Nov 24, 2013
Hesham Abdul Wahab joins us this episode to give insight of his musical career beginnings. He is a young, talented singer/songwriter of Indian decent but grew up in the Middle East. He performs in multiples languages such as Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and English. Since his introduction to Sami Yusuf’s Andante Records in...
Nov 17, 2013
Amara Majeed, Founder and Owner of The Hijab Project, joins us this episode to talk about her social experiment and more. As Amara mentions on her website: “Muslim women wear the hijab, or headscarf, in order to preserve their modesty. In Islam, women are portrayed as people who must be respected for who they...
Nov 10, 2013
Journalist Noor Tagouri joins us this episode to talk about her background, aspirations and more. She is a journalist, poet, and motivational speaker. I initially came across Noor through a picture that went viral on Facebook. I was amazed, and delighted, to see a Muslimah hijabi as a news anchorwoman! Noor is...
Nov 3, 2013
Mustafa Akyol joins us this episode to talk about his recent book, “Islam without Extremes.” Akyol is a Turkish political commentator and author based in Istanbul, Turkey. I first became aware of him through his TedTalk. I was quite amazed and proud of him addressing the troublesome issues facing Islam. There is...