Me & My Muslim Friends

This season we’re featuring Muslim Changemakers—people whose work has had an extraordinary impact in our community and beyond. And I’m so excited to share our conversation with outdoors enthusiast Ambreen Tariq. Her mission is to encourage Muslims and people of color to experience the natural world.&nbsp;She’s the creator of the wildly popular instagram account Brown People Camping and author of the children’s book Fatima’s&nbsp; Great Outdoors.My co-host is Dr. Ali Jaffry—a Raleigh-based optometrist and someone who also happens to love travel and camping.

Brown People Camping with Ambreen Tariq

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Finding Your Roots Through Music with Ronnie Malley

This season we’re featuring Muslim Changemakers—people whose work has had an extraordinary impact in our community and beyond. And I’m so excited to share our c

Our final episode of our Changemakers season is with Sarah Ahmed — a psychotherapist and CEO of Leena, a national mental health practice that addresses the unique needs of communities of color across Canada. She can be found sharing her expertise online @thepoctherapist through her popular accounts on Tiktok and Instagram.Today, we’ll be talking to Sarah about why having access to therapists of color is so important, how her own background informs her approach and supports her clients, and the importance of community for healing trauma.Joining me in the co-host seat is my childhood friend Samia Zitawi, who is Palestinian American.

Healing in Community with Sarah Ahmed

On this episode of Me &amp; My Muslim Friends, we chat with Ronnie Malley, a Chicago-based musician and playwright whose work often focuses on the untold stories of Muslims. We’ll find out how he became a master of a traditional instrument called the oud, how Muslim slaves influenced the blues, and how his Palestinian heritage shapes nearly every part of his storytelling. We’ll also talk about his more recent work on the soundtrack of the Netflix series Mo, which features comedian Mo Amer.My co-host is friend Aina Khan, who is a journalist with AJ+.