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The Muslims Down Under PodcastRising Voices: Empowering Muslim Women in Australia for Authentic Leadership and Advocacy - A conversation with Maha Abdo OAM.In this episode of our podcast, join us for a thought-provoking discussion and inspiring story of leadership and advocacy from Muslim women in Australia as we speak to Maha Abdo OAM, a passionate advocate for empowering women. We delve into the challenges and triumphs of Muslim women in pursuing authentic leadership roles and making their voices heard in society. From breaking down cultural barriers to promoting diversity and inclusion, this episode features an engaging conversation and insight that will leave you feeling informed, inspired, and empowered. Muslims Down Under is a platform that aims t...2023-05-1530 min
Tender4: An Image of Recovery“Working in the sector, and simultaneously existing as a survivor, means being looked at: being perceived, even if the woman on the other end of the line, or sitting before you, isn’t aware of your past. It means being an image of recovery, whether that image feels fully-formed or not.”In episode 4 An Image of Recovery, Roia establishes a career in the family violence sector. Confronted by one particular client’s story and the way it eerily echoes her own, Roia is forced to reckon with the complexities of being a support worker as well as a victim...2021-10-2820 min
Tender3: Bleeding but Adorned“Over the span of my life, I had to get my nose re-pierced five times. It was a no-brainer: I was obviously going to do it. And, in a way, there was something quite powerful and commanding about my body’s insistence when it came to healing itself. Just this time, they were my wounds: and the sort that allowed me to bedazzle myself, time and time again, bleeding but adorned.”In episode 3 Bleeding but Adorned, Roia delights in all of the small, but significant ways she is able to reclaim her appearance after abuse: from buying her fi...2021-10-1822 min
The Palestine PodcastPalestine Podcast #46: ‘Systemic Racism in the US and Israel’In this episode of The Palestine Podcast we hear an urgent, informative and disturbing discussion between Nadia Abu El-Haj, Johanna Fernández, Maha Nassar and Nahla Abdo about racial policing, systemic racism and settler-colonial repression in the United States and the Apartheid state of Israel.
Recent police violence in the US has sparked anti-racism protests around the world and ignited a discussion of systemic racism within many societies and political systems. Despite major differences in the regimes of oppression and discrimination in the US and Israel, certain parallels exist and serve to shed light on both systems. I...2020-07-211h 34
Jumping Off the Ivory Tower with Prof JulieMacNot So OppressedThis week's episode represents Julie's time in February as a guest of the University of Sydney, where she visited Professor Ghena Krayhem and other scholars and activists in Australia working to change public perceptions of Muslim women as passive, oppressed victims. At a conference, the Symposium on Agency of Muslim Women, Julie recorded multiple women (and one man!)speaking about how they combat stereotypes of Muslim women. In our "debrief" segment, Dayna speaks with graduating Windsor Law student Hagar Elsayed about the Australian interviews, and Hagar's experiences as a Muslim woman in Canada. Finally, Dr. Mehreen Faruqi, MP for New...2018-04-1027 min
Clinton Maynard on 2UEJustin Smith: Maha Abdo, CEO of the Muslim Womens Association talks about the France terror attacksJustin Smith: Maha Abdo, CEO of the Muslim Womens Association talks about the France terror attacks2015-11-1608 min
Clinton Maynard on 2UEMUST LISTEN: MAHA ABDO speaks out with Justin Smith to condemn radicalisation.Justin Smith talks with CEO of the Muslim Women's Association, Maha Abdo who hopes to use the Muslim faith to overcome hatred.2015-10-0807 min