Cultural Identity: Bantu

Resilience and Purpose with Hawa Rajab

On today's episode, join us on an inspiring journey of resilience and purpose with Hawa Rajab. In a captivating conversation, Hawa shares her college dream of becoming a Dentist, only to face a devastating setback when she failed her entrance exam. But life had other plans for her. Discover how Hawa's unwavering spirit and her dedication to the Somali Bantu community in Utica, New York, led her to an unexpected path of triumph. Tune in to this episode for an uplifting story of finding success through unforeseen challenges.

Cultural Identity: Bantu

When someone comes up to you and asks “what are you?”, how do you answer? Do you say American, African American, Black, Somali, Somali Bantu, Oji or Jareer? How old were you when you realized you were a part of this cultural identity and how long did it take you to identify with the identity you chose? These are the questions we explored in this month’s episode with our very special guest; Farhiya. She is a rising high school senior who has joined us today to talk about her journey to her Bantu cultural identity as a woman.

Blessed is One Who is Good to Parents

On today’s episode, Hawa Ano is joined by Hawa Arbow for a Ramadan special about parents. Her love and commitment to Allah led her to learn more about herself and the world around her, through this discovery she came across the concept of love languages and her world has changed ever since. Join us to learn and experience what it truly means to have unconditional love, acceptance, and forgiveness for your parents for the sake of Allah. I hope you all enjoy!

Today is Your Wedding Day

In today's episode, Hawa Ano is joined by Isha Darbane, the host of Listen WithDarb podcast to share her wedding experience and to remind us we can plan as much as we want, but in the end, only Allah is the best of planners. You can find Isha on Instagram @ishaaikox1 and her podcast Listen WithDarb on Spotify and Apple podcast. Thank you again to Isha for coming on and sharing your story!  Instagram: @hawaaano & @mashallahsisterspod

Let's Talk Sisterhood

As Valentine’s Day approaches and we are bombarded with these grand gestures of women receiving gifts, roses and being taken out on dates by their partners, let us turn to our friendships and demand the same.  In this week’s episode, I invited Ahado - who is 1/2 of LetsTalkBantu podcast to talk about what deep platonic intimacy could look like in our lives when we allow our sisters to fill our cups and show up for us in ways some of us (including myself) have never experienced. I hope you all enjoy this special Galentine's Day episode!  Socials: @hawaaano @mashallahsisterspod @itsahado @ahadodior @letstalkbantu