Podcasts by How to be a Muslim Woman
British Muslim women speak to Sayeeda Warsi about their lives, revealing some of the many other ways it’s possible to be a British Muslim woman in 2018.
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Podcast on the topic Religion und Spiritualität
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Episode 7: I don’t need empowering, I don’t need liberating from 2018-12-21T11:00
Sayeeda Warsi speaks to activist Sajda Mughal, caught up in the 7/7 bombs in London, about the effect it had on her life. The course of Sajda's life changed that day, and she discusses how the r...
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Episode 6: The pointless obsession with how Muslim women dress from 2018-12-14T11:00
Sayeeda Warsi speaks to Welsh trade unionist Shavanah Taj about being a British Muslim woman. Shavanah explains her frustration that the conversation about Muslim women is so often focused on wh...
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Episode 5: Why I feel like a failed perfect daughter from 2018-12-07T11:00
Sayeeda Warsi speaks to anti-FGM activist Nimco Ali about being a British Muslim woman. They discuss sex and relationships, misogyny, speaking truth to power, the difference between culture and ...
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Episode 4: Muslim women face the same challenges as other women of faith from 2018-11-30T11:00
Sayeeda Warsi speaks to Julie Siddiqi about being a British Muslim woman, and why endless discussions about the burka stop more important conversations from taking place. Julie is co-chair of t...
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Episode 3: My father empowered all his daughters from 2018-11-23T11:00
Sayeeda Warsi speaks to Maz Saleem about her father, who was murdered by a far-right extremist. They discuss stereotypes of Muslim women and Muslim men, and talk about the daily challenges and p...
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Episode 2: The Army helped me find my place in Islam from 2018-11-16T12:06
Sayeeda Warsi discusses the challenges facing British Muslim women in 2018 with trainee Army medic Ammani Bashir, who explains how the Army helped her find her place in Islam.
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Episode 1: Patriarchy: now that’s a British value from 2018-11-16T11:00
In the first episode of her new podcast, Sayeeda Warsi speaks to spoken word poet Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan about Islam, patriarchy and why she wasn't sure about taking part.
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Welcome to How to be a Muslim Woman from 2018-11-15T11:49
British Muslim women speak to Sayeeda Warsi about how to be a British Muslim woman today.
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