In this episode of The Muslim Pod, we sit down with Aisha, a security architect, ethical hacker, and mom to two neurodivergent boys, to explore how she broke into cybersecurity after immigrating, what burnout really cost her, and why the industries that weren’t built for you might need you to build the door.

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In this episode of The Muslim Pod, we sit down with Sofiya, a content strategist, knowledge management leader, and co-founder who immigrated from India, to explore the hidden cost of starting over without a network, why knowledge gets gatekept in our communities, and how to find people who make you feel more like yourself, not less.

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In this episode of The Muslim Pod, we sit down with Somia, a peacebuilder, planner, and storyteller based in Winnipeg, to explore how her family’s legacy of resolving conflict shaped her career, why planning needs to make room for healing, and how listening to someone’s story can do what no policy document ever will.

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In this episode of The Muslim Pod, we sit down with Samia, an actuarial science graduate, business analyst, and founder of the Impact Project, to explore how one conversation made her walk away from pricing death, how a single dollar changed the course of her life, and why faith and ambition were never meant to live in separate rooms.

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In this episode of The Muslim Pod, we sit down with Abiha, a Toronto-based lawyer and legal aid advocate originally from Pakistan, to explore how she rebuilt her legal career in Canada, how her faith shapes her commitment to access to justice, and why starting over is not the same as starting from nothing.

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In this episode of The Muslim Pod, we sit down with Fatima, a lawyer, educator, and researcher originally from Pakistan, to explore how she lived 30 years without a diagnosis for bipolar disorder, traveled five continents chasing knowledge and opportunity, wrote a thesis connecting oral Inuit and Islamic traditions of peace, and learned that not all paths are supposed to be straight.

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Next Episode: Aug 21, 2026

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In this episode of The Muslim Pod, we sit down with Sana, a geoscientist, personal brand strategist, and founder of Self Sustain, to explore how she navigated a male dominated field as a visibly Muslim woman, advocated for prayer accommodations in spaces that weren't built for her, and founded a community helping female climate founders build the visibility their work deserves.

In this episode of The Muslim Pod, we sit down with Rumaysa, a PhD holder in Applied AI who works on Canada's digital infrastructure and founded Renewify, to explore how she stopped waiting for permission to lead, why stewardship shapes the way she builds, and what it means to turn waste into wealth while staying rooted in faith.

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Next Episode: Aug 10, 2026

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