Her Zindagi

19. Conversations with Gen Z: Brown Girl Double Standard with Artist Simrah Farrukh and Guest Gen Z host Manaal Abbasi

Simrah Farrukh [https://www.simrahfarrukh.com/] is an upcoming photographer based in the Bay Area. Common themes she explores are identity, social issues and womanhood. Simrah's work is intimate, nostalgic and feminine. In the Fall of 2019, she had her first solo exhibition as a fourth-year student at Loyola Marymount University titled, The Brown Gaze. Now a graduate, she is exploring an intersection of fashion photography, art and portraiture. As an artist, Simrah ultimately aims to help South Asian- American's represented in art + fashion. Listen to Simrah talk about: * Cultural representation in art * Difference between appreciation and appropriation * Brown girl double standards * Toxic brown boy culture * What will people Introducing Conversations with Gen Z with Guest Host Manaal Abbasi. Manaal is the Gen Z, younger sister of the normal host Maheen Abbasi. This episode is meant to highlight the conversations the younger generations are having, want to be having and what questions they are asking each other. Follow Simrah on Instagram at @simrahfarrukh [https://www.instagram.com/simrahfarrukh/] Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi [https://www.instagram.com/her.zindagi/] Find the host, Manaal, on Instagram: @maanaaaaal [https://www.instagram.com/maanaaaaal/] If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email herzindagipodcast@gmail.com. [herzindagipodcast@gmail.com]

18. What Does Identity Mean to You with Creator of Brown in Media, Fareeha Molvi

Fareeha Molvi [http://browninmedia.com/about/#:~:text=Brown%20in%20Media%20is%20a,people%20are%20represented%20on%20screen.&text=Fareeha%20Molvi%20is%20a%20cultural,New%20York%20Magazine%20and%20others.] is a cultural essayist who’s work explores identity in America. Her work has been featured in Allure [https://www.allure.com/story/fashion-industry-muslims-inclusivity], Glamour [https://www.glamour.com/story/what-obamas-mosque-visit-means], Teen Vogue [https://www.teenvogue.com/story/gal-gadot-cleopatra-problem?mbid=social_twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=tv&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter], New York Magazine [https://www.thecut.com/2015/10/going-to-mecca-was-spiritual-and-sweaty.html] and others [https://fareeha.contently.com/]. She’s been cited as an expert in the New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/fashion/for-ramadan-courting-the-muslim-shopper.html], Inc. [https://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/how-fashion-retailers-can-crack-into-ramadan-100-billion-dollar-industry.html] and CBC Q [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/schedule-for-tuesday-june-30-1.3132958/ramadan-fashion-why-more-brands-are-tailoring-trends-for-muslim-consumers-1.3132982]. She runs a website and Instagram account called Brown in Media [http://browninmedia.com/], where she explores how brown people are represented on screen. Listen to Fareeha talk about * Working as a writer * Representation in media * The concept of identity * The Model Minority concept Follow @browninmedia [https://www.instagram.com/browninmedia] Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi [https://www.instagram.com/her.zindagi/] Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93 [https://www.instagram.com/maheen93/] If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email herzindagipodcast@gmail.com [herzindagipodcast@gmail.com]

17. Part 2: The Power of Female Leadership with COO of Salesforce Archana Subramanian

Archana Subramanian is the SVP and COO of AMER Verticals, responsible for running the Sales Strategy and Sales Development teams for the Healthcare, Financial Services, Commerce Cloud, and Retail & CPG sales verticals. She grew up in Cochin, India, where she received her undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering. She moved to the United States 12 years ago to pursue a Masters in Information Systems from Indiana University. After spending 3 years at Infosys Consulting, Archana joined Salesforce almost 9 years ago. She has been living in San Francisco for the past decade with her husband, chasing their 2 daughters. Listen to Archana talk about * Her career story * How she makes career decisions * Being a Woman of color Leader in male-dominated tech * Advice of being the minority in the room * Finding mentors * Other passion projects Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi [https://www.instagram.com/her.zindagi/] Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93 [https://www.instagram.com/maheen93/] If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email herzindagipodcast@gmail.com [herzindagipodcast@gmail.com]

17. The Power of Female Leadership with COO of Salesforce Archana Subramanian

Archana Subramanian is the SVP and COO of AMER Verticals, responsible for running the Sales Strategy and Sales Development teams for the Healthcare, Financial Services, Commerce Cloud, and Retail & CPG sales verticals. She grew up in Cochin, India, where she received her undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering. She moved to the United States 12 years ago to pursue a Masters in Information Systems from Indiana University. After spending 3 years at Infosys Consulting, Archana joined Salesforce almost 9 years ago. She has been living in San Francisco for the past decade with her husband, chasing their 2 daughters. Listen to Archana talk about * Her career story * How she makes career decisions * Being a Woman of color Leader in male-dominated tech * Advice of being the minority in the room * Finding mentors * Other passion projects Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi [https://www.instagram.com/her.zindagi/] Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93 [https://www.instagram.com/maheen93/] If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email herzindagipodcast@gmail.com [herzindagipodcast@gmail.com]

16. What Keeps You Going? With Actress Kauser Mohammed

Kausar Mohammed is a half Bengali, half Pakistani writer, actress, and comedian born in San Jose, California. She is a writer/performer in the distinguished all-South Asian comedy troupe, The Get Brown [https://www.laweekly.com/the-get-brown-at-ucb-brings-down-stereotypes-by-bringing-them-up-on-its-terms/], and in the 2021 CBS Diversity Showcase. She has worked on and written a variety of award-winning digital projects [https://whohaha.com/ladies-learn-to-smyle/], such as "Smyle" and "Namaste [https://www.india.com/arts-and-culture/kausar-mohammed-and-krishna-kumar-on-namaste-their-beyonce-formation-parody-video-1241366/]" featured on Huffington Post, NBC, and Al-Jazeera. Kausar plays series lead in Paul Feig's (“Bridesmaids”) dramedy, “East of La Brea [https://popcollab.org/east-of-la-brea-is-changing-how-writers-rooms-are-formed/]”. She also has worked alongside Taraji P. Henson on the film “What Men Want” (Paramount), Issa Rae on the film “Little” (Universal), and has additional credits on shows such as “Silicon Valley” (HBO), “Black Lightning” (CW), and “Carol’s Second Act” (CBS).  Kausar also voices series lead characters on both Spielberg’s upcoming Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous [https://deadline.com/2020/07/jurassic-world-camp-cretaceous-premiere-date-teaser-for-netflix-toon-series-from-eps-steven-spielberg-colin-trevorrow-frank-marshall-1202996518/] and the hit anime show, Great Pretender [https://comicbook.com/anime/news/great-pretender-netflix-english-dub-cast/]. She also is the co-founder of SHIFT [https://www.instagram.com/shiftingtheculture/], a racial justice and gender justice consulting group created by all women of color. You can find her performing regularly at the Upright Citizen's Brigade theatre on their house team, Emerald. She is Queer, Muslim, and a Hufflepuff/Slytherin hybrid. Listen to Kauser Talk about: * How she got into acting * Choosing a career she loves * Always checking in to what you want * Power of saying No * A Racial Justice consulting group she created Follow Kauser on Instagram at @kausertheperson [https://www.instagram.com/kausartheperson/?hl=en] Follow Her Zindagi on Instagram: @her.zindagi [https://www.instagram.com/her.zindagi/] Find the host, Maheen, on Instagram: @maheen93 [https://www.instagram.com/maheen93/] If you or someone you know would make a good guest on the podcast or if you have any questions/comments/concerns please email herzindagipodcast@gmail.com [herzindagipodcast@gmail.com]