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Mommying While Muslim

Mommying While Muslim

Written by: Uzma Jafri
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Mommying While Muslim is a one of a kind podcast where American Muslim moms share their experiences to raise second generation kids. Having experienced both pre and post 9/11 America, they're acutely aware of the unique challenges their families face on top of the regular messes that all moms share. Mommying While Muslim is a space to take back their stories, and tell those no one will air on the news or portray fully or fairly in the media. Host Uzma Jafri is mom first, careerwoman second, and global citizen at heart. She meets taboo topics head on because she wasn't allowed to do it growing up, not at home or at school and work. Her aim is to better her immediate household, community, and her momsisterhood the world over by telling the truths sometimes people don't want to face or to hear. Not everyone has these privileges, and she is eager to learn as well as share her own experiences. Always looking to give back, MWM finds women and families who need a mic because no one needs a voice; they just need an opportunity to speak. Besides tough social issues, MWM tackles political ones because when laws affect kids, we're coming for them as well as the ones who make them! There's no lane that doesn't get taken here. Along the way, MWM recruits momallies for Muslim Americans who have been inordinately targeted for the last 20 years. True moms know that ALL our children deserve to be safe, loved, and happy, and we bust every yellow brick on the Islamaphobic road to make sure they all are. If you like good trouble, this one's for you!

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  • Resolutions & Reparations

    Resolutions & Reparations
    Jan 2 2026

    🥳🥳🥳Happy New Year!

    2025 was hard for me. I'm so grateful for a new year, new slate and I pray yours is even better than I pray for you all.

    There's a short "episode" today. Big kudos to @faizifortexas running for Texas Comptroller. Do BIG things, y'all, even if you have to do them scared. 🙌🏾🙌🏾

    ⚠⚠ BUT a warning to those in the DMV: Swipe left to witness those closest to Allah, who can't communicate with words. And then listen to what I reported about @rnacoordinates behavior and their refusal to make reasonable, long lasting reparations via @muhsen.

    Send them a message and find other planners who don't just do their jobs, they care about and practice DEI. Our faith requires that we be DEI, and of course, the West has colonized the term for our way of life. We are all accountable to Allah, especially when we wrong the most vulnerable among us.

    No, I don't call out women, but I have zero tolerance for those who reject sincere naseeha (advice) and dig deeper into their ignorance. As always, send me your sincere naseeha and feedback. Tune in now and next week. 🎧

    #doitscared #inclusivity #dei #autismspeaks #savant

    Did you know you can send us a text? Feedback, questions, or recommendations welcomed!

    Support the show

    1. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

    2. Email:     salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com

    3. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

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    5. YouTube:     https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w
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    8 mins
  • Lessons from the Life of Sawdah bint Zama'a (RA)

    Lessons from the Life of Sawdah bint Zama'a (RA)
    Sep 11 2025

    I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack. Not the end of a horror film, but the end of a troubling journey of work, life and love lost with a happy ending. Don't be scared.

    I owe you the completion of the Sahabiya Series, so here's this week's episode on Sawdah bint Zam’a (RA), the second wife of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. While it's hard to find English language information on her, it is possible alhamdulillah thanks to shayookh out there interpreting those texts for us.

    Tune in to hear the 6 lessons I learned from what I found, and how they help me mother and live right now. For Muslimahs today who are navigating faith, family, and societal expectations, this is a good listen!

    Links:

    1. Mothers of the Believers Pt. 6: https://youtu.be/OcPOZd1edec?si=k0SfYDEttKzAowV7

    2. Lady Sawdah Bint Zama'a: https://furqaan.org/lady-sawdah-bint-zamah-the-steadfast-wife-of-the-prophet-saw/

    3. Sawdah bint Zama'a: https://riwaya.co.uk/riwaya-blog/sawdah-bint-zamah-ra/

    Did you know you can send us a text? Feedback, questions, or recommendations welcomed!

    Support the show

    1. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

    2. Email:     salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com

    3. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

    4. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

    5. YouTube:     https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w
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    33 mins
  • SERIES: My Favorite Sahabiya: Lessons from the Life of Khadija (RA)

    SERIES: My Favorite Sahabiya: Lessons from the Life of Khadija (RA)
    May 22 2025

    We kick off our Series: My Favorite Sahabiya based on audience feedback from our survey last summer. Watch out for double headers as I continue to catch up on production.

    Dive right on in with an easy listen on Khadija bint Khuwaylid with some important life lessons on being a supportive spouse, as well as an exemplar of faith to our children and communities. May Allah SWT be pleased with her, forgive us our shortcomings, and make it easy for us to walk in her footsteps. Ameen.

    Let us know if you learned something new after listening, which you can do on Saturdays on our Facebook group, or right on our website under "Podcast." Share this episode with a mom who doesn't estimate her work as she should, or "I'm just a mom's" herself frequently.

    Tune in for more Sahabiya episodes providing us with Muslim mothering/nurturing models coming up.

    #ummalmumineen #khadija #aisha #muslimrolemodels #muslimwomen #muslimhistory

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    Did you know you can send us a text? Feedback, questions, or recommendations welcomed!

    Support the show

    1. Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com

    2. Email:     salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com

    3. FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

    4. IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

    5. YouTube:     https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w
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    21 mins
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