In this episode, I talk about a video I watched on TikTok that sparked this conversation of racism and anti-Blackness in the Muslim community. I dissect the arguments made in the video and delve into my own experiences being a Black Muslim woman. I would just like to say that these are MY own experiences and I do not mean to paint all Black muslims with a broad brush. Video Credit: https://www.tiktok.com/@astrokrizk/video/7033525808081784111?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESPgo8ggs%2Bq0zl9RKoO1JnpK8LEGWySPRcbxAJkL8MNLJ53gJ56fNvFFAhpumxmYV3R6e8YRZe1%2F8GRJ0eKUvXGgA%3D&checksum=ff383fd36f15223c41792b1861bff2bb695a50f413f36be2daf7a24e48904866&clips_cover_ab=v5&enable_clips=1&language=en&preview_pb=0&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAx2wrOB6bKJ1uEYiJ6pP4q9IVE8tzBhXeGCzeZkFwUdHtysZkoc73mBGbCt2I0cmC&share_app_id=1233&share_item_id=7033525808081784111&share_link_id=BC2239FC-F72C-4B49-BB99-65406AAF41A8&source=h5_m&timestamp=1641755204&tt_from=sms&u_code=d9gd3effi3dial&user_id=6765494379056219141&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=sms&_r=1 creator's username: astrokrizk

In this episode, I talk about Erika Hill's story and how much her story has left a lasting impression on me. Her story has brought up a lot of issues within communities, the invisibility of Black girls in society, and how the system failed in protecting her Black body. I delve more into intergenerational trauma and the harm of corporal punishment. The story was covered more in depth on the podcast by Lilada Gee called "Defending Black Girlhood". I would highly recommend giving it a listen!

In this episode, I talk about what has impacted me within the last 2 months within my work as a social justice intern and what exactly that has meant for me. I talk a lot about anti-blackness in my own community. Also delve into experiences that have inspired me thus far :)

In this episode, I talk about the goals that I have for this year as it is my senior year of undergrad. Much of the goals that I have has to do with mindset shifts. Remember change starts within and we have to constantly work on that!

In this episode, I talk about what it means to take accountability, in terms of my own healing and personal journey. Instead of telling people to go heal when I see that they need that, I am telling my own self to work on myself and I talk about things I want to work on regarding my religion, spirituality, and fears. Growing starts from looking within and I hope you enjoy listening to me talk about wanting to explore that in my life right now :)

In this first episode, I talk about whether having "religious" preferences and being "religious" is uncool in our generation. I speak about my own experience as a Muslim and how growing up, the desire to fit in made me filter my religious values along with the fact that dressing modestly has made people around me filter themselves due to fear of judgment on their end. I hope you enjoy this personal episode and I hope anyone can relate to this :)

Welcome to "Opinions with Ayan" podcast. I cannot believe that I am actually going through with it, ahhhhhh. In this episode, I briefly introduce myself and why I wanted to create a podcast. I also talk about some topics I want to cover in the coming episodes so please Subscribe and stay tuned for them :)