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Sarah Khan is a travel journalist Oct 29, 2022

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Sarah Khan (@bysarahkhan) is an an award-winning journalist with 18 years of writing and editing experience, most recently as Editor in Chief of Condé Nast Traveller Middle East. Sarah has reported from six continents (almost 7!!) for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, Food & Wine, and many others. Earlier in Sarah's career, she worked at Travel + Leisure and Gotham magazines in New York. Listen to Sarah's journey on this week's episode.

Check out a portfolio of Sarah's published work at www.bysarahkhan.com

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Lorraine Ali is a TV critic and a culture writer Oct 16, 2022

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Lorraine Ali is an Iraqi-American journalist who serves as a culture writer and a TV critic. She is a juror for the George Foster Peabody Awards. Lorraine works for the LA Times, where she was previously a senior writer and music editor. Her work has appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, the New York Times, GQ, and Newsweek. Listen to Lorraine and I talk about her career as a real-life influencer, as her job entails critiquing the work made for us to culturally consume. And get a tidbit into an unexpected and shared experience that Lorraine and I had nearly a decade ago. Follow Lorraine on Twitter and check out her work at LA Times.

Follow the pod @MuslimsDoingThings on IG and the me @laylool on IG

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Ramy Youssef's show is not eponymous Oct 09, 2022

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@Ramy Youssef’s show follows a namesake character that is played by him, but the title is not an eponym — to be clear! Ramy has received global acclaim in the form of endless thought pieces, Twitter threads, a Golden Globe (to Ramy himself!), a Peabody Award, and 3 Emmy noms for the show. And Ramy won’t forget to remind you that the accolades are to be spread across the team behind the series. Ramy grew up in New Jersey, and loved to create content with his closest friends. Part way through college, an acting gig got him to Los Angeles. Listen to Ramy’s journey, learn about how he got his show on Hulu, and listen to us chat about the evolution of our representation as Muslim millennials.

Watch Ramy’s show on Hulu today, where Season 3 just dropped. And follow @Ramy on Instagram to keep up.

Follow the pod on IG @MuslimsDoingThigns and me, the host, @laylool

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Tareq Azim coaches world champions Oct 02, 2022

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Tareq Azim (@Tareq) is a seven-time World Championship attending coach in combat sports, a former Division I linebacker at Fresno State, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, an author, and a philanthropist. He also created the first Afghan Women's Boxing Federation in 2004. Listen to Tareq and I chat about his non-linear path -- from his beginnings as an Afghan refugee, through his very cool career journey (including his work with Marshawn Lynch), to his recent memoir (and roadmap for life), Empower: Conquering the Disease of Fear.

Follow Tareq on Instagram @tareq and find his book on Amazon

Huda Idrees is founder and CEO of a tech company Sep 25, 2022

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Huda Idrees is CEO and founder of Dot Health -- a simple and secure way to access your health records. Huda was in college (but, as you will hear, over a decade into her career) when she started her startup journey at a company that was later purchased for half a billion dollars. Shortly after, she become CPO at a company that has since blown up with over 1000 employees. While CPO, Huda left her position to start her own company: Dot Health. Listen to Huda's journey and find Huda on Twitter or email Huda at huda@hudaidrees.com.

Ibtihaj Muhammad is an Olympic medalist Jan 30, 2022

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Ibtihaj Muhammad found out that she had qualified for the 2016 Olympics through a Google alert — not from her team, Team USA. Ibtihaj’s story is one of resilience, triumph, and tenacity — despite adversity — to the top. Ibtihaj started fencing in high school and dedicated herself to becoming one of the world’s best fencers, culminating in an Olympic medal. She is the first woman in Hijab to represent Team USA at the Olympics. Today, she is an author (read her memoir, Proud, or her children’s book The Proudest Blue), a businesswoman (shop Louella for modest fashion), a Barbie (seriously, check this out), and an endless source of inspiration for many.

Where to find Ibtihaj

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Check out her website

Shop her brand, Louella

Sharaf Mowjood produces the news Jan 16, 2022

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While Sharaf Mowjood had always known that he was interested in film and media, he couldn't have guessed that he would be producing breaking news for the nation. Sharaf attended film school before studying at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, where his career started with a bang through a front-page story on the New York Times . After landing at NBC news, Sharaf produced for the Huffpost and is now with CBS Evening News. Listen to Sharaf's journey -- and for those interested in journalism, take him up on his very generous offer to extend feedback and advice (spoiler: he shares his email in the epi).

Follow Sharaf on Twitter @mowjood

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Yasmin Elhady is a stand-up comedian Dec 26, 2021

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Yasmin Elhady (@yasminelhahahady) was a child when her family came to the United States as asylum seekers. Yasmin was raised in Alabama, where she was always funny -- and very visually Muslim as a hijabi. After excelling through undergrad and grad school, Yasmin did her first stand-up comedy act in 2017 -- making her (quite likely) the only attorney for the US Department of Justice and stand-up comic. Or maybe the only Muslim one. Definitely the only hijabi one. Nonetheless -- Yasmin is whip smart and really freaking funny. When Yasmin isn't a Supervisory Attorney at the US Department of Justice, she is on stage as a stand-up comedian. Yasmin just came back from a comedy tour that raised $900k for charity.

Where to find Yasmin

Yasmin Elhady TikTok

Her website

Yasmin Elhady YouTube

Yasmin Elhady Instagram

Uzma Jalaluddin is a novelist Dec 19, 2021

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Uzma Jalaluddin (@uzmajalaluddin) is the bestselling author of Hana Khan Carries On and Ayesha At Last. During Uzma's day job as an English teacher, Uzma has built a wildly successful (and, unbelievably nascent) career as a novelist. Most recently, Mindy Kaling announced that she would be producing an adaptation of Hana Khan Carries On for Amazon Studios. While the Muslim rom-com is being produced, Uzma is busy working on her third novel. Listen to Uzma's story on today's epi!
Follow Uzma on Twitter @uzmawrites
Check out Uzma's website
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Zaki Hasan is a film critic Dec 12, 2021

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Zaki Hasan is a film critic -- and a top critic, according to Rotten Tomatoes. Zaki's interest in writing about film started in high school, and he has invested the last quarter-century in the craft. Zaki currently writes for the San Francisco Chronicle and IGN. He is also a professor and talks about film in his own decade-old podcast, The Moviefilm.
Where to find Zaki:
Twitter, @zakiscorner
And his own website
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