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Unswtnd + Unfltrd

Lights, Camera, Action: Following Your Dreams and Narrating Your Own Life Story with Samah Safi Bayazid

Unswtnd + Unfltrd

Unswtnd+Unfltrd

Relationships, Depression, Society & Culture, Women, Health & Fitness, Self Care, Islam, Mental Illness, Politics, Sisterhood. Life Coach, Faith, Anxiety, Divorce, Mental Health, Relationship Advice, Religion & Spirituality, Marriage, Muslim Women, Muslim, Taboo

4.9685 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

We’re flipping the script and rewriting our own narrative!In Ep 3 of Season 2, we’re joined by award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker and producer Samah Safi Bayazid - talk about being a triple threat! Going against cultural norms and paving a way for others to follow, Samah explains her personal journey of finding a career that she is truly passionate about. Samah is fed up with the racial stereotypes and blatant Islamophobia portrayed in movies and on television (as are the r...

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0:00.0

You're listening to Unsweet and Unfiltered the podcast, episode three of season two.

0:06.0

We're done with being portrayed as a terrorist, the woman who needs saving, or the rebellious hijabi who falls in love with a white boy in her class named Bob.

0:13.6

Yeah, Bob.

0:14.9

In this episode, we sit down with Samach Safi Bazi to talk about taking back our own narrative and creating our own path in an industry not so welcoming to outsiders.

0:27.2

Hey, it's Danielle. And Zana. And welcome to Unsweeten and Unfiltered, the podcast where we elevate

0:36.4

the voices of women by sharing their stories of struggle while also highlighting their success.

0:40.9

We wanted to create a space for women to feel like they're not alone in whatever hardship they may be facing.

0:46.0

Some conversations may be lighthearted, while others may touch upon taboo topics ranging from mental health to women's bodies and spiritual struggles.

0:53.4

And we don't shy away from any of it.

0:55.3

But our overall mission is to make every woman realize that she is not alone.

0:59.2

We are all in this together, I promise.

1:01.1

Our sole purpose is to build relationships, not barriers, between you and the woman who may need you.

1:06.7

We're here to provide inspiration and to build courage.

1:10.0

Tune in every Wednesday, we will future an insightful guest who will help us reach these goals.

1:14.3

We laugh, we ugly cry, and we'll probably laugh some more.

1:17.8

So plug in your headphones, grab your favorite cup of coffee or Shea and get ready to become a part of this unbreakable sisterhood.

1:24.9

You are tuning into season two of unsuey and unfiltered.

1:37.0

Welcome back to our channel. Wait. Are you serious? Hold on. Channel?

1:41.8

Channel. Okay, that's what I said. No, you said channel.

1:44.7

You guys, okay, this is the thing.

1:46.4

I was, you know.

1:47.7

Oh, I didn't know we were recording.

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