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Held & Honored: On Sacred Work and Its Worth: A Conversation with Khadijatou Jammeh

What does it mean to be paid — and paid well — for work that feels like a calling?  In this episode, I sit down with my close friend Khadijatou Jammeh, founder of KoraCr

Why I Stopped Searching For My Purpose

For so long, I thought I was searching for my purpose. But then I realized: as Muslims, we actually already know it. In this episode, I talk about the moment that realiz

The Courageous Ask: Trusting Allah With the Answer

Have you ever talked yourself out of asking before anyone else had the chance to say no—or, “yes”? In this solo episode, I share the story of one of the first truly bold

Changing ZIP Codes: When Success Creates Distance

What does it really mean to "make it" when success takes you away from home?  In this episode, Sirad shares her journey of growing up in a tight-knit family in Maryland

Between the Noise: The Sound of Certainty

This week, we sat down with Dr. Leenah Safi to explore intuition—what it is, how it’s cultivated, and how we develop it while remaining grounded in community. In a world

When The Qualities Don’t Translate

I wake up for work. I meet deadlines. I follow through on my commitments. So why is it so much harder to show up in my relationship with Allah with the same consistency?

At the Crossroads: Faith, Ambition, and Sacrifice With Hakeemah Cummings

What happens when the very future you’ve worked toward begins to feel a little too morally complicated? When a career you’ve always envisioned seems tied to a compromise

The Other Side of the First-Generation Story

In this week's episode, I chat with one of my favorite humans: my dad! For as much as we talk about the first-generation story, there's one side we don’t hear n

How an Unexpected Trial Taught Me Tawakkul

Academic validation is great and all—until, like anything else, it exists in excess. As a first-generation American with big dreams so I could one day take care of my par

Welcome 9 to Asr!

Three words: long. time. coming. My prayer is that this platform becomes an open space for reflection, a growing community, and a place where intentions turn into action