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What's Brown Got To Do With It?Beyond the Crown🎙️✨ Brace yourselves for an extraordinary journey as 'WhatsBrownGotToDoWithIt' podcast unveils its latest episode, featuring the remarkable British-Afghani force of nature, former Miss England Hammasa Kohistani. 🌟 In this riveting conversation, we dive into the world of a 'non-traditional' pageant queen who not only captured hearts but shattered stereotypes along the way.Hammasa's story transcends the runway, offering a powerful narrative of resilience, intellect, and beauty that goes beyond conventional norms. Tune in as she shares her experiences, challenges, and triumphs, painting a vivid picture of how her modelling career evolved into a platform for advocacy, turning her into a...
2024-01-2256 min
The Guilty Feminist268. EMERGENCY EPISODE for the crisis in AfghanistanThe Guilty FeministPresented by Deborah Frances-White and Sindhu Vee Episode 268: Emergency Episode for Afghanistanwith special guests Zarlasht Halaimzai, Nelufar Hedayat, Hammasa Kohistani and Areej Osman – with music from Nadia Javed. Recorded 22 August 2021 at 21Soho in London. Released 23 August 2021. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. Give today to Choose Love https://choose.love/ More about Deborah Frances-White http://deborahfrances-white.com https://twitter.com/DeborahFW https://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-book More about Sindhu Vee   https://twitter.com/sindhuvfunny https://sindhuvee.com Mor...
2021-08-231h 34
Stories of TransformationHammasa Kohestani Stood Up Against Racism and Islamophobia and Became The First Muslim Woman to be Crowned Miss EnglandWhen people asked young Hammasa Kohestani what she wanted to be when she grew up, she responded that she was *going* to be a model, not that she *wanted* to be a model. She had this dream since she was 6 years old, but it started to feel further and further away as she entered her teenage years. That’s because she was born to Afghan parents, spent her early childhood in Russia, and then moved to the UK as a teen. Models and pageant queens in England simply didn’t look or talk like her.   ...
2020-09-2900 min
2020-05-3136 min