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Season 1 Episode 10
Though she was born and raised in Saudi, Meshair’s parents are from Somalia. She travelled for the first time when she was twenty-five years old and continued travelling ever since. Traveling the wor…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Wafa
Season 1 Episode 9
Wafa is a Tamazight Tunisian Ex-Muslim, holder of a Ph.D. degree in Linguistics from The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, and a university educator. She currently serves as the direc…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Wasila
Season 1 Episode 8
Wasila grew up back and forth in between Yemen and Austria- experiencing culture shock over and over throughout. She lived in this confused state until she decided to drop everything and choose her …
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Ayesha
Season 1 Episode 7
Born in South Africa, Ayesha is a Cape Malay woman who grew up in Australia. Despite her Western upbringing, Ayesha's story features the familiar battle for independence and freedom that many women f…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Reem
Season 1 Episode 6
Raised in a traditional Omani home, Reem always found herself battling being true to herself or being aligned with her culture's traditions. The journey to being true to herself was not a easy one; f…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Amal
Season 1 Episode 5
Born and raised in Saudi Arabia, she came to Canada, 24 years old and covered from head to toe. After an entire shift of her worldview, a TEDx Talk, backlash and death threats from her community and …
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Ghada
Season 1 Episode 4
As her family slept, Saudi born Ghada quietly escaped from the house and eventually out of the patriarchal society she was born into. She had to lose everything in order to gain her freedom. Now, aft…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Sara
Season 1 Episode 3
Somali refugee, orphan, and survivor of FGM, Sara is the most earnest US patriot you will ever meet. At 17, when she arrived in the US, she didn’t even know how to write her own name. Now, thanks to …
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Deb
Season 1 Episode 2
Raised Mennonite, Deb met a charismatic Muslim man who was lecturing and debating in a local university. She was swept off her feet and soon found herself the mother of four children and in a polygam…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Aliya
Season 1 Episode 1
Though Aliya was raised in the US, at 17 she was forced to marry her 25 yr old cousin in Pakistan. Despite all odds being stacked against her, pregnant with her second child, she decided to fight fo…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago