our website to listen.

Links:

1. Book mentions by Uzma: Mornings in Jenin and The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa
2. Book mention by Zaiba: City of Brass by S.A. Chakroborty
3. San Bernadino shooter coverage: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/04/458502872/frenzied-media-pour-over-home-of-san-bernardino-killers-during-live-broadcasts 
4. John Ritzheimer and the Phoenix Masjid Free Speech Rally: https://youtu.be/55b3-jBqztU 
5. Ahmed Mohammad and the atomic clock: https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/index.html 
6. Las Vegas shooting coverage: https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/index.html
7. Phoenix doctor fired for speaking out: https://www.newsweek.com/thirst-kill-us-pediatric-doctor-fired-accusing-israel-cannibalism-1604992 

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For those of you who are counting on news from the ground in Gaza, you know and follow journalist Leali Shalabi who consistently provides daily 24-hour newscaps from Gaza. She’s not only sharing her process and commitment to covering Palestine, her insights into being a Palestinian American are mind blowing for us. We’re never too old or too proud to learn something new alhamdulillah.
There’s been a lot of discussion about how Gen Z is changing the conversation on Palestine through social media. Hearing it from a Gen Z trained journalist who is also on social media to provide accurate information we can’t otherwise get from mainstream media means a lot to us.  It’s changed the language we are used to media using, as well as the news coverage being shared. As we say on the podcast, we have never been able to speak so openly on Palestine before 2023, and we really think social media has a lot to do with this. How is mainstream media falling in line and how is it not?
The tides have turned, as the ICJ trial today proves, and we credit the new language of media fueled by the visual story of Palestine and thank journalists by choice as well as the journalists doing it under duress directly in the line of fire. We pray for their protection, reward, and freedom, as well as for justice on the world stage today. Allahuma ameen.
Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or head over to our website to listen today and share it with a young person considering journalism.   
Leali Shalabi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lealishalabi/
Send esims to journalists in Gaza now: https://gazaesims.com/esim-purchase-tutorial/
Follow Palestinian journalists on IG@motaz_azaiza@wizard_bisan1@gazanewslive@gazamedicvoices@lealishalabi
Follow Palestinian voices on IG@imeu@iampalipina@sbeih.jpg@jenanmatari@paccusa@dcipalestine
Allies on IG@jvpaction@greg.j.stoker @owenjones84@breakingthesilenceisrael
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FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group
IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w

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2. Email: salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com

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We want to credit @trtworld for its article "What's it's like to be a parent in Gaza" that informs today’s episode. This is an older article from late October 2023, but it's awful how 90 days seems ages ago when we are talking about tens of thousands of unalived humans. It's critical to share the stories of 🍉's when many in the world, and in our own country, still think it's okay to dehumanize people. This is the way they've been able to justify politicizing "ceasefire" when as moms, we know it's the only way to keep ALL our children safe.

This month's series is Muslim Moms in the Media, discussing our hope that the misinformation and disinformation campaigns that assume we are all too stupid to look things up are seeing their days numbered. May it be so Allahum ameen. Criticism is not racism when we question actions, not beliefs. Join us this month as we follow the narrative and fact finding changes that have come with the democratization of information, but how to do it responsibly, and humanely.  The time to humanize Black and Brown bodies was yesterday, but we know we can catch up God willing.

Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Googleplay, Amazon Music, or head to our website landing page using the link in our bio. And share this episode with anyone who doubts the humanity of anyone for even a second.

Links:
1. What it’s like to be a parent in Gaza
2. Follow Palestinian journalists on IG
@motaz_azaiza
@wizard_bisan1
@gazanewslive
@gazamedicvoices
@lealishalabi
3. Follow Palestinian voices on IG
@imeu
@iampalipina
@sbeih.jpg
@jenanmatari
@paccusa
@dcipalestine
4. Palestinian allies on IG
@jvpaction
@greg.j.stoker 
@owenjones84
@breakingthesilenceisrael

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2. Email: salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com

3. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

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5. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w