'Not Your Habibti' with Yasmeen Mjalli

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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

4.9 • 685 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In Episode 4, we bring on Yasmeen Mjalli, the founder of BabyFist. She is the driving force behind the three words that have started a revolution, Not Your Habibti. We discuss the need to confront street harassment head on while also educating young girls about their bodies. Through Yasmeen’s various efforts, she has put together the Typewriter Project as well as the Menstrual Education Campaign. We also dissect the term feminist, what it means to be one as a woman of color and not allowing t...

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