Shows
Storii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsThe Settlement Everyone is Talking AboutSaad and attorney Dom Poncia discuss the big NAR settlement and what it all means.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-05-1536 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsSo You Wanna be a Landlord?Saad shares his do's and dont's when it comes to being an effective and smart landlord.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-05-0216 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsNew Construction 101Saad and real estate developer Hamid Hatami jump into the world of new construction propertiesHosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-04-1732 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsWhat's Your Criteria?Saad dives into all the criteria buyers and their agents should be thinking about.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-04-0312 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsCarfax for HomesSaad and Torii co-founder James Rogers discuss the importance of data in real estate.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-03-2037 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsA Realtor's SuperpowerSaad shares his thoughts on marketing oneself as a realtor and how to set yourself apart.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-03-0614 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsInvesting with FriendsSaad and his business partner Saad (!) talk about what goes into friends doing real estate deals together.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-02-2121 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsOpen House SznSaad discusses what buyers and sellers should keep in mind when it comes to open houses.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-02-0714 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsFinancial Wellness 101Saad and Investment Advisor Asad Pervez discuss tips around financial wellness as the new year kicks off.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Hoopoe Advisors: https://www.hoopoeadvisors.com/Learn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-01-2448 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsA Nobody's MarketSaad talks about what everyone is thinking but no one is saying - it's a nobody's market!Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-01-1015 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsState of the MarketSaad and Torii's Director of Operations discuss the happenings of 2023 and what to expect in 2024.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-12-2730 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsOperation RenovationSaad shares his thoughts on what home renovations have the highest return on investment.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-12-1315 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsThe Lawsuits Everyone is Talking AboutSaad and attorney Dom Poncia discuss all the recent NAR litigation and potential repercussionsHosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-11-2938 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsMultifamilies and HousehackingSaad and lender Nate Moghadam of Fairway Mortgage discuss multifamily investing and the concept of househacking.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesFollow Nate Moghadam @nateloansLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-11-1539 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsBuyer Agency AgreementsSaad shares his thoughts on buyer agency agreements and how they impact both buyers and agents.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-11-0117 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsInspector GadgetSaad and inspector Adam Wright dive deep into the world of home inspections.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Saad on Instagram @saadmun1rFollow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesFollow RJ Inspections @rjinspectionsLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-10-1544 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsReal Estate Investing 101Saad discusses his philosophy on real estate investing and some do's and dont's.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-10-0127 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsA Picture's Worth a Thousand WordsSaad and photographer Matt McNamara discuss how real estate photos are about more than just the listing.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-09-1523 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsListing Do's and Dont'sSaad reviews some of the key things to keep in mind for anyone looking to sell a property.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-09-0120 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsThe Sexy World of Home InsuranceSaad and insurance broker Tony Cingranelli talk shop around the do's and dont's of home insurance.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-08-1535 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsLower Rate or Lower Price?Saad compares rate, price, and another key factor when looking at a deal.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-08-0113 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsWho Likes Rollercoasters?Saad and fellow Boston-based realtor Mike Sokolowski keep it real while talking about the ups and downs of agent life.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-07-1541 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsLocation, Location, and LocationSaad talks about the first three rules of real estate and why "they" are so important.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-07-0117 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsGetting Creative with FinancingSaad and one of his lender partners (Hunter Evers) talk through how to stand out from a financing perspective while getting yourself the best deal.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-06-1537 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsYour Real Estate TeamSaad walks through what a 'real estate team' is and who you need to include.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-06-0113 min
Invisible HateA family killed in a truck attackIn June 2021, three generations of the Afzaal family went on a stroll after dinner only to be senselessly murdered by a 21-year-old driver in a pickup truck. We investigate the story and how this senseless act of violence happened.SOURCESNPR, CBC, CTV, BBC, MacLean's, Al JazeeraInterview with Sheriff Billy Rowles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsjRAsh7bbY&t=85sBBC news report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmetUwqtD8g&t=50sCNN interview with Whitney Dow (director of “Two Towns of Jasper”: https://youtu.be/5YVAj2Hk6FU...
2023-05-1840 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsTiming the MarketSaad shares his thoughts on why timing the market is a game you don't want to play in real estate.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-05-1511 minInvisible HateDeath by DraggingIn Jun 1998, James Byrd Jr. caught a ride with three white men. Instead of taking him home, the three men took Byrd to a remote county road out of town to beat him. They then chained him by his ankles to their pickup truck before dragging him for about three miles, killing him. Saadia and Asad discuss the murder and its implications on America.SOURCE MATERIALS: Encyclopedia Britannica, True Crime Garage podcast, NPR, Texas Observer, Beaumont Enterprise, KERA News, NYT, BBC, Yale, Texas Monthly, Washington Post, 5News, Beaumont EnterpriseHOW TO HELP:
2023-05-1137 minInvisible HateShooting at the Center of HopeOn July 18, 2015, police in Riverton, Wyoming respond to a shooting. A man has just walked into an alcohol detox facility called the Center of Hope and shot two patients asleep in their bed. Both patients are members of the Northern Arapaho native tribe—one dies, and the other hangs onto his life despite a critical headshot wound. Saadia and Asad discuss the case.SOURCE MATERIALS: https://people.com/crime/roy-clyde-admits-to-shooting-two-native-american-men-in-wyoming/ https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/tribal-news/2016-01-11/riverton-detox-center-shooter-sentenced https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/07/21/killing-at-wyoming-detox-center-city-workers-anger-at-homeless-called-motive/ https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/wyoming/art...
2023-05-0438 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsContingencies for DaysSaad and attorney Ali Alavi discuss all that goes into contingencies for both buyers and sellers.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-05-0144 minInvisible HateBeaten, Raped, and Left to DieA 34 year old man is beaten, sexually assaulted and left to die in his own home after a night out on the town in Knoxville, Tennessee. Saadia and Asad explain what happened.SOURCE MATERIALS: Salon Sleuths Podcast, Wake Up with KC, Victim Impact Statement, Towleroad, Mysterious RadioHOW TO HELP: Check out new episodes of Surviving Abuse (https://ashleighbarrie.my.canva.site/sap-home, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/surviving-abuse-podcast/id1572182113) every Thursday and FB discussion group Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt.Produced by I...
2023-04-2733 minInvisible HateFour Murders in AlbuquerqueFour Muslim men were killed ambush style between November 2021 and August 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Were the murders religiously motivated? Saadia and Asad discuss.SOURCE MATERIALS: CNN affiliate KOAT, AP, KRQE News, NYT, City of Albuquerque website, Albuquerque Journal, Rio Grande SunHOW TO HELP: The Flying Star Cafe is collecting money for Aftab Hussein’s Family.Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt.Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.comFor advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com
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2023-04-2043 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsIt's Storii Time!Saad explains his passion for real estate and how Storii Time came to be.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-04-1505 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsRelationships are EverythingSaad discusses the how, why, and when of formulating strong client relationships with his friend and colleague Sam Robles.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-04-1525 minStorii Time - Stories from Real Estate ExpertsThe BeginningSaad dives into the ins and outs of his very first real estate purchase.Hosted by Saad Munir.Follow Torii Homes on Instagram @toriihomesLearn more about Torii: https://www.toriihomes.com/Produced by Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@rifelion.comFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-04-1517 minInvisible HateAttacked by the DotbustersIn September 1987, a 30-year-old British Indian man named Navroze Mody lies in a coma in Hoboken, New Jersey. He’s just been beaten, kicked, and hit with a brick by a large group of teenage boys. Four days after passing through the hospital doors, he dies. Saadia and Asad report on the story.SOURCE MATERIALS: Court record, NYT, Parsi Khabar, India Today, Wikipedia, NYT, University of CA Press, FilmiholicHOW TO HELP:
Donate to the Hindu American Foundation, a national educational and advocacy organization established in 2003Hosted by...
2023-04-1356 minInvisible HateThe Targeting of a Jewish Community Center and Murder of a Postal WorkerOn August 10, 1999, Buford Furrow Jr. drove from Washington state to the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, where he opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon at a Jewish Community Center, injuring five people, including four children. He then drove to a nearby synagogue, where he shot and killed a Filipino-American postal worker, before fleeing the scene.SOURCES: The Follow-Up Question podcast, LAPD, LA Daily News, LAist, Today, Case Law, The Jewish News of Northern California, CNN, Advancing Justice, Washington Post, CBS, GiffordsHOW TO HELP:Donate to WAGV in LA...
2023-04-0632 minInvisible HateA Murder in Laramie: Part 2Matthew Shepard was a young gay man who was brutally beaten, tortured, and left to die in Wyoming in October 1998. He was found tied to a fence and unconscious, and was taken to a hospital, where he remained in a coma for several days before he passed away due to his injuries.In Part 2, Saadia and Asad talk about the trial and Matthew's legacy.HOW TO HELP:Donate to:The Matthew Shepard Foundation, which is a non-profit whose mission is to amplify the story of Matthew Shepard to inspire individuals, organizations and c...
2023-03-3041 minInvisible HateA Murder in Laramie: Part 1Matthew Shepard was a young gay man who was brutally beaten, tortured, and left to die in Wyoming in October 1998. He was found tied to a fence and unconscious, and was taken to a hospital, where he remained in a coma for several days before he passed away due to his injuries. In Part 1, Saadia and Asad talk about the different theories about what happened to him the night he was murdered. HOW TO HELP:Donate to:The Matthew Shepard Foundation, which is a non-profit whose mission is to amplify the story o...
2023-03-2339 minInvisible HateBus Stop Murder23-year-old African-American student Richard Collins III was waiting for an Uber ride at bus stop with two friends when he was approached by Sean Urbanski, who stabbed him in an unprovoked attack. Collins was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Saadia and Asad discuss the details of the case.HOW TO HELP:Donate to:
Campaign Zero works to end police brutality in America through research-proven strategies
ColorofChange.org works to make the government more responsive to racial disparities
National Cares Mentoring Movement provides social and academic support to help Black...
2023-03-1631 minInvisible HateRemembering Charlie HowardIn 1984, Charlie Howard, a young gay man from Bangor, Maine, was walking home when he was harassed by three young men with homophobic slurs. The situation escalated, and Howard was thrown off a bridge into the Kenduskeag Stream, where he drowned. Hear his story and how his death helped to bring attention to hate crimes and discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community.HOW TO HELP:Donate to groups that support LGBTQ youth, like EqualityMaine, The Trevor Project, It Gets Better Project, and GLSEN.SOURCES:
Bangor Daily News, Bangor Daily News, World Queerstory, NYT, T...
2023-03-0939 minInvisible HateThe Murder of Mulugeta SerawIn November 1988, Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian immigrant, was killed by a group of three white supremacist skinheads in Portland, Oregon. The three men, members of the racist group East Side White Pride, beat Seraw to death with a baseball bat. Saadia and Asad discuss the attack and how it was racially motivated.How to Help: Donate to Portland United Against Hate: https://www.portlandunitedagainsthate.org/Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt.Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.comFor advertising opportunities, please e...
2023-03-0243 minInvisible HateJustice for Kendrick JohnsonKendrick Johnson was a high school student who was found dead inside a rolled-up gym mat at his school in Valdosta, Georgia in 2013. The official cause of death was ruled as accidental, but his family and supporters have claimed that he was murdered. Despite multiple investigations, no official evidence of foul play was found and the case remains unsolved. We take a deeper look.How to Help:
Check for updates on the family’s FB page: https://www.facebook.com/RipKendrickJohnson/
Learn more about the case here: https://www.justiceforkendrickjohnson17.org
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2023-02-2331 minInvisible HateKilled in the Line of DutySandeep Dhaliwal was a sheriff's deputy in Harris County, Texas when he was shot and killed in the line of duty on September 27, 2019. He was the first member of the Sikh community to be hired as a deputy in the Harris County Sheriff's Office and was known for his work in community outreach. Saadia and Asad investigate his murder.How to Help: Donate to the Harris County Sheriff Office Benevolence Association, assisting employees or first responders that have experienced a catastrophic illness or lossHosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt.
2023-02-0937 minInvisible HateMurders on the MAXIn 2017, two people are killed and a third injured after confronting a white supremacist and white nationalist for shouting racist and anti-Muslim slurs at two black teenagers on the MAX Light Rail train in Portland, Oregon. Saadia and Asad share details about the case to determine if it was a hate crime.SOURCES: Wikipedia, NPR, the Guardian, Law & Crime, CNN, Essence, attn, Seattle Times, Okayplayer, OPB, KGW News, KOIN, Willamette Week.Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt.Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.comFor...
2023-02-0237 minInvisible HateA Kidnapping in Kansas CityA 22-year-old African American woman knocks on the door a house in a small town outside of Kansas, Missouri. She is wearing a tight metal collar with a padlock around her neck and appears severely malnourished. She says she had just escaped the basement dungeon of a neighbor named Timothy Haslett, Jr. and is pleading for help.Find out if you are "Press Worthy."One way to help: Support the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.STORY UPDATE: A preliminary hearing for Haslett, Jr. that was originally scheduled for January 10, 2023 was rescheduled...
2023-01-2632 minInvisible HateRais Bhuiyan and the Power of ForgivenessIn the days after 9/11, Rais Bhuiyan was working at a convenience store in Dallas, Texas when someone walked in and asked him "Where are you from?" Before Rais could answer, he was shot in the face. Against all odds, Rais survives and is now trying to create a world without hate. Listen now to his remarkable story of recovery and forgiveness.Learn more about Rais's non-profit aimed to breaking the cycle of hate and violence: World Without Hate.Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt.Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media.Contact...
2023-01-1928 minInvisible HateThe Chapel Hill MurdersThree Muslim college students were killed in their apartment building in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 2015. The police said it was because of a parking dispute. Family and friends said the victims were targeted because they were Muslim. Saadia and Asad break down the case to figure out if it was a hate crime.Learn more about the foundation honoring the legacy of the victims: Our Three Winners Foundation.Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt.Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media.Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.comFor advertising opportunities...
2023-01-1239 min
King of the WorldBonus: "We Do It For The Culture" by Tanzila AhmedBonus Episode: Tanzila Ahmed, an artist writer, political activist, and co-host of the good Muslim bad Muslim podcast, shares her reflections on 20 years since 9/11.Follow Taz on Twitter, read her articles on Substack, and visit her website.Listeners of King of the World can share their own experiences post 9/11 and what the series means to them.Check out the Rifelion blog. Also visit podinbox.com/kingoftheworld to send us an audio message, some of which will play on future episodes....
2021-11-2411 minKing of the WorldBonus: Listener CallsBonus Episode: Listeners of King of the World share their own experiences post 9/11 and what the series means to them.Check out the Rifelion blog. Also visit podinbox.com/kingoftheworld to send us an audio message, some of which will play on future episodes.For more information on King of the World, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-11-1011 minKing of the WorldEpisode 7: The Improbable Now—Mental Health, Wellness, WholenessShahjehan starts touring the East Coast as an actor in a troupe for people in long-term recovery, and meets an unanticipated fan. We wrap up the “anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, racial, racist, white supremacist kind of mindset” that took hold during Trump’s presidency and its trickle-down effects, while also examining its function as a catalyst for the uptick in activism, improved representation, more diverse pop culture, and the ever-growing Muslim voice.We speak with American Muslim elected officials, actresses, founders, and of course, Amma and Agha, as we come full-circle to just exactly what Shahjehan’s people...
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American Muslim ProjectKing of the World Episode 7: The Improbable Now—Mental Health, Wellness, WholenessRifelion Media and American Muslim Project present King of the World, a seven-part series about a Pakistani-American Muslim who comes of age in a post 9/11 world.Shahjehan starts touring the East Coast as an actor in a troupe for people in long-term recovery, and meets an unanticipated fan. We wrap up the “anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, racial, racist, white supremacist kind of mindset” that took hold during Trump’s presidency and its trickle-down effects, while also examining its function as a catalyst for the uptick in activism, improved representation, more diverse pop culture, and the ever-growing Muslim voice.We...
2021-10-271h 07American Muslim ProjectKing of the World Bonus Episode: "We Do It For The Culture" by Tanzila AhmedRifelion Media and American Muslim Project present King of the World, a seven-part series about a Pakistani-American Muslim who comes of age in a post 9/11 world.Bonus Episode: Tanzila Ahmed, an artist writer, political activist, and co-host of the good Muslim bad Muslim podcast, shares her reflections on 20 years since 9/11.Follow Taz on Twitter, read her articles on Substack, and visit her website.Listeners of King of the World can share their own experiences post 9/11 and what the series means to them.Check out the Rifelion blog. Also visit podinbox.co...
2021-10-2010 minAmerican Muslim ProjectKing of the World Episode 6: Recovery, Rebirth, and Resilience: Trump USARifelion Media and American Muslim Project present King of the World, a seven-part series about a Pakistani-American Muslim who comes of age in a post 9/11 world.Shahjehan takes us along on The Kominas international tour, where a career pinnacle at the BBC coincides with a critical relapse into substance abuse. The consequences are dire but lead to a sincere shot at recovery with a lovable sponsor. After the Boston Marathon bombing and targeted expletives cast from a carful of dude bros, Shahjehan speaks out, this time without the cover of the band. Islamic law expert Sumbul Ali-Karamali...
2021-10-1357 minKing of the WorldEpisode 6: Recovery, Rebirth, and Resilience: Trump USAShahjehan takes us along on The Kominas international tour, where a career pinnacle at the BBC coincides with a critical relapse into substance abuse. The consequences are dire but lead to a sincere shot at recovery with a lovable sponsor. After the Boston Marathon bombing and targeted expletives cast from a carful of dude bros, Shahjehan speaks out, this time without the cover of the band. Islamic law expert Sumbul Ali-Karamali walks us through the definition of sharia and the multimillion-dollar Islamophobia Network that appeared around that time. The band reunites at the same time Trump’s campaign to ba...
2021-10-1357 minAmerican Muslim ProjectKing of the World Bonus Episode: Listener CallsRifelion Media and American Muslim Project present King of the World, a seven-part series about a Pakistani-American Muslim who comes of age in a post 9/11 world.Bonus Episode: Listeners of King of the World share their own experiences post 9/11 and what the series means to them.Check out the Rifelion blog. Also visit podinbox.com/kingoftheworld to send us an audio message, some of which will play on future episodes.For more information on King of the World, visit our website.
2021-10-0611 minAmerican Muslim ProjectKing of the World Episode 5: Watch Us, Listen to Us—SurveillanceRifelion Media and American Muslim Project present King of the World, a seven-part series about a Pakistani-American Muslim who comes of age in a post 9/11 world.It’s 2008 and Shahjehan has just booked a one-way ticket to Pakistan. He moves in with his best friend and Kominas bandmate in Lahore, where new musical and social highs are interwoven with drug relapses, encounters at gunpoint, and Al-Faida conspiracy theorists. News from his hometown mosque in Wayland reveals that a childhood friend has been convicted of terrorist activities, which brings to question government-orchestrated spying and just whom the First Am...
2021-09-2957 minKing of the WorldEpisode 5: Watch Us, Listen to Us—SurveillanceIt’s 2008 and Shahjehan has just booked a one-way ticket to Pakistan. He moves in with his best friend and Kominas bandmate in Lahore, where new musical and social highs are interwoven with drug relapses, encounters at gunpoint, and Al-Faida conspiracy theorists. News from his hometown mosque in Wayland reveals that a childhood friend has been convicted of terrorist activities, which brings to question government-orchestrated spying and just whom the First Amendment applies to. The Muslim Justice League’s Amira Al-Subaey and real-life victim Asad Dandia break down the Obama-era Countering Violent Extremism program, based...
2021-09-2957 minAmerican Muslim ProjectKing of the World Episode 4: Muslims and The MediaRifelion Media and American Muslim Project present King of the World, a seven-part series about a Pakistani-American Muslim who comes of age in a post 9/11 world.Episode 4: The Way They Saw Us - Muslims and the MediaShahjehan and guests walk us through the history of Brown representation in Hollywood, politics, and American pop culture. From swarthy villains and caricatures with funny accents to slightly more nuanced and uncensored depictions in the early 2000s, Muslim actors move beyond making their bread by portraying terrorists as Muslim politicians and musicians start appearing on the scene. The...
2021-09-2254 minKing of the WorldEpisode 4: Muslims and The MediaShahjehan and guests walk us through the history of Brown representation in Hollywood, politics, and American pop culture. From swarthy villains and caricatures with funny accents to slightly more nuanced and uncensored depictions in the early 2000s, Muslim actors move beyond making their bread by portraying terrorists as Muslim politicians and musicians start appearing on the scene. The highly uncensored Kominas cause a stir as they claim a space for Brown kids while simultaneously being reduced to a Muslim punk antidote to the otherwise backwards Muslim world in the media. Shahjehan begins to find his voice as he channels...
2021-09-2255 minAmerican Muslim ProjectKing of the World Episode 3: IslamophobiaRifelion Media and American Muslim Project present King of the World, a seven-part series about a Pakistani-American Muslim who comes of age in a post 9/11 world.Shahjehan introduces us to two American Muslims profiled after 9/11 in very different ways: one’s arrival in his “dream country” nearly costs him his life as the other’s family trip becomes an interrogation. Everyone seems to be on high Muslim alert, and the American Muslim community comes out in droves to publicly denounce any and all terrorist or suspected terrorist activity by anyone Muslim or seemingly Muslim, anywhere. Islamophobia is formally...
2021-09-1553 minKing of the WorldEpisode 3: IslamophobiaShahjehan introduces us to two American Muslims profiled after 9/11 in very different ways: one’s arrival in his “dream country” nearly costs him his life as the other’s family trip becomes an interrogation. Everyone seems to be on high Muslim alert, and the American Muslim community comes out in droves to publicly denounce any and all terrorist or suspected terrorist activity by anyone Muslim or seemingly Muslim, anywhere. Islamophobia is formally defined. The passing of the PATRIOT Act allows for state-sponsored bad actors and we hear disturbing stats about those targeted, despite the riskier stats on right-wing extremists. Shahjeha...
2021-09-1553 minAmerican Muslim ProjectKing of the World Episode 2: Terrifying WarsOur second episode in our special series called King of the World hosted by Shahjehan Khan.The United States initiates the War on Terror in response to 9/11, starting with Afghanistan and then moving seamlessly into Iraq, despite the disconnect. Historian Dr. Huma Gupta helps us understand Afghanistan’s relationship with the U.S. pre-9/11 and its history of being a World Power staging ground. We meet Bashir Ahmad, who shares his experience joining the National Guard after being kicked out of college for smoking weed a few days before the attacks. The concept of identity is broken do...
2021-09-0857 minKing of the WorldEpisode 2: Terrifying WarsThe United States initiates the War on Terror in response to 9/11, starting with Afghanistan and then moving seamlessly into Iraq, despite the disconnect. Historian Dr. Huma Gupta helps us understand Afghanistan’s relationship with the U.S. pre-9/11 and its history of being a World Power staging ground. We meet Bashir Ahmad, who shares his experience joining the National Guard after being kicked out of college for smoking weed a few days before the attacks. The concept of identity is broken down by Rania Mustafa, including the conflicted, parallel, and integrated forms, and we look back at why Shahjehan an...
2021-09-0858 minAmerican Muslim ProjectKing of the World Episode 1: 9/11Rifelion Media and American Muslim Project present King of the World, a seven-part series about a Pakistani-American Muslim who comes of age in a post 9/11 world.Episode 1: 9/11Host Shahjehan Khan acquaints us with his family—a fivesome in a predominantly white suburb of Boston by way of Pakistan—and his conflicted identity. Despite his name literally meaning “king of the world,” young Shahjehan feels increasingly powerless. We learn three of his favorite things: a shiny red Fender Strat, weed, and figure skating. September 11th, 2001, starts out like any other school day, then the first plane hits the...
2021-09-0154 minKing of the WorldEpisode 1: 9/11Host Shahjehan Khan acquaints us with his family—a fivesome in a predominantly white suburb of Boston by way of Pakistan—and his conflicted identity. Despite his name literally meaning “king of the world,” young Shahjehan feels increasingly powerless. We learn three of his favorite things: a shiny red Fender Strat, weed, and figure skating. September 11th, 2001, starts out like any other school day, then the first plane hits the World Trade Center at the end of first-period calculus. The attacks continue to unfold as teachers frantically try to access the internet and reassure students, when they themselves are anything...
2021-09-0153 minAmerican Muslim ProjectMommying and Podcasting with Uzma JafriThis week we chat with Uzma Jafri, unapologetically Muslim podcaster, physician, and mother of four. Hosted by Uzma and her "second-generation friend," Zaiba, with the fellow first-born problem of having a lot to say, Mommying While Muslim is a weekly podcast about the challenges and opportunities encountered by Muslims raising kids in the United States. Started after Zaiba’s 14 year old was detained by airport security and online resources for advice were scarce, the moms address “the good, the bad, and the ugly of [Muslims] growing up pre-9/11, and then the good, the bad, and the really ugly that happ...
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King of the WorldIntroducing King of the World - Official TrailerRifelion Media presents King of the World, a seven-part podcast series about a Pakistani American Muslim teenager who comes of age post-9/11 and, twenty years later, tries to figure out what the hell happened to him and to us. Hosted by Shahjehan Khan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-08-1601 minAmerican Muslim ProjectCreating Nuanced Muslim Film Characters with Iram Parveen BilalThis week we’re joined by filmmaker and activist Iram Parveen Bilal.Her first feature film, a mystery thriller called Josh: Independence Through Unity, was Pakistan's first movie to be on Netflix. Her latest, I'll Meet You There, is a drama set in Chicago that covers intergenerational family conflict, the post-9/11 American Muslim experience, and disparately minded people trying to meet in the middle. Premiering digitally at SXSW last year (with no shortage of COVID snafus), the script is actually a decade-old project that was adapted as challenges were broached and her own reflections on life and so...
2021-08-1131 minAmerican Muslim ProjectChanging the Disability Narrative with Sara MinkaraSara Minkara shares her remarkable journey a champion for disability inclusion.Imagine that the first time you meet someone, you’re in total darkness. Would you be more comfortable expressing yourself? Now turn the lights back on and think of a moment you’ve disempowered someone, intentionally or not. Learn why by asking yourself what identities you focus on when interacting and how you see your own self. These are the types of scenarios we discuss this week with Sara.A troublemaker intentionally disrupting the status quo, Sara is an advocate, entrepreneur, and...
2021-08-0435 minAmerican Muslim ProjectA Muslim-Specific Streaming Service with Mir AliThis week we are joined by Executive Vice President Mir Ali of USHUB TV, a forthcoming streaming service explicitly for Muslim content in the United States.Growing up in the bubble of Southern California, Mir interacted with his predominantly non-Muslim community the only way he knew how—by showing that he was a friendly, typical, hard-working American first, then revealing his full identity once he’d been accepted. Like most all of our guests, it took effort to maintain his identit(ies) in these disparate circles. Though his passive approach may have successfully changed people’s mindsets about...
2021-07-2830 minAmerican Muslim ProjectNavigating Entrepreneurship with Afreen AllamThis week we invite founder and CEO of SiNON Therapeutics, Afreen Allam, to discuss the business world and her biotech start-up that's designing one pivotal particle.At 17, Afreen found herself publishing her first DNA sequence, and at 20, applying for her first patent—no big deal. We talk about how her passion was rooted in her 7.5-year stint as a Duke Cancer Center volunteer, which was alternately depressing and motivating. Her father permitted her to study abroad as a premed undergrad with three very specific conditions, and it was then that the nanoparticle for drug delivery was developed....
2021-07-2130 minAmerican Muslim ProjectEvolution, Aliens, and Ancient Horoscopes with Salman HameedSalman Hameed, teacher, host, gung ho astronomer, founder, and contagiously curious intellectual, is the type of refreshing science professor we wish we’d had in undergrad. He joins AMP to talk about religion versus science, astrology, and aliens.As a Hampshire College professor of integrated science and humanities and director of the Center for the Study of Science in Muslim Societies, Salman has taught classes ranging from "History and Philosophy of Science and Religion” to "Aliens: Close Encounters of a Multidisciplinary Kind.” It all started with a surreptitious viewing of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Voyage—which he m...
2021-07-1435 minAmerican Muslim ProjectDrawing the Blueprint For Muslim Inclusion with Kashif ShaikhThis week we speak with Kashif Shaikh, co-founder and president of Pillars Fund, a nonprofit investing in American Muslim organizations, leaders, and artists to advance equity and inclusion.Pillars, founded in 2010, aims to take tangible actions to benefit American Muslim initiatives. But rather than supporting, say, mosques or overseas work, their projects often nurture local communities, well-being, and culture. Case in point, their recent pivotal study with the Ford Foundation and University of Southern California Annenberg, Missing & Maligned: The Reality of Muslims in Popular Global Movies. Kashif breaks down the unsurprising but nonetheless disheartening data from 200 top...
2021-07-0735 minAmerican Muslim ProjectDemystifying Sharia with Sumbul Ali-KaramaliThis week we are joined by author, former lawyer, and expert on Islamic law, Sumbul Ali-Karamali, to discuss the decidedly unscary Sharia law.Sharia is essentially a mass of religious guidelines, meaning the path to the watering place literally and the path to righteousness religiously. Essentially, early Muslims interpreted their holy text, the Quran, to determine rules for how to live, called fatwas. The collection of fatwas (fiqh) along with the Quran and Sunnah (practices of Muhammad) equal Sharia. Like many religious texts it is ancient, up to interpretation, and complex, even to our dear host and...
2021-06-2333 minAmerican Muslim ProjectBuilding a World without Hate with Rais BhuiyanRais Bhuiyan is a Bangladeshi American who was shot by a white supremacist as retaliation for the attacks of September 11th, four months after arriving in the United States. He joins us on this episode of American Muslim Project to share his remarkable story and mission to promote empathy and compassion.Rais was thrilled to start his own American dream in Dallas after being granted a visa from the State Department’s lottery. He relays how his life instead became an “American nightmare” as Mark Anthony Stroman went on a killing spree, murdering two other...
2021-06-1632 minAmerican Muslim ProjectFighting State-Sponsored Spying and Discrimination with Amira Al-SubaeyDuring the Obama administration (or was it in 1984?), a campaign known as countering violent extremism (CVE, and a profusion of other acronyms since) was initiated by intelligence and federal law enforcement agencies to identify and dissuade those prone to radicalization. The Muslim Justice League was founded in 2014 by Muslim women of one CVE pilot city to defund and dismantle that massive increase in state-sponsored surveillance. The league’s deputy director, Amira Al-Subaey, joins us on AMP to discuss the facts and fiction surrounding still-active CVE policy.According to the government, CVE would put an end to aggressive la...
2021-06-0931 minAmerican Muslim ProjectA Focus on Palestinians with Dr. Maha NassarDr. Maha Nassar, a Palestinian American professor and expert on Arab cultural and intellectual history, shares her insights on Palestinians.Naturally, we ask her to address the horrific situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip over the past few weeks. She enlightens us on several key points, including how the conflict is truly an anti-colonialist struggle, how the youngest Palestinians in Israel identify themselves, and how Palestinians have been covered by major U.S. news outlets the last several decades. [Spoiler alert: Very few articles written about Palestinians are actually by a Palestinian.] Find out why bias...
2021-06-0237 minAmerican Muslim ProjectImproving Your COVID IQ with Dr. Mohammed RezaThis week we spoke with Dr. Mohammed Reza, a Bangladeshi-American infectious disease doctor in north Florida, where COVID variants and vaccine reluctance both run rampant.During this pandemic, Dr. Mo (as his patients call him) has been thrust into the local limelight as an unwitting community educator. Despite his schooling, credibility, and experience, he was a bit surprised to become the trusted face of coronavirus intel in his hometown, performing over 100 interviews. Perhaps because the day after Trump took office he was ordered to go back to his country while buying his staff donuts.Regardless...
2021-05-2633 minAmerican Muslim ProjectTelling Our Own Story with Qasim RashidQasim Rashid has held many roles—human rights lawyer, prolific writer, media consultant, political candidate, volunteer prison chaplain, avid Tweeter—one of which his wife convinced him to pursue. He joins us on American Muslim Project to discuss his newest book, how he got to where he is today, and advocating for a more compassionate tomorrow.We dive in with Ramadan 2021, a remarkable one given COVID and the current state of Palestinians and Uyghurs. Shared IHOP reminiscences make an appearance. Qasim outlines the theology behind Ahmadi Muslims, the minority faith he is an active member of. We disc...
2021-05-1931 minAmerican Muslim ProjectFood and Finding the Spice of Life with Saba Wahid DuffyThis week we are joined by Saba Wahid Duffy: chef, media personality, culinary educator, and very recent *Chopped* champion. As an American Muslim raised in a suburb of Boston, she grew up eating Pakistani food nearly exclusively, which left her hankering for any cuisine but.Despite her strong interest in cooking from a young age, Saba’s traditional Desi parents had other thoughts on their daughter wanting to pursue a culinary career. We discover the idea that truly kicked off her career in food much later in life: a television pilot bridging the gap between her Eastern ro...
2021-05-1232 minAmerican Muslim ProjectBringing People Together through Art with Salma ArastuThis week we speak with Salma Arastu, an artist born in Rajasthan, India, to Sindhi Hindu Pakistani refugees. Introduced to Arabic calligraphy in Iran, she found herself mesmerized before able to even read it. By the 1980s, the merging of traditional calligraphy and modern art that she’d embarked upon had a name: the Hurufiyya Movement. It was only after September 11th that she began to share her calligraphy publicly, to spread the beauty of the Quran and bring people closer to Islam.She walks us through the popularity of calligraphy in Islam, and her passion for th...
2021-05-0532 minAmerican Muslim ProjectShedding Stereotypes in Hollywood with Serena RasoulSerena Rasoul’s humble upbringing in rural Virginia left her feeling like a leper to both white neighbors and other Arab Americans from afar. Her childhood defense mechanism? Resorting to funny accents and impressions. Serena joins AMP to discuss her diverse career, founding the first casting agency focused on Muslim talent, and the real story of Hollywood.The daughter of Palestinian immigrants with a Mayberry vision of America, her family landed on a Southern horse ranch to run a corner store and gas station—“the only Muslims for hours.” With no mosque around, she would often accompany friends...
2021-04-2832 minAmerican Muslim ProjectChanging the Dialogue around Women and Business with Tasneem DohadwalaAs a first-generation American Muslim businesswoman, Tasneem Dohadwala has lived a life of being a threefold minority: in race, gender, and career. She experienced a traditional South Asian Muslim upbringing, short one pivotal detail—her mom worked, and loved it. Tasneem speaks to being a woman in the world of investments on this episode of AMP.Currently Founding Partner at global investment firm Excelestar Ventures and a Managing Director at early-stage investment firm Golden Seeds, which focuses on women-led businesses, Tasneem has come a long way. Her ambition likely stems from her mother instilling a sense of pr...
2021-04-2130 minAmerican Muslim ProjectRestoring Justice with Adnan Khan (Part 2)Part 2 of our conversation with Adnan Khan, Executive Director of Re:Store Justice.Early on, most of us are taught the binary concepts of good & evil and told what camp we fall into. As a teen, Adnan Khan found himself parentless, homeless, a dropout, and a victim of trauma, veering off the path of his little league days. After a robbery gone very wrong, where his schizophrenic acquaintance unexpectedly killed a man, he was sentenced to 25 years to life in maximum security prison. Under CA’s felony murder rule, a jury simply had to pr...
2021-04-1426 minAmerican Muslim ProjectRestoring Justice with Adnan Khan (Part 1)Part 1 of our conversation with Adnan Khan, Executive Director of Re:Store Justice.Early on, most of us are taught the binary concepts of good & evil and told what camp we fall into. As a teen, Adnan Khan found himself parentless, homeless, a dropout, and a victim of trauma, veering off the path of his little league days. After a robbery gone very wrong, where his schizophrenic acquaintance unexpectedly killed a man, he was sentenced to 25 years to life in maximum security prison. Under CA’s felony murder rule, a jury simply had to pr...
2021-04-0726 minAmerican Muslim ProjectThe Humanizing Initiative with Dr. Shaista KhiljiThe survey says: Public satisfaction with both corporate and political leaders around the world is at an all-time low. On this episode of AMP we interview an academic attempting to change this leadership deficit, Dr. Shaista Khilji.GW professor, prolific writer, and cofounder of the Humanizing Initiative, Pakistani-born Shaista has become an expert on emerging economies through her international work. As a polylingual, multidegreed consultant, researcher, and teacher across nations—but especially in SE Asia—she acquired a unique understanding of globalization and its impact on individuals. She witnessed the rising inequalities and dismal conclusion that globalization fail...
2021-03-3131 minAmerican Muslim ProjectThe Islamic Scholarship Fund with Omar ElsayedThe Berkeley-based Islamic Scholarship Fund seeks to increase American Muslim representation in media, policy, and film. Since 2009, they’ve awarded $1.5 million in the form of undergraduate/postgraduate/law scholarships as well as film grants, Congressional internships, and fellowships. We sat down with their program manager, Omar Elsayed, to discuss the organization, representation, and how to sleep better at night.Focusing on sectors likely to impact public opinion the most, ISF’s mission is to combat Islamophobia and promote equality. What started as a mere scholarship fund now tracks whether recipients go on to have impactful careers in the...
2021-03-2431 minAmerican Muslim ProjectThe Matter of Words and Identity with Sahra AliEnglish at school, Somali at home, Arabic on weekends. This is how Sahra Ali came of age. A storyteller by nature and writer by trade, her recent piece about forging a Somali American identity in the Midwest truly spoke to us. She joins us on this episode of AMP to speak about words, 9/11, and her personal evolution.Born in a tiny village in northeast Somalia devoid of electricity and brimming with war, Sahra’s family eventually followed her father to the U.S., where he’d moved eight years earlier. Introduced to the country by way of New...
2021-03-1736 minAmerican Muslim ProjectFighting Islamophobia with Imraan SiddiqiImraan Siddiqi, born in Alabama and raised in Atlanta, has always been a proud Muslim. Growing up in a city that was both a major civil rights player and part of the Bible Belt—with most households engrossed in religion—he felt at home sharing his Islamic faith and accepted for declining alcohol and dating. Now the Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington State, he spends his days working to protect cultural and religious freedoms. He joins us on AMP to discuss the organization and its efforts to combat Islamophobia.CAIR is the...
2021-03-1032 minAmerican Muslim ProjectDisrupting the Beverage Industry with Zeyad MoussaZeyad Moussa, Founder and CEO of Tulua, would absolutely encourage anyone with an innovative idea and a lot of drive to disrupt the “stale and crusty” food & beverage industry. Just maybe not the way he did. In this episode of AMP, we learn about an unconventional but wildly successful path to starting a business.An erstwhile biomedical engineer, longtime wellness advocate, and lifelong drinker of ginger tea (for its impeccable record of outperforming Pepto Bismol!), Zeyad saw a place for remedial ginger shots in the relatively risk-averse market of food retail and went for it. With no expe...
2021-03-0331 minAmerican Muslim ProjectFinding Those Teaching Moments with Afroz KhanAfroz Khan, an Indian American engineer and the first Muslim woman to serve on the Newburyport (MA) city council, is, frankly, the kind of politician we all dream about electing. Principled, affable, and sincere, Afroz took on public office simply because she was asked to consider it. She’d started to get more involved in her quaint, cobblestone, and very white New England town by way of the schools, after her family began facing cultural biases. Initially these were fairly benign acts like being assumed to be the proprietors of the new Indian restaurant in town, but moved to th...
2021-02-2433 minAmerican Muslim ProjectResilient Leadership with Jawad AhsanJawad Ahsan, CFO of Axon, the significant technology & weapons company, has found incredible success despite not following the expected path toward it. This week on AMP we discuss his new leadership book and his thoughts on team building, tasers, and tackling diversity.As a first-generation Pakistani-American raised outside Boston, Jawad entered college with the intention of pursuing medicine, right up until his C in chemistry. From thereon in he decided to forge his own path, leading to a series of esteemed management programs and CFO roles for major companies. With an atypical finance background, Jawad became incredibly...
2021-02-1731 minAmerican Muslim ProjectAuthoring and Othering with Rabiah York LumbardOn this episode of AMP we are joined by Rabiah York Lumbard, award-winning author of a number of children’s books and a recent young adult novel, No True Believers. This thriller about an American Muslim teen forced to confront hatred, secret conspiracies, and Islamophobia during her senior year of high school draws on Rabiah’s own experiences as an American Muslim at home and abroad.Though she grew up in a non-practicing Protestant family, Rabiah outlines how a family trip to Istanbul left her captivated by the beauty and intrigue of Islam. Shortly afterward she headed to c...
2021-02-1033 minAmerican Muslim ProjectDemocracy in America's First Muslim-Majority City with Razi Jafri Premiering at SXSW in 2020 and currently screening virtually across the country, Hamtramck, USA is a documentary film highlighting one city’s municipal election and how the various ethnic communities within work together. The story that the election naturally paints, however, is the deep diversity here, a place where the soccer stadium is rented out for mass prayers, the high school flies dozens of flags representing students’ ethnicities, and the call to prayer is amplified by public ordinance.In this episode of American Muslim Project we are joined by Hamtramck, USA’s co-director and co-p...
2021-02-0335 minAmerican Muslim ProjectThe Politics Behind Local Politicking with Mehreen ButtGone are the days where local politics amount to reelecting erstwhile high school classmates to fill potholes and grow schools. Policy attorney by day and public servant by night, Mehreen Butt, sister to our host, is a Pakistani American town councilor in Wakefield, MA. She joins us to speak about her unique experience as the first American Muslim woman elected to a select board in the state. Believing steadfastly that government is good and public service is a way to give back, she decided to run in 2016 to fulfill a duty “to be the voice for people that don’t ha...
2021-01-2733 minAmerican Muslim ProjectMuslim Women are Everything with Dr. Seema YasminDisease sleuthing. Ebola poetry. Doctoring. Naps. On this eclectic third episode of AMP we are joined by our first British Muslim living in America, Dr. Seema Yasmin. Author of the recent book (with illustrations by Famida Azim) Muslim Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure, she likewise seems to do just about everything.As the daughter of immigrants that bounced between a very insular, traditional paternal family in the English Midlands and her mom’s university world in London, Seema witnessed from a very young age that Muslim women could look an...
2021-01-2028 minAmerican Muslim ProjectPunk Rock, Mental Health, and RomComs with Shahjehan KhanBoston-based Pakistani-American actor, musician, behavioral health consultant, and self-identified miscreant Shahjehan Khan joins us to discuss his recent work voicing the dashing Italian American tour guide Matteo on RomComPods. Debuting as Apple’s #1 fiction podcast, we hear how this project expanded his definition of art, where COVID-era performers are recording these days, and how Shahjehan took his own journey through Pakistan in order to find himself. (Have you noticed how Americans are always going abroad to find themselves?)We also learn how his role as co-founder/guitarist/songwriter of the ever-evolving and internationally renowned South-Asian American punk ro...
2021-01-1336 minAmerican Muslim ProjectThe Facts Behind the American Muslim Community with Besheer MohamedBesheer Mohamed, a software developer turned Senior Researcher at the preeminent Pew Research Center, joins us for this inaugural episode of American Muslim Project. As an expert on religious beliefs and practices in the United States with a special focus on religious minorities, he says American Muslims make up just over 1% of the U.S. population. Despite nearly half being born Stateside—many whose families have been here for generations—little to no good quantitative research on the Muslim community existed before 2007. Besheer walks us through the abundant amount of data garnered in the last...
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