S3 EP7 | Love and more than basketball

The Digital Sisterhood

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever watched the movie Love & Basketball? Well in this next episode, we dive into the captivating story of Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, the first Muslim woman to play basketball in a hijab in NCAA Division 1. In this story, Bliqis grapples with the loss of her first love, but she finds another along the way... Host: Cadar Mohamud Lead Producer: Hanna Adan Associate Producer: Kwaku Dapaah-Danquah Associate Producer: Khweya Bezeid Editor: Fareeda Baruwa Graphic Designer: Wasima Farah Cover Art by: Maymuna Ali Project Manager: Maaheen Khan-Bashir Sound Designer: Youssef Douazo Marketing Extraordinaire: Sawsan Abdillahi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
0:05.0	It is your sister and friend, Adar, and you're listening to the Digital Sisterhood podcast.
0:12.3	Let me start with the fact, love is a beautiful thing.
0:17.9	It is one of the most beautiful things you'll ever experience in this life until, of course,
0:23.4	when hearts are broken and the story of love becomes sour.
0:28.7	When you find yourself between two things you love so much and you have to choose.
0:35.6	Some people say this is a worst and unimaginable thing that can happen to a person.
0:41.6	But I believe these are the most climactic, vital moments for love to rise,
0:48.8	to make itself visible and known and proclaim the owner of his or her heart.
0:56.0	And I think, I mean, I think that's beautiful.
1:01.4	How many of us can say we know, truthfully, unequivocally, who the owner of our heart is?
1:10.2	And in the story next, the matter of the case of Dukadeer's heart was clear.
1:15.9	She knew from young what she loved most.
1:19.9	I mean, she almost had no other choice.
1:25.4	I am actually the youngest of eight.
1:28.1	Four sisters, three brothers, we were a basketball family.
1:32.7	My parents actually converted to a Sam.
1:36.1	So, my mother was actually like legit in the choir, hard core Christian.
1:45.2	They didn't miss Sundays.
1:47.0	Like, they were known as the Humphrey Girls and the Humphrey Girls.
1:49.3	Most of the law, they were really cute.
1:51.0	And it's a panel of like around age, I think, between like 22, 24.
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