Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
This podcast is an opportunity for you to join me in conversation with inspirational people from restrictive religious backgrounds who have fought and who have overcome. You know some names already: you know Malala Yousufzai, you know Ayaan Hirsi Ali. But there are countless others who have survived insurmountable odds, overcoming the most vicious of obstacles, and whose names you will not recognize. They are the unsung heroes. The warriors hidden in the shadows. Come meet them on the Yasmine Mohammed Podcast.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 98 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Fighting Against Sexism in the Orthodox Judaism Community
Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll is an American-Israeli writer and an activist. As cofounder of Chochmat Nashim (Hebrew for Women's Wisdom) she fights extremism in the Orthodox community and raises the voices…
Behind the Curtain of the Muslim Brotherhood
Moomen Sallam, a former leader in the Muslim Brotherhood chapter in Egypt, will join me to discuss how the Brotherhood operates both in Egypt and on a global scale in Europe and North America. We wil…
Dr. Phyllis Chesler: Feminist Icon
Dr. Phyllis Chesler is an Emerita Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies, a best-selling author, a legendary feminist leader, and a retired psychotherapist. Some of her most influential books ar…
The Taliban's War on Women
Mina (pseudonym) is a former medical student from Afghanistan who was in her second year of university when the Taliban stripped her of the opportunity to pursue her education and career in medicine.…
Breaking Free: How an Orthodox Jewish Woman Fled a Cult and Reclaimed Her Identity
Yael grew up in Israel’s first kibbutz – Degania – with a secular mother and a traditional Moroccan father. When she was younger, she thought she was volunteering for a non-profit in Jerusalem, but i…
No Rescue Coming: How Canadians Must Confront Antisemitism and Complacency
In this episode with Dr. Babb, we discuss how all the antisemitic issues erupting in Canada are impacting politics, the education system, and the world. There is something rotten in the state of Cana…
Unseen Syria: Growth, Defiance, and Media Blind Spots
Author of A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot' s Fight to Save His Faith, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D. is a former Lieutenant Commander of the U.S. Navy, Founder and President of the…
From Cult to Clarity: Luke’s Journey of Belief
Luke Stacey grew up in a British Israelite cult in Australia until he was 10 .. He then attended a Christian high school where he experienced religious indoctrination, insinuations of gay conversatio…
Crossroads of Cultures: A Mizrahi Jew’s Fight for Belonging
An Egyptian-Iraqi Jew, Rachel Wahba was born in India and grew up stateless in Japan. As a Mizrahi Jew and Zionist activist the many dimensions of her exile and displacement in the first twenty years…
Hard Truths from an American bride in Egypt
Karen Hunt is a full contact boxer who started the first and only boxing club for girls in Luxor, Egypt. She will be joining us to speak about her experience living in Egypt and why she was eventuall…
Growing up under Palestinian apartheid in Lebanon
Mohamad Ghaoui is a Palestinian-Lebanese man who grew up religious and worked with the PLO/PA in the 2000s. Mohamad is deeply committed to resolving the refugees and right of return issues, believing…
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Her journey from Africa to America and from Islam to Christianity
Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1969. As she grew up, she embraced Islam and strove to live as a devout Muslim. In 1992, Hirsi Ali fled to the Netherlands to escape a forced marriag…
Who are the Druze?
Rania Dean is a Druze Israeli who embodies the Arab and Jewish experience, understanding both languages and cultures while maintaining an independent ethnic and religious Druze identity. This unique…
Under Police Protection for Researching Islamists in France
Dr. Florence Bergeaud-Blackler is a distinguished academic and researcher who specializes in the study of Islamic norms within secular contexts in Europe, like the role of the economy in shaping reli…
From Extremist Muslim to Peace Advocate
Mansour Al-Hadj was born and raised in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and immigrated to the US in 2005. He has a degree in Sharia and Islamic Studies from The International University of Africa in Khartoum, S…
Adam Elmasri: Faith Under Fire: Adam Elmasri on Growing Up Coptic in Egypt
Adam Elmasri is an Australian Egyptian free thinker, human rights activist, author, and content creator. Adam was born in Cairo and grew up in Egypt as an orthodox Coptic Christian. He is a strong re…
Enas: Life of women in Gaza
Enas was forcibly taken to Gaza to be married off to a family member chosen by her father. She joins us in this episode to share that experience, as well as her time living in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, an…
Deep Halder: Massacre of Hindus in Bangladesh
Deep Halder is an Indian journalist, author, and editor with a career spanning more than two decades in the media industry. He has worked with leading Indian publications such as India Today and Indi…
Isaac Yomtovian: Life as a Jew in Iran
Isaac Yomtovian, originally known as Es’hagh Pesare’ Ebram Johood, traces his Persian roots back 2,500 years.
He was born in Tehran near the Marble Palace of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. He immigrated …
Woke Antisemitism: How a progressive ideology harms Jews
David Bernstein is a prominent law professor with expertise in constitutional law, civil rights, and legal history. He has authored influential books and articles on topics such as free speech, gover…