The MSA Take

Have you ever seen 2 sisters running around at every event? 👟💨 Well...for the last episode of this year, we're bringing you a hat-trick 🎩, as we chat with these 2 sisters - our 2024 and 2025 vice presidents - interviewed by another past vice president! 😍 Tune in as our iconic duo: Iktimal Kashabech (2024) and Afra Kamal (2025), share everything from msa and beyond 🚀🧑‍🚀 We cover everything from their msa journey, future aspirations 🎯, parting advice to us, muslim identity struggles as non-islamic school goers, and their take on whether the msa stereotypes are true 👀 (does msa = marriage services association 🍵??)

Have you met our 2024 and 2025 msa presidents? 👀 Or perhaps you've wondered what really goes on behind the scenes 🎞️ As 2024 draws to a close, we’re ending off with the powerhouse duo: MSA President of 2024 and the future 2025 President! 💥 Tune in as Omar Al Zeidat (2024) and Umar Khan (2025) as they spill 🍵the insights of their biggest wins and learning curves, as well as drop priceless gems from their journey 🛣️ All things accountability, leadership, community development personal growth (and potentially aging) right this way! 🙌

The Muslim community in Australia needs change. 🗣️ Change for what? Change for the issues that plague our people - from our youth to our elderly. Do we secure this change through a political voice? Why don't Muslims even participate in politics? Don't we need people to represent us properly in the political sphere? 🤔 We're joined by Brother Solaiman and Brother Sameer, two brothers who've stepped into the realm of Australian politics, rich with fervour to get the Muslim community the changes that it really needs. 🔥 Track their journey from MSA volunteers to councillors of Community Voice of Australia, and all the realisations that they had growing up to push them into involving themselves with local government, something many Muslims have never even considered. 🫵 📱Follow 'Community Voice Roselands' on facebook and other platforms to follow their campaign and mission!

How do we deal with the ups and downs of friendship? 🎻 The breakups, the need for boundaries, new relationships, the unknown - it can all be over whelming! 🌃 The world of sisterhood is an amazing one but many do not have access to or perhaps have even had negative experiences with, yet yearn for that connection, especially in a time of loneliness. Not to mention, that the digital portrayal of female friendships can be conflicting😔 Well, that's why, we have Umm Yoms, aka, sister Fatima Mohamed, in the house! 🏠 She is a community builder and YouTuber who looks at the importance of sisterhood and helps other sisters build their relationships by creating space for the sisters however she can 🚀 Sister Fatima gives us insight to her past experiences (🍵), as well as sharing her crazy journey with sisterhood, it's importance and how to really built your friendships to be those which are nourishing and built you, instead of break you PS: She is the most fashionable niqabi known to humanity and is a modest fashion icon (so take notes if you need) 👚 Sit with us as we divulge into the highs and lows of sisterhood and the importance of creating a safe space for all the girls who want to get their Akhirah bag! 👜 📱Follow @ummyoms on Instagram and Youtube for more nourishing (and relatable) content!

🎬THE MSA TAKE: SEASON 3: EPISODE 6 🎬 Ever felt that you’re virtually connected but in real life, you’re kinda lonely? 😔 In a world of talking to AI bots instead of real friends, rarely wanting to leave our houses, paying people to hug us, and everything in between - welcome to the loneliness epidemic. On top, we’re constantly made to feel glum when we look at the world around us, especially as minorities 🩹 If you’ve been following the USYD encampments, you would know exactly who he is 👀 Today we are joined by none other than brother Shahbaz Jamal! ⛺ Brother Shahbaz wears many hats, to say the least - a father, founder of ‘Proven’ Consultancy Group, former director of Imbuity, a community activist, a student of Islamic Knowledge, as well as an enthusiast for all things data that are crucial for our Muslim Communities. 🧮 Get cosy, as we talk about all things, loneliness and the illusion of connection, the future of our Muslim generations, what it means to live as a Muslim and the role that activism plays in all of this. 🥈 📱Follow @Shahbazian1415 on Instagram for more content (including his Youtube Channel!)