Maya Ghazal: Syrian Refugee Now Private Pilot
Pilot to Pilot - Aviation Podcast
Justin Siems
4.9 • 938 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Avination, welcome back to episode 137 of the Pilot to Pilot podcast. Today, I am talking to newly minted private pilot, Maya Ghazal. Maya, who grew up in Syria and now lives in the UK has overcome a good bit of adversity to get to where she is today. Find out what it was like to move from Syria to the UK, how she had to navigate around living in a new world where she didn't fit in right away, what it is like to be labeled as a refugee and how we can help other refugees feel welcomed.
If you enjoy Maya's story please leave a review on iTunes and follow Maya on Instagram @ghazalmia.
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Happy Flying,
Justin
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| 0:00.0 | Episode 137 of the Pilot the Pilot Podcast takes off now. My name is Maya. I am 21. I am Syrian. I live in the UK. I study aviation engineering and I am a pilot. |
| 0:25.0 | Avi nation what is going on and welcome back to the pilot the pilot |
| 0:31.0 | podcast my name is Justin Seams and I am your host. Today I'm |
| 0:34.7 | really excited to share the story of Maya from the UK. She is a Syrian |
| 0:39.1 | refugee. She moved from Syria to the UK where she was able to kind of reach all the crazy dreams she's ever had. |
| 0:44.4 | It's actually a great story and one of them super honored to tell. |
| 0:47.4 | I want to give a special shout out to Rico from Adventures of Rico on Instagram for |
| 0:51.4 | setting this up. He said, |
| 0:53.0 | hey, you need to reach out. She's got a great story, |
| 0:55.4 | and that's where we are now. |
| 0:56.4 | So here is her story. |
| 0:57.8 | We dig deep. We talk about kind of the stereotypes |
| 1:00.0 | of moving from Syria to the UK |
| 1:02.2 | and all the adversity that she had to overcome as being viewed |
| 1:04.8 | as a refugee in what you can do to help a refugee in your area and how to make it as easy on them |
| 1:10.9 | as possible and help them achieve their dreams and their goals. |
| 1:13.4 | So Yves Nation, I hope you enjoy today's episode. If you do, please leave a review on iTunes. |
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| 1:21.8 | YouTube channel. I just released a video last week if you |
| 1:24.1 | haven't watched it please go watch it it's YouTube.com slash pilot pilot pilot and also if you |
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| 1:33.2 | that helps a lot, and it's greatly appreciated. |
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