<description>&lt;p&gt;We discuss the marginalization of Muslim women in Islamic educational spaces as a signifier of wider gender-based issues in Muslim communities, along with the effects it can have on our relationship with religion and ourselves.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Poems: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://analyticalthings.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-art-of-being-empty-rupi-kaur.html"&gt;"the art of being empty" by Rupi Kaur&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise"&gt;"Still I Rise" by Dr. Maya Angelou&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The article by Yaqeen Institute: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://yaqeeninstitute.org/faatimah-knight/and-we-created-you-in-pairs-islam-and-the-gender-question/"&gt;"And We Created You in Pairs": Islam and the Gender Question by Faatimah Knight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.rabata.org/she-is-me/?fbclid=IwAR1MxSrXtMm2uTlkISBXkwVRvVyiIeUWoqyL1O43jafuIY62Nk6W35MiLXc"&gt;Check out Rabata&lt;/a&gt;, an organization dedicated to empowering female scholarship in Islam.&lt;/p&gt;
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We discuss the marginalization of Muslim women in Islamic educational spaces as a signifier of wider gender-based issues in Muslim communities, along with the effects it can have on our relationship with religion and ourselves.
Poems: <a href="http://analyticalthings.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-art-of-being-empty-rupi-kaur.html">"the art of being empty" by Rupi Kaur</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise">"Still I Rise" by Dr. Maya Angelou</a>
The article by Yaqeen Institute: <a href="https://yaqeeninstitute.org/faatimah-knight/and-we-created-you-in-pairs-islam-and-the-gender-question/">"And We Created You in Pairs": Islam and the Gender Question by Faatimah Knight</a>
<a href="https://www.rabata.org/she-is-me/?fbclid=IwAR1MxSrXtMm2uTlkISBXkwVRvVyiIeUWoqyL1O43jafuIY62Nk6W35MiLXc">Check out Rabata</a>, an organization dedicated to empowering female scholarship in Islam.

Episode 2: Sisters’ Halaqas on Etiquette Will Improve Your Relationship with God and Other Lies Muslim Women Are Told 

<description>&lt;p&gt;We discuss our present understandings of home (+ those of some friends/family), and how our understandings of home/homeland have been critically altered by colonialism and its aftermath.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Note: This episode contains some recording glitches.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Poems: "&lt;a href="https://www.facinghistory.org/standing-up-hatred-intolerance/warsan-shire-home"&gt;Home" by Warsan Shire&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="https://poets.org/poem/wont-you-celebrate-me"&gt;"won't you celebrate with me" by Lucille Clifton&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Shout-outs to: Everyone who filled out our survey, &lt;a href="https://bit.ly/2WPzcqs"&gt;Noor Hewaidi's blog post about home&lt;/a&gt; (we discuss the funeral line), and &lt;a href="https://anchor.fm/moussa-niang"&gt;The Jaded podcast&lt;/a&gt; for inspiration.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Let us know what you thought - send us a voice message through Anchor (you don't need to have an account) or drop us a line @oceans.pod on Instagram.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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We discuss our present understandings of home (+ those of some friends/family), and how our understandings of home/homeland have been critically altered by colonialism and its aftermath.&nbsp;
 
Note: This episode contains some recording glitches.&nbsp;
 
Poems: "<a href="https://www.facinghistory.org/standing-up-hatred-intolerance/warsan-shire-home">Home" by Warsan Shire</a> &amp; <a href="https://poets.org/poem/wont-you-celebrate-me">"won't you celebrate with me" by Lucille Clifton</a>.&nbsp;
 
Shout-outs to: Everyone who filled out our survey, <a href="https://bit.ly/2WPzcqs">Noor Hewaidi's blog post about home</a> (we discuss the funeral line), and <a href="https://anchor.fm/moussa-niang">The Jaded podcast</a> for inspiration.&nbsp;
 
Let us know what you thought - send us a voice message through Anchor (you don't need to have an account) or drop us a line @oceans.pod on Instagram.&nbsp;

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