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Welcome to the Professional Muslim Women Podcast! This is a place for working Muslim women to share their stories, struggles, triumphs, and lessons learned along the way in pursuit of their career and family life. Our vision is to continue to foster and celebrate Professional Muslim Women in their respective fields. We strive to hear stories and connect the many Muslim women who have succeeded professionally and have challenged the status quo of what it means to be a Muslim woman in their workplace. Get ready to be inspired, empowered and break stereotypes!

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Ep 13: Redefining Beauty and Exposing the Dangers of Skin-lightening Products with Amira Adawe, MPH

Nov 18, 2019

Beauty comes in all colors. But sadly, skin color (colorism) features in defining standards of beauty due to the historical context of colonialism in large parts of the world.

Our next guest, Amira Adawe, MPH was the researcher who discovered the high levels of mercury and other toxic chemicals in skin lightening...

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Ep 12 Managing your time effectively: An interactive conversation

Nov 11, 2019

This week, we're doing things a little differently! We will be talking about one of the most frequently requested topics of discussion: Time management. We will be tackling this subject in an interactive way with our first ever Facebook live event.  Join us in our Facebook group

on Wednesday Nov 13th, 2019 at 8:30 PM...

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Ep 11: RISE and Claim Your Voice with Nausheena Hussain

Nov 4, 2019

When you look up Muslim women online, the search results you’ll mostly see are negative. It’s constantly about how oppressed we are or how we’ve been attacked.  How do we change this negative narrative that is surrounding our community? How can we create a more positive impact and encourage more Muslim women to...

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