S3 E4 | Stepping into the light

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🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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SEASON 3 EPISODE 4 - Stepping in to the light When Cadar stumbles across an article featuring today's guest Shazrina binti Azman also known as Mizz Nina , she was so compelled by her story and that she set out to ask the former pop star why she decided to step away from the lime light and in to the noor of Islam. —— Our first sponsor today is @LyraSwim , a brand that cares about how women feel without compromising on looking and feeling good, a brand that reflects the beliefs and values of women from all walks of life. Designed in London and ethically produced in Istanbul, Lyra swimwear will provide you with 50 UPF protection, fast-drying and high quality fabric. Head to our link in bio and use the code TDS5 to get 5% off their entire collection and get your stylish burkini look down! —— Our second sponsor this episode is brought to you by Helping Hand for Relief and Development USA, This Ramadan we've collaborated once more with them to help build brand new washrooms for girls in Somalia and Kenya. Head to hhrd.org/tds (https://hhrd.org/tds) to donate and find out more about the cause. Help us reach our goal of 25,600 USD which enables us to build six bathrooms giving women and girls access to sanitary and clean washrooms. —— VOTE FOR TDS TO WIN THE AUDIENCE HONOREE AWARD @shortyawards: https://shortyawards.com/15th/the-digital-sisterhood-podcast-2 This episode was brought to you by Beautiful Light Studios Host: Cadar Mohamud Executive Producer: Muna Scekomar Guest Producer: Sawsan Abdillahi Guest Editor: Lamisah Chowdhury Assistant Producers: Nima Harun, Khweya Bezeid Graphic Designer: Wasima Farah Marketing Extraordinaire: Sawsan Abdillahi Unlock the power of sponsorship with Digital Sisterhood! Our user-friendly tool makes it a breeze to book and feature your brand on any of our upcoming episodes. Click on the following link to find out how to https://admanager.fm/client/podcasts/tds.

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0:00.0	Asa mam wale kum rahamatulahi Wabat katu. It is your sister and friend Adar and you're listening to the
0:09.0	Digital Stahood Podcast. I am very very very very excited to introduce today's guest. I know I say that about every
0:18.7	guest on this podcast but I really mean it this time okay? I really mean it's time because this guest is not an
0:23.6	ordinary guest okay but in fact this guest is a dream guest on my milestone
0:29.0	you know guest list like guests I would love to interview and today in this episode I get to cross one out like that's how much of a big deal
0:36.7	I'm so excited And so I first learned about this guest I'm for a friend who sent me an article about her.
0:45.4	And the little that I read about her, I was like, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, I immediately
0:51.6	need to know more.
0:54.6	And so without no like long talk, let me present you today's guest.
0:58.1	Shazrina, Binti as man, who most of you may know as Ms. Nina is a Malaysian woman who carries many many
1:05.9	titles. She is a fashion designer, a mother, a motivational speaker, a television
1:11.4	personality, a humanitarian, and a co-founder of Dob's of was Ms. Nina, a musician, singer, rapper, and a top charting pop star.
1:26.8	And so Shazria's story begins with the love story of her parents.
1:31.6	My father grew up, he was very, he grew up from very humble beginnings.
1:38.5	He's the eldest of 13 children and my, yeah, my grandmother was the head mistress at the school in the village at that time and
1:47.8	they you know my dad you know grew up in one is like a one bedroom house 13 kids in one big room so they
1:55.9	they were quite poor and my mom she she's kind of like from the royal family one of the
2:02.1	royal families in Malaysia.
2:04.2	So it's like a very interesting love story.
2:08.1	And in the, yeah, in the 60s, in the 50s, 60s,
2:12.4	it wasn't common to have a royalty lady married like somebody from the village.
2:18.0	So they had to go through a lot to kind of convince their parents for them to get married.
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