Her Zindagi
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Intro Episode - Meet your Host Maheen Abbasi
Her Zindagi
07/16/20 • 9 min
Her Zindagi translates to Her life in Urdu. Its a podcast sharing the untold stories of Muslim and/ or South Asian women living their best lives. Each episode a new guest will be interviewed and they will share their story. This is a place to learn from the incredible women around us.
Maheen Abbasi is a Pakistani Muslim American woman. She was born in Islamabad, Pakistan and moved to the Bay Area with her parents when she was 3. She went to college at UCSD and currently lives in Los Angeles,CA. She is passionate about empowering women and believes everyone should be living their best life.
Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi
Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93
If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email [email protected]
07/28/20 • 74 min
Nurjahan Boulden grew up with dreams of becoming a dancer. When she was shot in the leg with an assault rifle in a random attack at age 21, those dreams were destroyed. She suffered in silence physically and emotionally for almost a decade before she met another survivor who inspired her to share her story. She’s now a dancer, survivor, community builder, and storyteller, inspiring audiences around the world to face their greatest fears and rise in the face of adversity.
You can access her free guide to releasing anxiety at releaseanxietytoday.com. Follow Nurjahan on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube for dance classes, inspiration, and tips on how to build a life you love, no matter what you’ve survived.
Facebook.com/nurjahanboulden
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Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi
Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93
If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email [email protected]
08/18/20 • 51 min
Meryum Khan began her legal career in 2011 and is currently an Assistant Attorney General with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, where she works to enhance the economic security of vulnerable workers. Along the way, Meryum has become an active member of the South Asian Bar Association, the Pakistani Association of Greater Boston and the New England Muslim Bar Association. Meryum is dedicated to community engagement and advocacy. In her non-attorney life, you can find Meryum cooking, dancing to Bollywood or Bhangra music, and entertaining her 4 year old son, Zeeshan.
Listen to Meryum talk about
- What she does in her day to day
- What it’s like to work as a minority in government
- Why it’s important to get involved and how you can
- How to best prepare yourself for your future career
Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi
Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93
If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email [email protected]
08/11/20 • 39 min
Nusaiba Mubarak, M.A., served as the National Muslim Outreach Coordinator for Bernie 2020. Nusaiba advocates for human rights issues such as healthcare, racial, and immigrant justice by mobilizing her community and building allyship among communities of color. In over 10 years of organizing and campaigning, she’s built coalitions and strategies driving meaningful change. She is also the founder of Los Angeles Muslim Professionals (LAMP).
Listen to Nusaiba talk about:
- How she got involved in working in Politics
- What she does as a political community organizer
- The importance of representation in politics
- How we can get involved
- The stigma of this kind of careers in our communities
- And so much more...
Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi
Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93
If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email [email protected]
11/10/20 • 48 min
Kausar Mohammed is a half Bengali, half Pakistani writer, actress, and comedian born in San Jose, California. She is a writer/performer in the distinguished all-South Asian comedy troupe, The Get Brown, and in the 2021 CBS Diversity Showcase. She has worked on and written a variety of award-winning digital projects, such as "Smyle" and "Namaste" featured on Huffington Post, NBC, and Al-Jazeera. Kausar plays series lead in Paul Feig's (“Bridesmaids”) dramedy, “East of La Brea”. She also has worked alongside Taraji P. Henson on the film “What Men Want” (Paramount), Issa Rae on the film “Little” (Universal), and has additional credits on shows such as “Silicon Valley” (HBO), “Black Lightning” (CW), and “Carol’s Second Act” (CBS). Kausar also voices series lead characters on both Spielberg’s upcoming Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous and the hit anime show, Great Pretender. She also is the co-founder of SHIFT, a racial justice and gender justice consulting group created by all women of color. You can find her performing regularly at the Upright Citizen's Brigade theatre on their house team, Emerald. She is Queer, Muslim, and a Hufflepuff/Slytherin hybrid.
Listen to Kauser Talk about:
- How she got into acting
- Choosing a career she loves
- Always checking in to what you want
- Power of saying No
- A Racial Justice consulting group she created
Follow Kauser on Instagram at @kausertheperson
Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi
Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93
If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email [email protected]
1. Decolonize your Mind with Sadia Saifuddin
Her Zindagi
07/21/20 • 62 min
Sadia Saifuddin is the co-founder and CEO of SuccessCo, a consulting company that helps high schoolers get into college. She also works for Salesforce on the Market Strategy team. Sadia graduated from UC Berkeley and served as the UC Student Regent in 2014-2015.
Listen to Sadia talk about:
- How she started a business while balancing working full time
- The struggles of the US college system
- How we can and should decolonize our minds
- Her story with her Hijab
- And so much more...
Follow Sadia on Instagram: @sadia.saifuddin
Check out Sadia’s website: https://sadiasaifuddin.com/
Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi
Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93
If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email [email protected]
Alaa Massri is a nineteen-year-old University of South Florida (USF) sophomore studying biomedical sciences on the premed track. She is also the founder of Our Power United, an organization created to promote and ensure the eradication of injustices. She is also a board member of the Revolutionary Round Table and the leader of the street medic team.
Recently Alaa has been in the media because at a Black Lives Matter protest she was wrongly taken into custody and the police forcibly removed her hijab for her mugshot.
Listen to Alaa talk about
- How she got involved with Activism
- Her experiences at the BLM protests
- Her story of getting her hijab forcibly removed by the police
- What a better world can look like
- How you can get involved
Follow Alaa on Instagram, @alaa.massri
Follow Our Power United, @ourpowerunited
Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi
Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93
If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email [email protected]
10/20/20 • 55 min
Batul Joffrey is an investor with Kapor Capital, making socially mindful investments that aim to close gaps of access, opportunity, or outcome for underserved communities. She is the current vice curator of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper’s LA Hub - where she leads the group in driving dialogue, action, and change through local projects, such as Los Angeles Votes, where their current focus is on increasing civic engagement in the younger LA populations.
Previously, she was Chief of Staff at a social impact startup and also a senior consultant on a complex data analysis and management team.
Outside of work, you can find her with a cup of chai in hand, enjoying the art of storytelling through different mediums whether it be books, movies, or photography and engaging with the people and components that make up her identity as a Pakistani-Indian Muslim American woman.
Listen to Batul Talk about:
- How she got into the VC
- Being a woman of color in this field
- What they look for when providing funding
- The importance of opening up opportunities to diverse backgrounds
- What her day to day looks like
Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi
Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93
If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email [email protected]
10/27/20 • 67 min
Noor Molvi created the jewelry line, NOORNOIR, after years of dreaming about being a designer and entrepreneur. She has always been a creative and visual person. After working a few different jobs in the fashion industry, She realized the only way she could truly satisfy my longing for creating beautiful design was by doing it on her own time and in her own way. SHE was scared to take the leap into entrepreneurship but I have gained so much along the way.
NOORNOIR is a collection of elegant, timeless jewelry handmade and designed by its namesake owner in Los Angeles, California. Often mixing high-quality gold pieces with natural materials such as pearls and aquamarines, every stunning creation feels simultaneously classic and one-of-a-kind, evoking found treasures washed up from the sea. NOORNOIR jewelry has been featured in VoyageLA Magazine and seen on celebrities like Olympic Golds Medalist Nastia Liukin & Tara Lipinksi as well as CW "Roswell" star Heather Hemmens and ABC "American Housewife" star Carly Hughes.
Listen to Noor Talk about:
- How she started her company
- Her tips to success
- How her biggest let down ended up being the best redirection
- What it's like being a Female, Muslim, Pakistani founder
Follow NoorNoir on Instagram at @Noornoir
Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi
Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93
If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email [email protected]
Sofia Haq was born and raised in Southern California. She graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies and studied International Business abroad for a summer at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In 2018, she graduated from the Riordan MBA Fellows Program at UCLA Anderson School of Management and the Forte MBALauncher Program.
Currently, she is an Ambassador at the United State of Women (USOW) and Founder and President of Muslim Women Professionals (MWP).
MWP is an organization that promotes empowerment amongst Muslim women by educating, empowering, and mobilizing a global network.
Sofia lies at the intersectionality of multiple identities: Muslim, woman, Pakistani, and Mexican. She has written for outlets like Forbes, was featured on multiple podcasts, and interviewed for various publications. She is a frequent panelist at events centered around female empowerment and diversity and inclusion. Her mission is to foster unity amongst Muslim women, bring awareness to the struggles of underrepresented communities, and create resources to help them thrive.
Listen to Sofia Talk about
- Being a Biracial Muslim - Pakistani and Mexican
- The toxic aspects of Pakistani/Muslim culture (Auntie culture!)
- Founding Muslim Women Professionals
- Importance of Gender Equity in Desi Culture
- 2020 election, VOTE.
Find Sofia on Instagram at @sofia__haq
Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi
Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93
If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email [email protected]
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FAQ
How many episodes does Her Zindagi have?
Her Zindagi currently has 21 episodes available.
What topics does Her Zindagi cover?
The podcast is about Inspire, Business, Female, Education, Self-Improvement, Podcasts, Personaldevelopment, Family, Selfhelp, Career, Girl, Soul, Spirituality, Society & Culture, Islam, Empowerment, Love, Personal Journals and Women.
What is the most popular episode on Her Zindagi?
The episode title '18. What Does Identity Mean to You with Creator of Brown in Media, Fareeha Molvi' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Her Zindagi?
The average episode length on Her Zindagi is 54 minutes.
How often are episodes of Her Zindagi released?
Episodes of Her Zindagi are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Her Zindagi?
The first episode of Her Zindagi was released on Jul 16, 2020.
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