Podcasts about Hanafi

(0:00) Intro(0:03) Raat ke teesre hisse mein Allah ki pukaar! Janiye kiya pucha jata hai...(0:50) Allah ki sifaton ko kaise samjhein? 2 tareeqe, konsa behtar?(2:46) Woh waqt jab dua rad nahi hoti! Poori baat suniye.(3:54) Aapki koi dua zaya nahi hoti! Kaise?(6:08) Qirat Ahista karein ya Buland? Suniye Nabi SAW ka mashwara.(9:07) Puri raat ek hi ayat? Iski hikmat kya hai?(13:38) Ghar mein namaz parhna masjid se behtar kyun?(15:51) Witr namaz Wajib kyun hai? Hanafi nazariya.(18:56) Witr ki fazilat, surkh oonton se ziyada? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this powerful After Maghrib episode, Sayed Mohammed Ali Rizvi reflects on the life and legacy of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq — the revered teacher of the founders of the four Sunni madhabs: Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali. Despite his vast influence, why is Imam al-Sadiq nearly absent from Sunni hadith collections like Sahih Bukhari? Was it fear of Shi'a association? Discover the forgotten impact of his teachings on Islamic thought and the stark contrast between famous history and the real truth. A moving tribute to a giant of knowledge who still shapes minds, yet rarely gets his due.

(0:00) Intro(1:06) Qurani ayat, hadith aur duain(1:48) Bayan late start – Mufti sb ka KSA safar(2:33) Dunya dhoke ka ghar hai (aaj ka topic)(4:16) Biwi ka dhoka(5:14) Maghroor aur takabbur ka ma'ani (Arabic & Urdu)(6:04) Shaitan ka apne aap se dhoka(8:24) Insan ka apne aap se dhoka(8:42) Mushrikeen-e-Makkah ka dhoka – Nabuwwat par aitraaz(10:33) Sahaba (RA) ki azmat(11:06) Taqdeer par razi rehne ka faida – tension khatam(13:12) Shaitan ka ghamand(14:14) Atheists ka takabbur(15:57) Shaitan ki ghalat fehmi ka jawab(17:26) Stephen Hawking ki death – commenters ka reaction(20:44) Insan ki fazilat – sochnay wala dimagh(22:23) Aazad Jameel aur jinnat(23:45) Pakistan vs KSA system ka muqabla(28:50) YouTube par Hakimi manjan ka halqa(29:58) Ilm ki azmat(32:40) Sabse azeem – ziada ilm wala (aaj ke jawan)(34:53) Ilm – Bani Adam ke liye Allah ki ne'mat(36:13) Ilm par takabbur ki beemari(37:10) Sahi aur ghalat ka farq – haji ban'ne wale smugglers(37:50) Mufti Tariq Masood ka KSA se wapsi(37:56) Naam Haji, kaam smuggling(39:18) Saudi ulama ki quality(40:46) Saudi Airlines mein Mufti sb ko imam banaya gaya(41:05) Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia ka muqabla(42:09) Ilm mein izafa – Arabic, English, Urdu par command(44:46) Video games khelne walon ke liye naseehat(46:17) Gumrah YouTubers – bachon ko education se hata kar earning mein lagaya(47:14) Duniya ki bezar cheezon ki misaal(49:50) Larkiyon ke rishtay – paon dekh ke faisla?(51:50) Ilm walay vs Qaroon ki dolat se mutasir log(54:54) Fake vloggers – air hostess jese look(56:22) Achay amal vs dolat ka muqabla(59:17) Mufti sb ka apna attitude(1:00:43) Achhi sehat – sabse badi ne'mat(1:01:51) Restaurants – opening aur ending(1:02:26) Imaan aur achhay amal par maut – kamyabi ki guarantee(1:02:55) Dua + short summary(1:03:21) Ziddi bachon ka hal?(1:16:07) Dumper ka solution + Muhajir vs Pakhtun lisani fasad ka hal(1:17:24) Uzma Bukhari ka action – theatre aur dancers par chhapa(1:19:01) 4 shadiyon ke liye maal zaroori ya insaaf?(1:19:48) Mufti Taqi Usmani ne cola/cold drink se mana kiya(1:19:58) Kacha anda – Mufti sb ne kabhi khaya?(1:25:42) 17 saal ki baiton par waldain ki nazar(1:25:52) Mayyat ke baad chhoti dua(1:26:07) Garmi mein qabrustan mein lambi dua?(1:26:21) Fiqh-e-Hanafi mein sunnat ki tareef(1:27:23) Shahadat ki maut ki iqsam(1:27:37) Namaz mein kandhay phalang kar aagay jana(1:27:49) D.I. Khan se Arabic mein sawaal + Mufti sb ka safar ki thakan(1:28:54) 2 qaza namazain aik sath parhna(1:29:57) Sajda-e-sehv ka case(1:30:09) BS student ka book topic – family planning(1:38:55) Sotaili beti se doosri biwi ka bura sulook(1:40:52) Qiston par cheez lena?(1:41:03) Behen ka virasat ka case Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's rapidly evolving tech landscape, staying ahead requires continuous learning and adaptation. The MovingFast Tech Podcast brings you insights from those at the forefront of innovation, and this episode features an extraordinary tech leader with a unique journey.Meet Maher Hanafi: From WOW Player to VP of EngineeringMaher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, joins co-host Anke Corbin to share his journey from passionate World of Warcraft gamer to engineering leadership. Betterworks provides cutting-edge performance management software that enhances employee experience and drives business results through AI integration and data analytics.This engaging conversation explores:Gaming to Leadership: How Maher's passion for gaming and skills developed there  influenced his engineering career pathStaying Current: Strategies for keeping ahead in rapidly changing tech environmentsImplementing Gen AI: Practical approaches to introducing new technologies through leadership by exampleROI Calculation: Methods for aligning stakeholders on AI initiatives while managing expectationsFuture Challenges: Predictions for software development in 2025 and AI's impact on developersKnowledge Resources: Valuable podcasts and reading recommendations for engineering leadersEach MovingFast Tech Podcast powered by profiq.com features industry leaders discussing strategies to stay ahead, disruptive technologies, and challenges related to fast-moving technology. Topics include progressive programming languages, deployment techniques, AI and machine learning, and more.Listen to the full conversation with Maher Hanafi to discover how passion, immersion, and continuous learning can transform your engineering leadership journey.Andrew Ng AI BlogMLOps CommunityAI Maker Space The MovingFast Tech Podcast is brought to you by profiq.com – An international leader in software development specializing in Software Development, AI, and QA Services For Innovative and Agile Technology Companies.Meet Maher Hanafi: From WOW Player to VP of EngineeringWhat You'll Discover in This EpisodeThe MovingFast Tech PodcastReady to Level Up Your Tech Leadership?

Can you use artificial intelligence to make CPAP more comfortable? This PhD says you can!Meet Hamed Hanafi, PhD, founder and CEO of NovaResp. Dr Hanafi is leveraging AI to make CPAP more comfortable for patients! Listen as he describes NovaResp's algorithm and AI technology that helps users receive a better experience with PAP therapy.Learn more about NovaResp at https://novaresp.ai/ A huge thanks to our sponsors:Medbridge Healthcare: For Job Opportunities with MedBridge Healthcare visit: https://medbridgehealthcare.com/careers/ReactHealth: https://www.reacthealth.com/More resources for clinicians can be found at SleepReview Magazine.https://sleepreviewmag.com/Don't forget to Like, Share, Comment, and Subscribe!Learn more about the show at https://www.sleeptechtalk.com/thetechroomCredits:Audio/ Video: Diego R Mannikarote; Music: Pierce G MannikaroteHosts: J. Emerson Kerr, Robert Miller, Gerald George MannikaroteCopyright: ⓒ 2025 SleepTech Talk ProductionsEpisode 96Sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea, oral sleep appliance, inspire, surgery, sleep surgery, CPAP

Liz is joined by Nada Hanafi to talk all things clinical trials. They start by defining the clinical trial pathways and all the acronyms used. Then, they discuss how training can be used as a mitigation measure for avoiding risk, exploring the benefits and drawbacks for this approach and how the strategy can be modified along the process. Learn more about the process and how the answer is often "it depends."In 2025, we're embarking on a MedDevice Training Journey: From clinical trials to standard of care. Join us all year long as we explore training at each stage of the product life cycle.Related Resources:Nada Hanafi is a thought leader within the Life Sciences and MedTech industry with over 22 years of experience across the public and private sectors. She is a Founder of MedTech Strategy Advisors, LLC where she advises life science companies on regulatory strategy, product development, and clinical research to accomplish regulatory, compliance, and business goals.Nada spent over 12.5 years working for the FDA, serving in increasing roles of responsibility and ultimately as a Senior Science Health Advisor in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), where she led cross - Center and Agency programs for the advancement of FDA's mission to promote and protect public health, including as Co-Founder of the Health of Women (HoW) program, the Network of Experts program and the Patient Preference Initiative. She served as CDRH Liaison and Subject Matter Expert to FDs's Office of Women's Health (OWH) and the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE). She collaborated with the Center for Tobacco (CTP) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where she served as Senior Management Advisor to the Director at the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), to improve regulatory efficiency and to strengthen data collection. Nada's drive and passion to address health inequities with a focus on women and minorities led her to Co-Found MedTech Color, a non-profit focused on advancing the representation of people of color within MedTech. Nada also serves on the Steering Committee and as Co-Lead on the Regulatory and Science Policy subcommittee for the Innovation Equity Forum (IEF) led by the NIH's ORWH and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Nada holds an MSc in Biomaterials and a BEng in Biomedical Materials Science & Engineering from Queen Mary College, University of London. She earned her MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Nada is a Certified Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA) and a Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) from the American Society for Quality (ASQ).Subscribe to our newsletter to hear more about the journey from clinical trials to standard of care! Click here to subscribe!Connect with us on LinkedIn:   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nada Hanafi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cumby Consulting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rachel Medeiros⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liz Cumby⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠About Cumby Consulting:   Cumby Consulting's team of professionals deliver innovative MedTech training services for physicians, sales representatives, teaching faculty, key opinion leaders and clinical development teams. Whether you need a complete training system developed to deliver revenue sooner or a discrete training program for a specific meeting, Cumby Consulting will deliver highly strategic, efficient programs with uncompromising standards of quality.

Since the first days of the new Trump administration, the White House has handed down orders to ban work focused on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) across the federal government. Some in the private sector—both inside and outside of healthcare—have followed the same path, eliminating DEI officer positions and ending initiatives that in some cases have been tied to millions of dollars in research funding. What does the field—and, ultimately, the patient—stand to lose from this effort? In this week’s episode of The Top Line, we hear from Nada Hanafi, co-founder of MedTech Color, a professional network aimed at building and supporting diverse leadership in the industry. Hanafi joins Fierce Medtech’s Conor Hale to discuss how studying diversity in a healthcare context has become integral to developing new medical breakthroughs and realizing the promise of precision medicine. To learn more about the topics in this episode: FDA issues draft guidance on ensuring pulse oximeter accuracy across skin tones How Trump's DEI executive orders could impact healthcare After White House transition, FDA’s diversity guidance for clinical trials no longer available As Trump targets DEI practices, 4 pharmas reaffirm commitment to diversifying clinical trials Amid Trump's push to abolish DEI, Roche and Novartis adjust hiring initiatives: reports See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ABOUT MAHER HANAFIMaher Hanafi is a seasoned technology engineering leader, driving digital transformation and delivering impactful SaaS solutions. As Senior Vice President of Engineering at Betterworks, he leads the AI vision and applications for their AI-powered performance management software, overseeing the integration of AI tools that enhance HR functions like performance reviews, goal setting and employee development.Maher's passion for technology centers on the transformative potential of AI, particularly Generative AI. He views it as a powerful tool capable of learning, adapting and solving real-world problems, and champions its responsible development to empower individuals.Maher's vision extends beyond technology, aiming to revolutionize tech workplaces by fostering human potential alongside cutting-edge solutions. He employs a people-centric leadership style, building collaborative environments that empower teams to excel. This commitment to empowerment extends to mentoring fellow engineering leaders and sharing his knowledge through public speaking.ABOUT COREY COTOCorey Coto is a creative, data-driven, and innovative executive. He founded Kaizen Insights to help enterprises create business intelligence with their people. Corey was SVP of Product, Design and Engineering at a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company and held engineering leadership roles at Amazon, CoStar Group, and Liberty Mutual. He is a Founder Institute Mentor, an ELC Seattle Chapter Lead, and a startup advisor. Software is his favorite artistic medium because of its power to quickly move the needle on big ideas that can benefit people and the planet. He believes there has never been a better time to build. The future is bright!SHOW NOTES:When Maher realized he needed to rethink his approach to AI & upskill quickly (3:38)Milestones across Maher's AI knowledge progression (7:42)Set aside time for your eng team to experiment & apply AI learnings (11:09)Why intentionally building different use cases leads to better outcomes (14:22)The importance of revisiting AI decisions as a team (16:53)Frameworks for determining how deep to go into each learning area (19:37)How to navigate the challenges of going from proof of concept to production (22:43)Evaluating the ROI of AI applications (26:47)Strategies for deciding which resources / operating expenses go toward AI use cases (29:24)Tips for developing stakeholder confidence in your AI strategy (32:36)How non-technical experts can build AI awareness & confidence (36:22)Betterworks' AI roadmap for 2025 (38:48)Rapid fire questions (40:58)LINKS AND RESOURCESDrive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Daniel H. Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose—and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.This episode wouldn't have been possible without the help of our incredible production team:Patrick Gallagher - Producer & Co-HostJerry Li - Co-HostNoah Olberding - Associate Producer, Audio & Video Editor https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-olberding/Dan Overheim - Audio Engineer, Dan's also an avid 3D printer - https://www.bnd3d.com/Ellie Coggins Angus - Copywriter, Check out her other work at https://elliecoggins.com/about/

Les têtes d'affiches de Denise Epoté de TV5 Monde, comme chaque dimanche sur RFI, aujourd'hui avec Nicolas Brousse. Notre première tête d'affiche est Safir Hanafi, un innovateur marocain qui a mis au point en 2024 « Pillz », un pilulier connecté destiné à faciliter la prise de médicaments pour les personnes âgées. Il est diplômé de la NEOMA Business School. Notre seconde tête d'affiche est Francis Dossou Sognon, ingénieur bénino-français, diplômé de l'École Centrale des Arts et Métiers. En 2021, il a conçu « Agrosfer », une plateforme digitale dédiée à l'agriculture, permettant d'assurer la traçabilité des productions agricoles et d'optimiser la chaîne d'approvisionnement.

In this episode of our MedTech podcast series, partner Vinita Kailasanath sits down with Nada Hanafi, Co-founder of MedTech Color, to discuss Nada's career, how diversity impacts the MedTech industry, and advice for future MedTech leaders.

This episode features a conversation about contemporary Indonesian politics, with a special focus on the role of Islam. In October 2024, Prabowo Subianto was sworn in as the president of Indonesia. In the Presidential election back in February 2024, he had quite handily defeated his two competitors, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo, with 59% of the popular vote. This 2024 election was the third time that Prabowo tried to become president, after he lost in 2014 and 2019 against Joko "Jokowi" Widodo. The political competitions between Jokowi and Prabowo on occasion turned quite ugly. Not infrequently, it was accusations that the other was the "wrong kind" of Muslim that made it ugly – with the effect that the two candidates always appeared like irreconcilable opponents. But when Jokowi could no longer compete in the 2024 elections after his second term was up, he surprised many spectators by endorsing none other than Prabowo as his successor as president. Prabowo, in turn, selected Jokowi's son, Gibran Rakabuming, as his running mate. This episode is hosted by Dr. Verena Meyer, an Assistant Professor of Islam in South and Southeast Asia at Leiden University. She is joined by three colleagues with expertise in Islam and politics in contemporary Indonesia: (1) Dr. Zainal Abidin, who teaches at at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta and also serves as Director of the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies; (2) Dr. Saskia Schäfer, Head of a Research Group about Secularity, Islam, and Democracy in Indonesia and Turkey at Humboldt University in Berlin; and (3) Dr. Taufiq Hanafi, postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden. Welcome to the three of you, and thank you for joining us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rally dogdance je nový psí sport, který v sobě spojuje prvky agility, dogdancingu a obedience. Stejně jako u rally obedience jsou u tohoto sportu k dispozici karty, ze kterých je vytvořen parkur a vy podle karet předvádíte taneční prvky z dogdancingu. To ale rozhodně není vše, proto jsme si do našeho podcastu pozvali Andreu Hanafi, která nám k tomuto sportu řekne ještě mnohem víc.Co to vlastně Rally dogdance je?Kde se tento sport vzal a pro koho je vhodný?Kde se v ČR dá trénovat?

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Standing and Striving Together Philippians 1:27-30 Message SlidesFor the bulletin in PDF form, click here. Standing Striving Not ScaredHome Church Questions1. One key for living worthy is “standing firm in one spirit” (Phil 1:27). Where are we supposed to stand firm? What does standing firm look like and what does this involve?2. Throughout his letters, Paul encourages churches to stand firm six times. Why do we need to be encouraged to stand firm? What is an example of a time when you needed to be encouraged to stand firm? 3. One way we stand firm together is when we gather for weekly worship. Even when we sing songs we know and hear teaching we know, we need this weekly experience to help us stand firm. How would you explain the importance of weekly worship to someone who thinks corporate worship is optional? 4. Another key for living worthy is “striving side by side for the faith of the gospel” (v.27). The language of striving together comes from war or athletic imagery. Is there a time in your life when you have strived together with a group? (For example, consider athletics, work, military, a project, etc.)5. What are some examples of ways we can strive side by side with others for the gospel? Is there a way your Home Church has done this or can do this? 6. When we strive side by side for the gospel, we develop meaningful relationships with each other. Why is this a healthy way to develop relationships? Have you developed a good friendship with someone because of serving with them? Explain. 7. Philippians 1:28 encourages us to not be “frightened in anything by your opponents.” Who/what are some examples of the kind of opposition we might experience if we are living worthy of the Gospel? Do you ever experience any opposition? Explain. 8. Have someone read Philippians 1:29. Do you usually think of “suffering for his sake” as something that has been granted? How should we think about suffering for his sake? 9. Do you need to focus on standing firm, striving together, or not being scared? What is the next step you need to take after going through Philippians 1:27-30? Pray for the Unreached: The Sylheti people of Bangladesh, numbering over 12 million, are primarily Sunni Muslims, blending Hanafi and Sufi traditions. Their religious practices range from conservative Islam to mystical Sufism, and some incorporate Hindu customs. Sylhet, known as a spiritual and cultural hub, is also the agricultural capital of Bangladesh. The region thrives economically due to natural resources like natural gas, tea plantations, and fisheries. Pray for Jesus to reveal Himself, guiding them toward believers and Scripture. Ask for Sylheti believers at home and abroad to share stories of God's kingdom and love. Pray for the disciple-making movement to arise, spreading the Gospel among Sylheti families and beyond. 2025 Night of Worship - On January 26th at 6:00 PM, we'll gather for our annual Night of Worship. In this unique, circle-shaped setting, the worship team will be right alongside the congregation, creating a deeply personal and meaningful opportunity to worship together. We'll sing praises, read Scripture, and lift our hearts in prayer, beginning the year united in faith. Childcare is available upon request for children ages 6 and younger by contacting Shanna Franklin at (501) 336-0332. We hope you and your family will make plans to attend.New to Fellowship?We are so glad that you chose to worship with our Fellowship Family this morning. If you are joining us for the first time or have been checking us out for a few weeks, we are excited you are here and would love to meet you. Please fill out the “Connect Card” and bring it to the Connection Center in the Atrium, we would love to say “hi” and give you a gift. Stoby's Pancake Fundraiser - Czech Mission Trip 2025Fellowship, join us for breakfast or brunch while helping the 2025 Czech Mission Team. The team will be serving February 2, from 8-1:00 p.m. at Stoby's. Tickets are $8 for all you can eat pancakes. Buy your tickets this Sunday in the Atrium, from a Czech team member, or the ministry office. Getting Equipped at FellowshipFellowship, below are some great classes to get equipped in the New Year. For more information and to register go to fellowshipconway.org/equipping. • Discover YOU - January 12- February 23 • How to Study the Bible - February 2 - February 16 • Eschatology - February 8 • Apologetics for Everyone - February 9 - March 2 Fellowship Women Galentines NightLadies, join us here at Fellowship, February 11, at 6:00 at p.m. for a night of cookie decorating and fun fellowship. Cost is $10 per person. Register fellowshipconway.org/register. Child care is provided by texting Shanna at 501-336-0332. Two Great Opportunities - One Night | February 7, 6-8:30 PMFor more information or to register for one or both events, please go to fellowshipconway.org/register. • Parent's Night Out Czech Kid's Fundraiser - We are offering you a night out while supporting the Fellowship Kids' mission trip to the Czech Republic. • Renewed: A Night Devoted to Marriages - Join us for a night of teaching, discussion, and some Q&A from an experienced panel as we lean into our marriage journeys.Fellowship Father/Daughter DanceDads, here is an opportunity to create memories with your daughter that will last a lifetime! Join us Saturday, February 1st, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, 5th-12 grades, at Renewal Ranch. Start the evening with a special dinner out, then join us at Renewal Ranch for a delightful night of ballroom dancing, fun, and laughter. Register at fellowshipconway.org/register.FinancesWeekly Budget 35,297Giving For 01/05 57,885Giving For 01/12 22,925YTD Budget 988,320Giving 977,701 OVER/(UNDER) (10,619)

In this thought-provoking episode, we delve into the critical questions surrounding the Taliban's actions and their claims of implementing Islamic law. Are the bans on girls' education and the erasure of women from public life truly rooted in Islam, or do they represent a misinterpretation of the deen? We explore the contradiction between their professed adherence to the Hanafi school—renowned for its rational legal reasoning—and their oppressive policies, questioning whether tribal customs overshadow Islamic principles.Beyond women's rights, we discuss the Taliban's broader atrocities, from targeting ethnic minorities to justifying acts of violence under the banner of Sharia. Do groups like the Taliban honor the maqāsid al-sharia—the higher objectives of Islamic law—or are they undermining the faith they claim to uphold?Finally, we confront the silence of scholars and the lack of condemnation from the global Muslim community. How do these factors contribute to disillusionment among Afghan Muslims, and what can be done to inspire accountability and justice? Join us for a candid discussion on faith, politics, and the responsibilities of the Muslim world.https://iqbalcentre.leeds.ac.uk/profiles/dr-mustapha-sheikh/https://leeds.academia.edu/MustaphaSheikhhttps://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/staff/125/dr-mustapha-sheikhhttps://global.oup.com/academic/product/ottoman-puritanism-and-its-discontents-9780198790761Support the show

#53: On today's episode of The WorkPlay Branding Podcast, we welcome Nadine Hanafi! Nadine is the founder of Digital Brand Kit, a revolutionary branding system designed specifically for personal brands. Nadine shares her journey from presentation designer to branding expert, highlighting how her customizable templates help entrepreneurs streamline their visual marketing efforts and drive revenue. She discusses the importance of strategic branding and how her insights will empower you to launch campaigns with confidence and speed.Key Takeaways from the Episode: Understanding Digital Brand Kits: How it streamlines the transition from idea to execution, enabling entrepreneurs to launch marketing campaigns quickly and efficiently. The Importance of Strategy in Branding: Nadine emphasizes integrating strategy into design templates, showing how these kits guide content and image selection for cohesive branding. Color Psychology and Emotional Branding: Nadine explains how color psychology influences brand perception and helps clients choose brand colors based on desired emotions.DM US @workplaybranding on Instagram the word: 'PODCAST' to get visuals that actually generate leads using the WorkPlay Method. This episode is brought to you by WorkPlay Branding.WorkPlay Branding, a visual marketing company invested in changing the way you create content online for your business for less than $500 a month. We have been using the WorkPlay Method to launch visual marketing strategies for businesses all over North America and Europe. If you want to uplevel your visual marketing, we are giving listeners of the WorkPlay Podcast, an exclusive video $1,500 bonus offer on their first WorkPlay Shoot for FREE when you DM @workplaybranding the word: PODCAST

The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 324) - Tegkang The film tells the story of the relationship between a tourist, Hanafi, and a local girl, Rinai, who grew up in a rural village in Bario, Sarawak. The Fat Bidin Film Club is also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wD3YAcF_lyE Copyright (C) 2024 Fat Bidin Sdn Bhd For more, visit http://fatbidin.com Interested in making your own films? Then why not get Zan Azlee's book 'Guide to indie filmmaking' today: https://fatbidin.com/guide-to-independent-filmmaking/ Buy Fat Bidin books, films and merchandise at http://fatbidin.com/store/

Saadia Yacoob's excellent new book, Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law (U of California Press 2024), makes a compelling argument about gender and Islamic law that has been shockingly overlooked: Legal personhood in Islamic law is intersectional and relational, and gender is not a binary. While Muslims commonly treat gender as a fixed, stand-alone category in Islam that fundamentally shapes an individual's legal status, Yacoob shows that that legal status in Islamic law was not determined by fixed categories of male or female but by a complex web of social hierarchies, including class, age, freedom, enslavement, social status, and lineage. She challenges the conventional binary understanding of gender by drawing on a rich array of historical, early Hanafi texts from the ninth to twelfth centuries. With insightful coverage of topics such as marriage, slavery, and sexual ethics, Yacoob finds that the categories of man and woman are unstable and conditional in Islamic law. In fact, she shows, the person's legal and social status determined their role in society and not just their role but also how they were punished and treated in the law. Further, she argues that the category gender “did not exist as a group that had shared interests or a shared social position that led to a shared legal personhood as men or women” (p. 92). In our interview today, Yacoob describes the origins of the book and its main arguments and findings and explains what she means by “beyond the binary” and “legal personhood” in the title of the book. We also discuss the specific chapters and some of the major themes that show up in each chapter, such as illicit sex and its consequences depending on one's legal personhood, how a “child” was understood in her sources, what the terms “emphasized femininity” and “hegemonic masculinity” mean. Yacoob also explains what scholars miss by using only “gender” as an analytical category for studying power relations in Islamic law. We end with some of the practical implications of the arguments and findings of this book for both academics and lay Muslims, such as how we can use Islamic law itself to build our critiques of where we are today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Saadia Yacoob's excellent new book, Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law (U of California Press 2024), makes a compelling argument about gender and Islamic law that has been shockingly overlooked: Legal personhood in Islamic law is intersectional and relational, and gender is not a binary. While Muslims commonly treat gender as a fixed, stand-alone category in Islam that fundamentally shapes an individual's legal status, Yacoob shows that that legal status in Islamic law was not determined by fixed categories of male or female but by a complex web of social hierarchies, including class, age, freedom, enslavement, social status, and lineage. She challenges the conventional binary understanding of gender by drawing on a rich array of historical, early Hanafi texts from the ninth to twelfth centuries. With insightful coverage of topics such as marriage, slavery, and sexual ethics, Yacoob finds that the categories of man and woman are unstable and conditional in Islamic law. In fact, she shows, the person's legal and social status determined their role in society and not just their role but also how they were punished and treated in the law. Further, she argues that the category gender “did not exist as a group that had shared interests or a shared social position that led to a shared legal personhood as men or women” (p. 92). In our interview today, Yacoob describes the origins of the book and its main arguments and findings and explains what she means by “beyond the binary” and “legal personhood” in the title of the book. We also discuss the specific chapters and some of the major themes that show up in each chapter, such as illicit sex and its consequences depending on one's legal personhood, how a “child” was understood in her sources, what the terms “emphasized femininity” and “hegemonic masculinity” mean. Yacoob also explains what scholars miss by using only “gender” as an analytical category for studying power relations in Islamic law. We end with some of the practical implications of the arguments and findings of this book for both academics and lay Muslims, such as how we can use Islamic law itself to build our critiques of where we are today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Saadia Yacoob's excellent new book, Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law (U of California Press 2024), makes a compelling argument about gender and Islamic law that has been shockingly overlooked: Legal personhood in Islamic law is intersectional and relational, and gender is not a binary. While Muslims commonly treat gender as a fixed, stand-alone category in Islam that fundamentally shapes an individual's legal status, Yacoob shows that that legal status in Islamic law was not determined by fixed categories of male or female but by a complex web of social hierarchies, including class, age, freedom, enslavement, social status, and lineage. She challenges the conventional binary understanding of gender by drawing on a rich array of historical, early Hanafi texts from the ninth to twelfth centuries. With insightful coverage of topics such as marriage, slavery, and sexual ethics, Yacoob finds that the categories of man and woman are unstable and conditional in Islamic law. In fact, she shows, the person's legal and social status determined their role in society and not just their role but also how they were punished and treated in the law. Further, she argues that the category gender “did not exist as a group that had shared interests or a shared social position that led to a shared legal personhood as men or women” (p. 92). In our interview today, Yacoob describes the origins of the book and its main arguments and findings and explains what she means by “beyond the binary” and “legal personhood” in the title of the book. We also discuss the specific chapters and some of the major themes that show up in each chapter, such as illicit sex and its consequences depending on one's legal personhood, how a “child” was understood in her sources, what the terms “emphasized femininity” and “hegemonic masculinity” mean. Yacoob also explains what scholars miss by using only “gender” as an analytical category for studying power relations in Islamic law. We end with some of the practical implications of the arguments and findings of this book for both academics and lay Muslims, such as how we can use Islamic law itself to build our critiques of where we are today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies

Saadia Yacoob's excellent new book, Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law (U of California Press 2024), makes a compelling argument about gender and Islamic law that has been shockingly overlooked: Legal personhood in Islamic law is intersectional and relational, and gender is not a binary. While Muslims commonly treat gender as a fixed, stand-alone category in Islam that fundamentally shapes an individual's legal status, Yacoob shows that that legal status in Islamic law was not determined by fixed categories of male or female but by a complex web of social hierarchies, including class, age, freedom, enslavement, social status, and lineage. She challenges the conventional binary understanding of gender by drawing on a rich array of historical, early Hanafi texts from the ninth to twelfth centuries. With insightful coverage of topics such as marriage, slavery, and sexual ethics, Yacoob finds that the categories of man and woman are unstable and conditional in Islamic law. In fact, she shows, the person's legal and social status determined their role in society and not just their role but also how they were punished and treated in the law. Further, she argues that the category gender “did not exist as a group that had shared interests or a shared social position that led to a shared legal personhood as men or women” (p. 92). In our interview today, Yacoob describes the origins of the book and its main arguments and findings and explains what she means by “beyond the binary” and “legal personhood” in the title of the book. We also discuss the specific chapters and some of the major themes that show up in each chapter, such as illicit sex and its consequences depending on one's legal personhood, how a “child” was understood in her sources, what the terms “emphasized femininity” and “hegemonic masculinity” mean. Yacoob also explains what scholars miss by using only “gender” as an analytical category for studying power relations in Islamic law. We end with some of the practical implications of the arguments and findings of this book for both academics and lay Muslims, such as how we can use Islamic law itself to build our critiques of where we are today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

Saadia Yacoob's excellent new book, Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law (U of California Press 2024), makes a compelling argument about gender and Islamic law that has been shockingly overlooked: Legal personhood in Islamic law is intersectional and relational, and gender is not a binary. While Muslims commonly treat gender as a fixed, stand-alone category in Islam that fundamentally shapes an individual's legal status, Yacoob shows that that legal status in Islamic law was not determined by fixed categories of male or female but by a complex web of social hierarchies, including class, age, freedom, enslavement, social status, and lineage. She challenges the conventional binary understanding of gender by drawing on a rich array of historical, early Hanafi texts from the ninth to twelfth centuries. With insightful coverage of topics such as marriage, slavery, and sexual ethics, Yacoob finds that the categories of man and woman are unstable and conditional in Islamic law. In fact, she shows, the person's legal and social status determined their role in society and not just their role but also how they were punished and treated in the law. Further, she argues that the category gender “did not exist as a group that had shared interests or a shared social position that led to a shared legal personhood as men or women” (p. 92). In our interview today, Yacoob describes the origins of the book and its main arguments and findings and explains what she means by “beyond the binary” and “legal personhood” in the title of the book. We also discuss the specific chapters and some of the major themes that show up in each chapter, such as illicit sex and its consequences depending on one's legal personhood, how a “child” was understood in her sources, what the terms “emphasized femininity” and “hegemonic masculinity” mean. Yacoob also explains what scholars miss by using only “gender” as an analytical category for studying power relations in Islamic law. We end with some of the practical implications of the arguments and findings of this book for both academics and lay Muslims, such as how we can use Islamic law itself to build our critiques of where we are today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

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In this episode, Lesley Logan talks with branding expert Nadine Hanafi about confidence, personal branding, and overcoming fear to show up authentically. Nadine shares her journey of building her second business, Digital Brand Kit, and offers actionable tips to create a brand that represents your higher self.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Nadine's journey from PowerPoint to becoming a brand expert.How to understand the full scope of branding beyond logos and colors.The importance of setting boundaries when building a business.The mindset shifts needed to overcome fear of visibility.How brand photography can elevate the look and feel of a business.Steps to confidently create a brand that reflects your higher self.Episode References/Links:Nadine Hanafi's InstagramNadine Hanafi's WebsiteDigital Brand KitDigital Brand Kit WebsiteGuest Bio:If you've been thinking about branding or rebranding your business but you've felt overwhelmed by the process, intimidated by the investment or you're not even sure where to start, then today's {episode/presentation} is for you. I'm joined by award-winning branding expert Nadine Hanafi {pronounced: Ha·Naw·Fee} who is a trailblazer in the branding world, most notably for her signature product Digital Brand Kit which is the world's first full-stack branding system made specifically for personal brands. She spent the better part of the last 10 years providing creative direction to some of the world's biggest brands and since 2020, she has helped brand hundreds of coaches, consultants and speakers. Now she's on a mission to help early and mid-stage entrepreneurs translate their personality and business goals into a visual identity engineered to attract their dream clients and reflect their uniqueness. Nadine is certified in both Digital Psychology and Behavioral Design and her science-based approach to design will completely change the way you think about branding.  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. DEALS! Check out all our Preferred Vendors & Special Deals from Clair Sparrow, Sensate, Lyfefuel BeeKeeper's Naturals, Sauna Space, HigherDose, AG1 and ToeSox Be in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramFacebookLinkedIn  Episode Transcript:Nadine Hanafi 0:00  There's a way for you to use branding to show up as the next version of yourself, or, as I like to say, brand your higher self, right? And we've seen this with our clients. We've seen it with me and my brand and my business. And when you brand yourself as the business that you want to build, as that seven-figure business, six-figure business, whatever it is, and you show up with that big brand energy, your confidence catches up to that, right? Lesley Logan 0:27  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Lesley Logan 1:09  All right, be it, babe. This is a fun conversation today. We've got confidence. We've got branding. When do you start a business? What are you expecting out of it? It's just been, was a really fun conversation. Nadine Hanafi is our guest today. And you know, it's so crazy. It's like the world just make sure you meet the right people in your life. First of all, I would love to keep talking with us. I wish we lived closer. I would love to hang out with her, just one of those people in business. You're like, yeah, I'm so glad I know this person. She is a mutual friend of Jessica Papineau's and mine. But then also, when I was talking to her, I was like, Oh, my God, I've got to introduce you to my photographer, Monica Linda of Girl Squad Media. And she's like, oh, I worked with Monica. And funny enough, Monica showed her my photo. So, like, it's just full circle. It's like we were destined to meet. We were destined for each other. And so I'm excited for you to this conversation, because there's a lot of honesty about, like, you know, how we grow our businesses, and what do we need to do to keep growing them, and what does that look like? And if you're not someone who has a business. There's still a lot of fun things to listen to in this podcast that can give you a lot of things to think about. Just because it's along business side doesn't mean there's not some personal growth stuff in here that's going to change your life. I know it. So take a listen. And here is Nadine Hanafi. Lesley Logan 2:15  All right, Be It babe. I am so excited because we are, we're going to learn a lot from today's guest. I'm and you're going to love all of it. I was introduced by this woman, to this woman by Jessica Papineau, who you all loved. We had her on the pod. If you're an OPC member, we had her in the community. And Nadine Hanafi is our guest today. She is an incredible branding person. Branding strategies for your business. And if you don't have a business, I still, do not stop, you are a brand yourself and I'm so excited to dive into this. Nadine, can you tell everyone who you are and what you rock at?Nadine Hanafi 2:46  Oh, well, thank you, Lesley, thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here. So my name is Nadine Hanafi. I am a branding expert. I'm the CEO of a company called Digital Brand Kit, which is the world's first full-stack branding company, where we basically provide you with all the brand assets that you need as a personal brand. And I've been in business for 10 years. This is not my first business. This is my second business. I started out as a presentation design expert with a company called We Are Visual and my jam was PowerPoint. I know, boring, but I used to make what I call these artistic, beautiful PowerPoints. And I've worked with TED speakers, I've worked with bestselling authors, I've worked with all these beautiful brands with their presentation. And eventually I decided to expand beyond just the presentation to really how you present yourself in the world, which is your branding. And so that's what brought me to doing what I do now.Lesley Logan 3:41  Oh, my God, that is so you know, I've gone this entire life without making a single, like. Nadine Hanafi 3:47  Powerpoint?Lesley Logan 3:47  Yeah, when I know how to use one.Nadine Hanafi 3:51  Lucky you. Lesley Logan 3:54  I know. Nadine Hanafi 3:54  How did you do that?Lesley Logan 3:55  I tell people to take notes. Here we go. I actually would love to change that for myself, and I'd love to be more prepared in advance for things so that will change in my future. I feel it, but also like I teach Pilates so there's no PowerPoint.Nadine Hanafi 4:11  I totally get that. Lesley Logan 4:12  But you know, thank you for sharing that you, this is your second rodeo in your own business, and also like going into, so let's talk about, just in case people have never heard of personal brand or branding itself, I think a lot of people think branding is like colors, my colors, my logo, my fonts. Can you have a little bit of personal brand and a little bit more on what is branding? Nadine Hanafi 4:31  Oh my gosh, yes. Love this question. So first of all, your branding is definitely not just your colors and your fonts and your website. It is so much more than that. There's a lot of debate about what branding is exactly, but to me, it's your brand messaging, it's your brand voice, it's your visuals, it's how you show up in the world, what you sound like, and the energy that you give off. And so we're all about brand energetics, right, which might be something that resonates with your audience, because, you know, it's like, it's all about energy. Branding is energy. And so that's one thing about branding. And then personal brand. What is a personal brand? Well, personal brand versus corporate brand, right? A corporate brand is just a company. It's impersonal. There are lots of humans behind it, but there isn't one human right behind it. A personal brand is you. So you might have a personal brand that then feeds leads leads to your business separately, but you are you. You're your own personality. You show up with a completely different visual identity, a different brand voice, from the corporation that maybe you own or work for. So that's the difference between a corporate brand and a personal brand. And then in terms of visuals, super different, right? Corporations, they have these logos and brand guidelines. It's very much, very strict, whereas your personal brand is where you get to have a little bit more more fun, right? You can color outside the lines. Lesley Logan 5:53  Yeah, that's true. I love that. Color outside the lines. My perfectionist listening, hi, you can color outside the lines.Nadine Hanafi 6:01  Yeah, way outside.Lesley Logan 6:03  So okay, but how did you get into all of this stuff? Like, were you a creative kid? Are you artistic? You love computers? How did this all come about? Because you're really great at what you do. I've seen it, and I know like, and we also have so many mutual friends who, like Monica Linda, and things like that. We always attract You're so awesome at it. But what led you to do this? Because I feel there's got to be like, were you born, is someone from your family a digital brander? Nadine Hanafi 6:29  No, not at all. I totally fell into this by accident. That sounds cliche, but it's true. I didn't discover my, quote-unquote, creative side until much later in life. I think I was always a creative kid, but then I think school kind of has a tendency to beat that out of us. You know, it's like, and especially parents are like, oh, you have to be good at math and you have to do business or be a lawyer or and so I had one of those parents that wanted me to be a lawyer or a businesswoman. And so I went to business school, and I really disconnected from my creativity very early on, and rediscovered it while I was in college, totally by accident, because we had a professor ask us to make a PowerPoint presentation for a class, for the marketing class. And I don't know why, but I decided I was going to make the best damn, you know, PowerPoint presentation ever made. And I did, and it was beautiful, really, I spent like three weeks working on it. It was really awesome. And I enjoyed the process so much, and I enjoyed the feedback that I got so much that it was unique and different and original. And so I just kind of kept playing in that sandbox of making nice fun PowerPoints, just for fun in school. And then when I started my first job out of college, I was asked to make a lot of presentations again, and so I brought those skills to the corporate world, and it made a huge difference in the company I worked for. They really enjoyed the work that I did. It was shared across the company. They have me do PowerPoint presentations for other departments. Next thing I know, I'm creating all these templates for everyone. So it just kind of took on a life of its own. I was like, you know what? I'm kind of good at this thing. Why don't I make a business out of it? Because I wasn't really enjoying corporate life anyways. I don't love being told what to do and when to do it. So corporate, you know, the corporate world wasn't really good for me, and so I just started a business as a PowerPoint presentation expert, and that's how I got into it. And I'm basically self-taught. I took classes online, I took certifications, got certified in digital psychology and all the things, and basically taught myself branding, taught myself design, and that's how I landed here.Lesley Logan 8:42  That is so cool, because I know for myself, I went to college, first I went to be in kinesiology, and then I switched to communications, and then I, like, got out of so it's business, communications, interpersonal communication, and I got out of college, and I just really loved retail. I just thought it was the greatest thing. And I was like, I don't know why I have this $80,000 degree that I'm not using, but I got these student loans to pay off. (inaudible) And so when I got into Pilates, I just want to be Pilates instructor, I was like, oh my God. Like, I already am not using, now I have to spend more money. And but it's interesting how like your skill sets of what you love, they follow you wherever you're going. And, yeah, so I think it's cool that you're self-taught slash you also kind of did some things that were in alignment with what you loved. So you're taking your natural instincts with, you know, some of the information and combining those efforts. That's really cool. Okay, so let's talk a little about you, though, you, obviously, working for yourself and leaving corporate. There's a lot of be it till you see it stories in there, because I know a lot of people listening are like, someday I want to leave corporate. One day they will do it. Were there any like be it till you see it, stories or actions you took to help yourself either get out of corporate or like, recently in your life that you can share with us? Nadine Hanafi 9:55  Oh my gosh. First of all, I have to say that I've been in business for 10 years, but I feel like I've only started really breaking the surface of what I'm capable of in the last maybe two years, and I had a lot of stigma around that. I mean, I gave myself a hard time for that, that I was like, such a late bloomer, such a late learner. Why did it take me so long to finally get this right? Lesley Logan 10:18  Oh my God. Let's just, don't forget what you're gonna have to say. But can we just take a moment like, like I am so hard on myself about like I should be further, I've been doing all the things. Like, the pressure that we put on ourselves is not fun, and it's not helping anyone get anywhere,Nadine Hanafi 10:34  No, no, especially not ourselves. Then it's, you know, I'm like, oh, you're 37 look at all these young women who's 30, 29, 30, they've already built their multi-server figure business like, what's wrong with you? And so the minute that I stopped giving myself help for that, things kind of opened up for me. But it was mostly, it was mostly just accepting that that's my journey, and I can choose my path, and I can just write my own story, and it doesn't have to be a story of like early success. And I heard, I read a quote the other day, and I might mention a lot of quotes (inaudible).Lesley Logan 11:10  We love quotes. Nadine Hanafi 11:11  Love quotes, but it said, "Your first business is not where you make money, it's where you learn." And it's so true for me in my first business, because I made all the mistakes in my first business. And I won't come around to like answering your question, Lesley, I promise, but one of the one of the mistakes that I made was building a golden cage for myself and because, and I want to share the story, especially if a lot of your listeners are maybe in corporate, thinking about getting out of corporate like you said, my only model for what a business would look like was based on what I've seen in the corporate world. I didn't know it was possible to build a business on my own terms, a business around my lifestyle, a business around what I want to do with my time. And so I built, I built another nine to five job for myself when I created my first business. Lesley Logan 12:00  Or nine to nine, something like that. Nadine Hanafi 12:02  Yeah, exactly. And I unwillingly traded one boss, who is a nasty boss, into like, 12 bosses, because every single one of my clients was my boss, and because I did not know how to set boundaries. You know, I was just being bossed around by my own clients. And so my first business was really a playground for me to make all the mistakes and learn from them. And so this second business that I'm building is me doing going back and taking all the things I did wrong the first time and doing them right this time around. But the be it examples, my gosh. I mean, the biggest thing that I did when I was starting my first business was give myself mentors to see examples of what my future success could look like. Because I didn't have those good examples around me. I had to expand my horizons. And meeting people, other entrepreneurs who were further ahead than me and seeing how they run their business like, what does the behind the scenes of their business look like, that was me, my effort of trying to project what my future could look like and how I could design a business for myself on my terms.Lesley Logan 13:15  I, that's so, I love it all. Okay, let's just talk about the like, create what we, it's, in business and in relationships, we create date what we know. Nadine Hanafi 13:27  Exactly.Lesley Logan 13:27  You know, and it can be, which is, makes it hard to be it till you see it, because you're, if you don't look outward, which I love that you talk about mentors, like, if you don't like the situation you're in before you start something, one, be it till you see it can think, can actually just be like, seeking out examples of what you don't, because otherwise, yeah. And then I, so funny that you mentioned boundaries. I just posted from my Profitable Pilates account today, like, if you have policies but you don't enforce them, you don't have policies, what you have is future resentment. Like, you know, like, I have clients who tell me, charge me if they're late canceling because I told them I'm going to charge you. You late cancel, I'm charging you, and now they go, charge me. But like, people aren't going to be like, hey, you didn't charge me for that late cancel.Nadine Hanafi 13:27  That's right. They're not going to enforce your boundaries for you. Lesley Logan 13:37  No, they're not. And you had mentioned your 12 clients, it's true. Like, if you don't tell them, here's when I respond to you, here's the appropriate way to communicate with me, here's when you're when your money is due. They're going to just push you around because they can. It just makes everything unclear. So that is really, I just love that that happened on the same day that I literally said I'm like, if you don't have like, policies or boundaries, to me, they're this, they're the exact same thing. They're like, telling people how you can treat someone. I think the first business is where you learn, it's, you know, it's really hard because of social media. Like young kids on YouTube, young kids can make millions of dollars with their social media, and it's hard to be, I'm 41 to look at that and go, oh my God, I didn't even, like, that wasn't even an opportunity for me. Also, like, good for them, because they are living in a, they don't have bills, they're living at their parent's house, they can do whatever they want. Like the rest of us, do? We have to be kinder to ourselves because we're exactly where we're supposed to be if we learn the lessons we're supposed to learn, and then also we get to do what we want with that. They might be stuck with whatever. They just created $7 million with of subscriber, you know what I mean? Nadine Hanafi 15:21  That's right. And if I may share one more thing on that topic, I guess the biggest lesson for me, and I was telling you how I've been in business for 10 years, but I've only started truly growing my business in the last two years. And that's because two years ago, I had an epiphany, which is that my business growth plateaued at the level of my personal growth, and I, for years, would take all the courses, read all the books, learn from all the gurus about the tactics and strategies of what to do. And I had it all right, and I was doing all the right things. I thought I was. But what I was missing was belief in myself, confidence and my ability to actually create results with those strategies and tactics. It wasn't until I prioritized my personal growth that I actually started seeing real growth in my business, financial growth in my business, and so that mindset shift unlocked a lot of things for me. So I just wanted to share that, because it just was one of my biggest aha moments. Lesley Logan 16:29  Everyone, hit rewind and re-listen to that, because it's like we're on the same parallel universe right now. Earlier this week, I was telling, I've told my agency members this before, I told them this actually the last couple of times we've been in a group session together, and I just reminded them, I'm like, if you don't believe in you, no strategy I give you is going to work. Like, this strategy I'm giving you might not be the right strategy for you, but you're definitely going to think it's crap if you don't believe in you. And I said to them also, like, if you're not protecting, because they're Pilates instructors who are teaching, right, if you're not protecting your Pilates practice, no strategy I give you is going to work, because you're not prioritizing yourself, and you will run out of energy. When we run out of energy, what do we, we don't actually have the ability to believe in ourselves more than we did, you know, you just, you're out of energy. And so, like, it is so your personal growth, protecting your self-care, taking care of like, what do I need today? What is my, how's my body doing today? Those things are going to affect tremendously at your growth of your business, for sure. For sure. Yeah, it's so interesting because being in a business as long as we've been in and having this, some of the success we've had, I've been on some stages with some people who have even bigger success. And I was listening to things that they're saying and and it was so funny, because some of my listeners have heard of the story already, but I was on stage with two guys who have businesses way bigger than mine. We're like, we almost hit a million, this guy runs $100 million of ads across social media platforms. And this other guy worked for like (inaudible). They're all huge, multi, like, right, huge. So it's like, small, medium, large. And I was like, kind of intimidated, right? Like, why am I on the stage with these people? But then they were saying things that I was like, yeah, that works, and I don't, that's not also good. And so it's really interesting. We can put these people on a pedestal who are farther along than us, and we forget we know things. And like, you know, our intuition knows things, and our values know things. And so if you aren't taking care of your personal growth and you're not spending time with yourself, can be so easy to fall into the trap of these other people. What they were saying, and I've like, was like, I really, I really disagree with that.Nadine Hanafi 18:36  I love that. Yeah, straight up. Yeah, you have to be able to tune in to your own thoughts and your own intuition and operate from a place of like conviction, because you know what's right, rather than just listen to what everyone else is telling you, because they're telling you it's good advice. You have to, you know, be able to have that discernment to recognize well what's right for you at this stage for what you're trying to do.Lesley Logan 19:02  Yeah. Discernment is very different than, like, a negative self-talk or self-doubt or a lack of confidence. Like, discernment is, you know, you're actually more firmly planted. Has it been easy? Like, do you find, was confidence easy for you? Nadine Hanafi 19:16  No, absolutely not. So as somebody who is heavily bullied as a child, confidence has been my life's battle. I was born in Minnesota, but I grew up in Morocco. My parents are from Morocco, and I learned English at a very young age, but then they moved me back to Morocco and put me in school right away, before I had a chance to remember Arabic and French, because that's what we speak in Morocco, right? Lesley Logan 19:40  Arabic and French. You have to do two? Nadine Hanafi 19:42  Yes, two. So I grew up trilingual. Lesley Logan 19:46  That is so cool, by the way. Nadine Hanafi 19:48  Thank you. Lesley Logan 19:49  Yeah, I get, so, I learned enough Arabic to say hello, thank you, no, I cannot give you that discount.Nadine Hanafi 19:55  All the martinis.Lesley Logan 19:59  Yeah. And so my wives would shop, and then, like, the husband come in and ask for a discount, and I would say, all I know how to say is, shukran, okay, sorry, I cut you off. That's so hard as a child to remember all three.Nadine Hanafi 20:17  Yeah, so I learned Arabic and French. I'm like, three years old, and then four years old, and they moved me back to Minnesota. I learned English there, and they moved me back to Morocco and put me in school. And I'd forgotten English and Arabic, or, sorry, French and Arabic, and I only know how to speak English, but nobody else did. And so rather than (inaudible) school, I was the American kid. Don't talk to her. She doesn't speak our language. And that just followed me through elementary school, and I was just like the odd kid, and so I would just hang out by myself a lot, and my social skills obviously suffered from that as a child and then as a teenager, and I didn't really grow into my own self until my 20s, and this, this fear, this sense of being inadequate, not belonging, kind of followed me. It's just, and I'm sharing this with you, because I didn't come to this realization until a couple of years ago where I was like, damn, this has actually been following me my entire life, and it's been stunting my growth. This feeling of not being good enough, not being loved, you know? And so, yes, confidence has been like my biggest battle in life is having that confidence. So the name of your podcast speaks to me a lot, because I basically have had to fake it, you know, I've had to fake this confidence for so many years, until finally it just started feeling real. And basically it was my experience, the expertise that I built, the amount of clients that I served, the result that I was able to get for them. All of that is what started to fill the gap between who, how I was showing up, and that quote, unquote, fake confidence and the real me. And today I'm confident because I know the results I can deliver. I know my history, I know my expertise, I know my staff, and that's where my confidence comes from. And I also know my worth. I know my worth now better than I ever have in my entire life, not just my worth as a business owner and as an expert in my field, but also just as a human being. I've come to terms with the fact that I am enough, even if I was crap at business, I would still be enough, and that's huge.Lesley Logan 22:29  I love, yeah, confidence really does come from doing the thing you said you were gonna do, you know. And so, like. Nadine Hanafi 22:29  You keep promises to yourself. Lesley Logan 22:29  Yeah, and then, and just keeping up, and doesn't mean you do it perfectly, but just like you told the client you were going to deliver this amazing product, you did deliver an amazing product, and then you acknowledge you delivered an amazing product. And so often we do the first two things, and then we don't give ourselves the credit for having done the thing. And so we don't get the benefits of the confidence that it comes from being so consistent with what we know.Nadine Hanafi 23:01  And the other aspect of confidence that I struggled with, I know so many people do, is visibility. And so visibility has been a huge thing for me. I was always really comfortable in the behind the scenes of my business, not being the face, you know, like, oh, I like putting my clients in the spotlight, in the limelight, like you go out there, you shine. I'll just sit here and support you. That was comfortable for me. But again, I realized that my business growth was going to plateau at the level of my visibility too, because visibility is also exposure. It's growth. It's putting yourself out there and getting your message out there, so more eyes on what you do. And so that's been the late, the latest monster that I've slain, is the fear of visibility for me. In fact, I just recorded my first podcast episode today because I'm launching a podcast. Lesley Logan 23:52  That's so cool. You guys heard it here first. That is so cool.Nadine Hanafi 23:57  It's called Grand Party and it's been sitting in my head and in my heart for over a year, and I've been so scared of starting it, of doing it because I've been scared of the visibility that will come with it, also the commitment of, like, consistent content every week, but mostly the visibility. And so it's a really huge deal for me that I was finally over, you know, able to overcome that fear and pull the trigger and do this.Lesley Logan 24:24  Yeah, be surprised. Hire someone to do all the editing and all the stuff, and then whether you do it or not, you're paying them, and that makes me get my -ish done.Nadine Hanafi 24:33  Well, you know, that's actually so true, I'm so glad you said that, because I procrastinated for a year. And so I met this woman who owns a production company, and she's like, oh, well, let's do this. And she sent me the contracts. Th e contract sat in my inbox for three months, and she finally sent me an ultimatum, saying, all right, if you don't sign this, I'm gonna have to, like, take down your contract from our system. And I, I said to myself, I didn't write this term, but I said, thank you. Thank you for giving me, sending me that email, because I needed somebody to light a fire under my butt in that moment and just sign the damn thing. And the thing is, is when I signed it, I also had to pay. Now I have skin in the game, and yeah, like you said, the minute you have skin in the game, and you actually have to put out money for this, you better make that thing happen. So it is one way to hold yourself accountable. Lesley Logan 25:22  And also, like, I am not someone who typically needs an accountability person, but especially if there's a little bit of fear, especially putting something out there that is a part of you, yes, visibility, but also, like, the feedback that you didn't ask for from the people you know, like, you can tell yourself a story of like, what it could be and it's never, it's never as bad or as good as you think it's going to be. But there's that fear, until you put it out there, like, when we started a YouTube channel, I resisted it big time. I'm not going to do a YouTube channel. This is back in like, 2014 my husband's like, you should do a YouTube channel. I'm like, no, there's other people who are better teachers than me. They should be doing it, they've been teaching longer. I was just downplaying myself. All the excuses. And really, what it came down to is I was so afraid of what people were gonna say about the videos. They're gonna say I was teaching it wrong or doing it wrong, and so we did some, we put it out there. And you know what happened? Nothing. Because. Nadine Hanafi 26:17  Plot twist. Lesley Logan 26:18  Yeah, like, I mean, people watched it, but especially when you're a new YouTube or a new podcast, like, now if you have a following and a platform to tell people about it, but back then, I had nothing. Instagram was anything. Guys like, I didn't have anything to share what I was doing on, so I was just waiting for the random people to come across it. And the first thing someone said was, thank you, this is amazing. So, like, we tell ourselves a story that like, oh my God, what if people don't like it. What if they say anything? And so that's it. But I do, for the big things that scare me in my business, I do like there has to be some skin in the game, so that I can't talk myself out of it or procrastinate or tell myself I should do it later, or whatever it is. So I'm excited for your podcast. I can't wait to listen to it. Nadine Hanafi 26:56  Oh, thank you. Lesley Logan 26:57  This is so exciting. Okay, so obviously, your next thing, you're being it till you see it as the podcast host. Is there anything else that you are working on as far as being it till you see it? Yeah, tell me more.Nadine Hanafi 27:09  Okay, so with Digital Brand Kit, we are wanting to change the game when it comes to branding. Really, we are innovating in so many ways, and one of the platforms and one of the messages that we want to put out there is that branding can actually help you with your confidence, right? It can help you. We're all about helping you grow your business from the outside in, which is counterintuitive, because I've been talking to you about growing your business from the inside out and like you have to embody the person you want to be, etc, yes. But also, when it comes to branding, there's a way for you to use branding to show up as the next version of yourself, as I like to say, brand your higher self, right? And we've seen this with our clients. We've seen it with me and my brand and my business. And when you brand yourself as the business that you want to build, as that seven-figure business, six-figure business, whatever it is. And you show up with that big brand energy, you then, kind of your confidence catches up to that, right?Lesley Logan 27:09  I mean, it's a BBE, that's what you need, guys. Nadine Hanafi 28:04  That's right. Your confidence kind of just catches up to that. Because, the way, I mean, there's something to be said about how people see you, the love that you get, right, the how you are received and perceived, and how you are going to feel and act, right? And if somebody, if you walk into a room and you have a room full of people, who are you know, they know you, they like you, they want to hear from you, they're eager to learn from you. You're going to come into it with a completely different sense of confidence than if you walk into a room where nobody knows who you are or they don't like you. And so branding is really how you're able to create that perception, create that perception of who you want to be to these people before they even meet you. And make them want to work with you. Make them want to meet you and learn from you, and create like that attractive energy, right?Lesley Logan 29:10  I think you got to coin BBE, babe. Big Brand Energy. I love it. I love it. Nadine Hanafi 29:16  I will. Lesley Logan 29:17  I completely, it's so true. It's kind of like it's an and, right? It's like you gotta work on yourself for your business to grow, but also you might need to put out into the world what you expect your business to be, so that you can kind of close the gap. And that's a be it till you see it like, this is the thing I want, I'll put that out there, and I'm going to get myself developed up to it. Nadine Hanafi 29:36  Yeah, and what I want to say about that too, is we, maybe seven, eight years ago, we lived in a world, in the online business world, where people could afford to just show up and make, take a lot of massive action and put themselves out there, put their content out there in a very messy, unprofessional I just thought this together last night, way, right, but because they were teaching good stuff and there wasn't a lot of people teaching this stuff. They would get attention, they would get business. There's so many people in the online business world now, and there's a lot of charlatans, and there's a lot of people who don't know what they're talking about. And so if you are somebody who actually knows what you're talking about, you owe it to yourself to brand yourself as the expert that you are, so that you don't get mistaken for one of those charlatans who are out there teaching things stuff that they don't know, just because maybe they have better branding than you, right? And so.Lesley Logan 30:30  Yeah, yeah. I mean, you owe it to the people you're here to help to, you know, like. Nadine Hanafi 30:34  Most importantly. Lesley Logan 30:35  Not to put pressure on my perfectionist overachievers listening. I see you, but like Daniel Pink said it in an interview I listened to him years ago, and I have never forgotten it. He said, "If what you do takes pain away from someone, solves a problem that they have, you have a moral obligation to make sure it gets to them." You have moral obligation to sell it to them. It's actually really freaking selfish of you to keep it to yourself.Nadine Hanafi 31:01  1,000% oh, my God, I'm so glad you shared that, because I wrote a blog post about this a few weeks ago, about how I overcame my fear of selling, and it was that exact mindset shift. It was somebody who told me, like Nadine, just get over yourself already. This is not about you. This is about all the people that you can help, and the longer you keep, you stay in this fear of showing up and you're not putting yourself out there, you're not putting your products out there. You are depriving all these people from the solutions that you could share with them, that could change their businesses. So what are you doing? Get over yourself. And I was like, damn, that's a good point. Yeah, that's a mindset shift right there.Lesley Logan 31:41  Yeah, it really is. Okay, we're gonna take a brief break. Find out how people can find you, follow you, work with you. Lesley Logan 31:47  All right, Nadine, if somebody is obsessed and ready to, like, step into their big brand energy, they want you to help them because, my goodness, branding ourselves, it's not easy, and you've already figured it out. So where can people find you, follow you, work with you? Nadine Hanafi 31:59  Well, if you're interested in learning more, I'd love to see you over at our Instagram, @digitalbrandkit or my personal Instagram, which is @Nadine.Hanafi, H-A-N-A-F-I, and if you want to check out our full-stack branding system, that's digitalbrandkit.com.Lesley Logan 32:15  Awesome. You guys, we'll have all the links in the notes below, so it's super easy for you to find everything. And I'm so excited because part of the things we've been able to share with our agency members is your amazing kit. And you guys, I normally don't say this, but I'm going to, we have spent a lot of money as a company on branding and then rebranding things and what you your company has done is figured out a way to make it easy for people to step into that without it being like $10,000. So you do things like, I mean, just amazing how you figure things out. So I just really, really love the work that you put out there. It's very unique. Nadine Hanafi 32:21  Thank you. Thank you. Lesley Logan 32:54  Okay, be it action items, bold, executable, intrinsic target steps people can take to be it till they see it being that big brand energy. What do you got for us?Nadine Hanafi 33:01  Yeah. So my first piece of advice if you want to brand your higher self is book a photo shoot. So we have beautiful templates. We have beautiful branding templates, yes, but our beautiful branding templates are not going to look nice if you put your old, crappy photos in them, right? You're gonna need some really nice high-end brand photography. And brand photography isn't regular photography, isn't going to a studio and doing three poses and getting these professional headshots that look like passport photos, right? It's actual branding photos where it's like you in your natural environment working, assuming your natural environment is a Airbnb you rented for the weekend that's super stylish and doesn't look anything like your house. But that's okay, right? But anyways, creating this library of brand images that are showcasing you in action, working with people, working with your clients, doing work on your laptop, on a whiteboard, whatever it is, is how you're going to allow people to or create an immersive brand experience. So you know, you're not your branding, you're not your beautiful colors and fonts, but when you infuse this beautiful brand photography into it, then it comes to life, right? So I can't stress enough how important it is to book a professional brand photo shoot and actually do it properly. So you need to get at least 50 solid shots, not three, because you need variety, right? Super important. But that's one of the biggest things that you can do that is going to help you create that big brand energy very quickly.Lesley Logan 34:38  I couldn't agree more. I think, like our business changed when, and I also was able to step into that version of myself when I actually worked with Monica Linda of Girl Squad, you guys know her, but we didn't use my space. I used her beautiful space. And I was like, oh, my God, people are gonna think this is my living room. No one cared. No one's like, that's not your living room. Like, no. I didn't have a living room, guys, at the time, we didn't have a living room. Like, people now, all of the stuff we use as my, as my space, but like, it really does make a big difference. And you do want those photos to be the thing that you're wishing you're showing up as, and that you would be showing up at someday, because you'll actually share them. You'll actually use them. Your website will be the thing that you're excited to share and send people to, like if you're embarrassed of the photos you won't, you won't use them.Nadine Hanafi 35:26  And you know, let me share something with you, Lesley, that I did not share with you when we first talked because I didn't realize it after, until after we talked, Monica, before I worked with her, she shared with me some portfolio images, and one of the images that she shared with me were your photos, and I remember your photos were fabulous. And I remember seeing your photos, and I think I asked her even I said, is she a model? Because your photos were just so good. You're so poised, and they're so fun and original. And I just remember, because that was before I worked with here, I was like, oh, I can't wait to have, like, nice, professional images like this, too, and that stayed with me, like, you looked amazing, and you gave off that big brand energy, big time in your photos.Lesley Logan 35:26  Yeah, and you know, thank you, and also like. Nadine Hanafi 35:29  You're welcome. Lesley Logan 35:30  Here is, here's a little tip, guys, laugh out loud, actually, like, make yourself laugh. It, it makes the smile have energy to it, versus, like, right?Nadine Hanafi 36:23  So true.Lesley Logan 36:24  Like, there's a whole different energy that comes out of it. And so that is my big tip on a fun photo. Like a fun energetic photo is like, laugh out loud. Nadine Hanafi 36:33  Authentic. Lesley Logan 36:34  Yes. And I also like to go back, Monica is a branding photographer. I want to highlight you said that a branding photographer is very different than your family photo shoot, than, like, you know, because they do get, but nowadays, you guys, there are these crazy places where people have staged photo rooms, like, here in Vegas, I used one the other day just to get five pictures for our flashcard deck redone. And I walked in, there was like a floral wall. There was a little room that looked like an office, like it was $100 an hour, and you had like, eight different stages that were already set up. And I was like, oh, I can be in a phone booth right now. Nadine Hanafi 37:08  That's right, that's right. No, it's super important. And I can't stress that enough, because I'm explaining this to people all the time. Look, what is the difference between brand photography and regular photography? You want brand photography and you want to see what that looks like, we have a blog post at digitalbrandkit.com which is about like how to plan your photo shoot, exactly our most opened email newsletter that we sent, how to plan your photoshoot like a pro. And in it, we have these examples of how to organize your shot lists, which is a very, very handy tool that most photographers will do for you, but not all of them do. So it's good if you can be proactive and create your own shot list. So go find that blog post on our website to learn more about how to plan your shots.Lesley Logan 37:52  Oh my God, yes. And if you'll send me that link, we'll also put it in the show notes, because that is an essential thing. I can get way more photos than what they said was in the contract because I'm organized.Nadine Hanafi 38:03  That's right, that's exactly what I did. I basically 10x how many photos I was able to get out of my last photo shoot because I was so organized, and my photographer loved me. She's like, I'm literally just checking boxes. Lesley Logan 38:14  Yep, yep. That's exactly what you need to do. We could go on and on for hours. You are so amazing. I'm so grateful for you, and I'm grateful that we got to meet, and thank you for sharing so generously your stories about your life and growing your business and what branding is. You guys, how are you going to use these tips in your life? Let Nadine know, let the Be It Pod know, share this with a friend who's struggling with their business and just kind of like trying to figure things out, this might be the thing they need to get out of their own way and maybe show up with that big brand energy. All right, love, until next time. Be It Till You See It. Lesley Logan 38:44  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. 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Medieval Muslim legal theorists devised increasingly complex categorisations of linguistic clarity and ambiguity. This paper traces the emergence of key terms including muḥkam, mutashābih, mujmal, and ẓāhir, which eventually crystalised in a four-fold Shāfiʿī classification and an eight-fold Ḥanafī one. Both these systems treated clarity and ambiguity not as features of the words and sentences of scripture, but as interpretive claims about the hermeneutical relationship between a text and a proposed interpretation of it. Both the Shāfiʿī and Ḥanafī systems served the same purpose, which was not to pin down meanings but to give the jurists as much interpretive power and flexibility as they reasonably could within the bounds of ordinary linguistic usage. Those legal theorists who resisted this combination of power and flexibility, including Ẓāhirīs and Akhbārīs, could not prevail against the flexible mainstream paradigm that took hold among Sunnīs and Imāmīs alike, and that still tacitly undergirds most legal discourse today. Today modern reformers and traditionalists alike exploit the vocabulary of clarity and ambiguity to support their interpretations. One highly original reformulation of these concepts comes from the Egyptian thinker Hassan Hanafi, who compounds the flexibility of the classical hermeneutic by retaining the flexible mainstream legal theorists' analysis of ambiguity, albeit transposed into the language of twentieth-century European phenomenology, and then adding two more layers of ambiguity or subjectivity through his theory of how language relates to phenomenal reality and human action. This aspect of Hanafi's hermeneutic has been much appreciated in some quarters, but all by itself interpretive flexibility is not the panacea some reformers take it to be, for flexibility cuts both ways: it can be used to justify reform or to uphold the status quo, and if anything is more readily amenable to the latter. As Hanafi himself illustrates, those who seek to justify the most radical reinterpretations cannot pin their hermeneutical hopes on the ambiguity of language, but are compelled to reconsider the whole theory of language and meaning on which classical legal theory rested.

In part 2, French-Palestinian sociologist Dr. Sari Hanafi discusses right-wing movements in France and Italy and the misuse of the descriptor "hard left" or "extreme left" to misrepresent the platform of Jean-Luc Mélenchon's France Unbowed.

Against all expectations, the left coalition, aptly calling itself the “New Popular Front,” was able to win the most seats - 182 out of 577 seats - in the final round of the French parliamentary elections. French-Palestinian sociologist Dr. Sari Hanafi explains how the left quickly formed a political alliance to keep Marine Le Pen's far-right party, the National Rally, from gaining enough seats to govern in the French parliament. He delves into the weaponization of antisemitism to smear Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of France Unbowed, which is the largest leftist party within the New Popular Front. 

Israel's accusations against a total of 19 UNRWA staff members alleging their involvement in the October 7 attacks prompted 16 countries to pause or suspend $450 million in funding to the agency. A UN investigation resulted in one of the 19 cases being closed and four suspended due to a lack of evidence. Of the 12 staff members initially accused by Israel, 10 of them were fired by UNRWA, while the other two were killed. Israeli claims that 10% of UNRWA employees have ties to Hamas have yet to be substantiated. As Sari Hanafi explains, UNRWA provides critical infrastructure, housing, and education to Palestinians in Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank, and Gaza. 

Following Israel's killing of 7 WCK aid workers, Western politicians appeared to reconsider their unwavering support of Netanyahu's government, if only for a brief moment. Iran's attack on military targets in Israel, in response to Israel's strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Damascus, has since been cited by the U.S. and Germany as a justification for continued military support for Israel. Sari Hanafi, Professor of Sociology at the American University of Beirut, discusses Germany's past genocidal war crimes as well as the ICJ case brought by Nicaragua examining Germany's complicity in genocide in Gaza. 

China is not only home to around 20 million Muslims, it is also home to a variety of different Islamic traditions, and of various ethnic groups who follow those different versions of Islam. In this episode we focus on the Chinese-speaking (or ‘Sinophone') Muslims rather than the better-known Turkic-speaking (or Uyghur) Muslims. From the medieval period onwards, these Chinese-speaking followers of Islam developed their own religious traditions by drawing on classical Sufi mystical works and Hanafi legal texts written outside of China and applying them to local conditions, which often involved translating or writing religious texts in Chinese. Yet despite occasional contacts with the wider Muslim world, it wasn't till the late nineteenth century that these Sinophone Muslims established regular ties with their coreligionists in the Middle East. Those new contacts set in motion a century of religious change that was also shaped by political events as China was transformed from an empire to a nationalist republic, then a communist People's Republic. This episode traces the outcomes of these twentieth-century links between Muslims in China and Middle East. Nile Green talks to Mohammed Al-Sudairi, author of “Traditions of Maturidism and Anti-Wahhabism in China: An Account of the Yihewani Hard-liners of the Northwest,” Journal of Islamic Studies 32, 3 (2021).

Hanafi • Maliki • Shafii • Hanbali | Ep. 4 | Debunking Madhab Myths with Dr. Shadee Elmasry

Wednesday February 7, 2024 Rajab 26, 1445   This edition of Ask The Imam answers the following questions:   00:00 1. Is there a correct ‘Aqida to follow? (Ash'ari, Maturidi, or Athari)   13:42 2. Is one allowed to sell lottery tickets and have lottery machines in their store?   17:51 3. A personal divorce question.   21:42 4. Visualization while in prayer.   29:27 5. Can a Hanafi trim his beard in a way that is deemed permissible in the Shafi'i school?   35:20 6. To what extent can we consult online resources for Fatwas?   44:37 7. What is the meaning of the poem that mentions ‘Make wudu' with water of the unseen'?   Questions are submitted anonymously. If you wish to submit one, please go to http://mccgp.org/ask-the-imam.   Also, please donate to support this and other programs. To donate, please go to http://mccgp.org/donate

From the medina of Marrakech to the palmeries in Zagora, join sound recordists Andrea Campisi and Silvia Malnati as they embark upon a roadtrip in sound, leaving the capital city to journey across southeast Morocco. Across four movements of contrasting energies, bound together by the motif of the muezzin's call to prayer, we listen to an immersive musical suite comprising binaural field recordings and on-location sound.I. Allegro: In Marrakech medina we take a walk through a maze of streets and stalls before arriving out onto the iconic Jemaa el-Fnaa square. Here, we're met with the hypnotising sound of pungi flutes and, as the sun sets, of gnawa musicians, jesters and Said Anazoure's intricate banjo playing.II. Largo: We leave the city behind to seek refuge in the mountainous region of Ourika. Here, we hear sounds of village life, as well as the distant voices of children reciting the Koran from behind the school's door.III. Scherzo: Having crossed the Atlas mountains, we descend towards the Draa Valley and its oasis, tuning in to the sound of the palmeries just outside Zagora. As night falls, crickets take their place alongside the mating calls of cats under the stars.IV. Finale: We resume our drive, headed for a village outside Aït Benhaddou. A local family invites us to spend the night inside their tigmi, a traditional house, and attend an Ahwach ceremony with the musicians of Ahwach Asfalou.With special thanks to Hamid Boukhch, Said Anazoure, Ahwach Asfalou (Mme Ijja, Hiba, Iken, Oumaghlif, Bendrisse, Hanafi, Ait houssa, Tabrahimte, Belmadan, Mr Haji, Mr Ifliisse, Almsalla, Belaabass, Benhdouch, Boularia, Ait Bikouch, Khalfi) and Alexa Kruger.Produced by Andrea Campisi and Silvia Malnati A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

 Imam Nur Ahamed is a native New Yorker who grew up in Brooklyn. By the grace of Allah, at the age of 14, Nur traveled to South Africa to complete his Hifz of the Quran at Madrasah Taleemuddeen. Thereafter, he was able to study under Qari Ismaeel Desai at Madrasah Da'watul Haq (Umzinto) and received his Ijazah in Qirat Hafs. After returning to New York, Nur taught Hifz at Darul Uloom New York and Masjid Bilal (Farmingdale). Currently, Nur is finishing his degree in Economics at Columbia University.Support the Islamic Center at NYUOur operating and programmatic budget comes directly from donations and as our community grows, so do our expenses. If you are interested in making a one-time, monthly, annual, or general donation to the Islamic Center at NYU, please do so at https://icnyu.org/donate/.

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent British scholar Shaykh Asrar Rashid. #BloodBrothersPodcast Topics of discussion include. 15 Hanafi fiqh questions. Can Sunnis have any meaningful unity? Success of Salafi duat and dawah in the West. Obeying, criticising and rebelling against Muslim rulers. Shaykh Ramadan al-Bouti, the Assad regime, and the Syrian revolution. Shaykh Asrar's upcoming book on the caliphate. Imam Mahdi and the signs of the end of times. FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON: Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@5Pillars  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews

Imam Khalid Latif is a University Chaplain for New York University, and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU). Under his leadership, ICNYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout New York City, so much so that in 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24. Most recently, Imam Latif was selected as one of 60 New York City leaders to serve on Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team, helping to recommend and select individuals for key roles in the current NYC administration and was also appointed to a “Task Force to Combat Hate” by NYC Public Advocate Letitia James to deal with the rise in Islamophobic, antisemitic, and anti-Sikh sentiment in NYC. Support the Islamic Center at NYUOur operating and programmatic budget comes directly from donations and as our community grows, so do our expenses. If you are interested in making a one-time, monthly, annual, or general donation to the Islamic Center at NYU, please do so at https://icnyu.org/donate/.

Imam Khalid Latif is a University Chaplain for New York University, and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU). Under his leadership, ICNYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout New York City, so much so that in 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24. Most recently, Imam Latif was selected as one of 60 New York City leaders to serve on Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team, helping to recommend and select individuals for key roles in the current NYC administration and was also appointed to a “Task Force to Combat Hate” by NYC Public Advocate Letitia James to deal with the rise in Islamophobic, antisemitic, and anti-Sikh sentiment in NYC. Support the Islamic Center at NYUOur operating and programmatic budget comes directly from donations and as our community grows, so do our expenses. If you are interested in making a one-time, monthly, annual, or general donation to the Islamic Center at NYU, please do so at https://icnyu.org/donate/.

NOTE: In today's class, Imam Khalid focuses on the tashahhud, which can be found here: https://quran411.com/tashahhud.Imam Khalid Latif is a University Chaplain for New York University, and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU). Under his leadership, ICNYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout New York City, so much so that in 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24. Most recently, Imam Latif was selected as one of 60 New York City leaders to serve on Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team, helping to recommend and select individuals for key roles in the current NYC administration and was also appointed to a “Task Force to Combat Hate” by NYC Public Advocate Letitia James to deal with the rise in Islamophobic, antisemitic, and anti-Sikh sentiment in NYC. Support the Islamic Center at NYUOur operating and programmatic budget comes directly from donations and as our community grows, so do our expenses. If you are interested in making a one-time, monthly, annual, or general donation to the Islamic Center at NYU, please do so at https://icnyu.org/donate/.

Imam Khalid Latif is a University Chaplain for New York University, and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU). Under his leadership, ICNYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout New York City, so much so that in 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24. Most recently, Imam Latif was selected as one of 60 New York City leaders to serve on Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team, helping to recommend and select individuals for key roles in the current NYC administration and was also appointed to a “Task Force to Combat Hate” by NYC Public Advocate Letitia James to deal with the rise in Islamophobic, antisemitic, and anti-Sikh sentiment in NYC. Support the Islamic Center at NYUOur operating and programmatic budget comes directly from donations and as our community grows, so do our expenses. If you are interested in making a one-time, monthly, annual, or general donation to the Islamic Center at NYU, please do so at https://icnyu.org/donate/.

Imam Khalid Latif is a University Chaplain for New York University, and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU). Under his leadership, ICNYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout New York City, so much so that in 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24. Most recently, Imam Latif was selected as one of 60 New York City leaders to serve on Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team, helping to recommend and select individuals for key roles in the current NYC administration and was also appointed to a “Task Force to Combat Hate” by NYC Public Advocate Letitia James to deal with the rise in Islamophobic, antisemitic, and anti-Sikh sentiment in NYC. Support the Islamic Center at NYUOur operating and programmatic budget comes directly from donations and as our community grows, so do our expenses. If you are interested in making a one-time, monthly, annual, or general donation to the Islamic Center at NYU, please do so at https://icnyu.org/donate/.

Imam Khalid Latif is a University Chaplain for New York University, and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU). Under his leadership, ICNYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout New York City, so much so that in 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24. Most recently, Imam Latif was selected as one of 60 New York City leaders to serve on Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team, helping to recommend and select individuals for key roles in the current NYC administration and was also appointed to a “Task Force to Combat Hate” by NYC Public Advocate Letitia James to deal with the rise in Islamophobic, antisemitic, and anti-Sikh sentiment in NYC. Support the Islamic Center at NYUOur operating and programmatic budget comes directly from donations and as our community grows, so do our expenses. If you are interested in making a one-time, monthly, annual, or general donation to the Islamic Center at NYU, please do so at https://icnyu.org/donate/.

Imam Khalid Latif is a University Chaplain for New York University, and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU). Under his leadership, ICNYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout New York City, so much so that in 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24. Most recently, Imam Latif was selected as one of 60 New York City leaders to serve on Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team, helping to recommend and select individuals for key roles in the current NYC administration and was also appointed to a “Task Force to Combat Hate” by NYC Public Advocate Letitia James to deal with the rise in Islamophobic, antisemitic, and anti-Sikh sentiment in NYC. Support the Islamic Center at NYUOur operating and programmatic budget comes directly from donations and as our community grows, so do our expenses. If you are interested in making a one-time, monthly, annual, or general donation to the Islamic Center at NYU, please do so at https://icnyu.org/donate/.

Imam Khalid Latif is a University Chaplain for New York University, and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU). Under his leadership, ICNYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout New York City, so much so that in 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24. Most recently, Imam Latif was selected as one of 60 New York City leaders to serve on Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team, helping to recommend and select individuals for key roles in the current NYC administration and was also appointed to a “Task Force to Combat Hate” by NYC Public Advocate Letitia James to deal with the rise in Islamophobic, antisemitic, and anti-Sikh sentiment in NYC. Support the Islamic Center at NYUOur operating and programmatic budget comes directly from donations and as our community grows, so do our expenses. If you are interested in making a one-time, monthly, annual, or general donation to the Islamic Center at NYU, please do so at https://icnyu.org/donate/.

Imam Khalid Latif is a University Chaplain for New York University, and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU). Under his leadership, ICNYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout New York City, so much so that in 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24. Most recently, Imam Latif was selected as one of 60 New York City leaders to serve on Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team, helping to recommend and select individuals for key roles in the current NYC administration and was also appointed to a “Task Force to Combat Hate” by NYC Public Advocate Letitia James to deal with the rise in Islamophobic, antisemitic, and anti-Sikh sentiment in NYC. Support the Islamic Center at NYUOur operating and programmatic budget comes directly from donations and as our community grows, so do our expenses. If you are interested in making a one-time, monthly, annual, or general donation to the Islamic Center at NYU, please do so at https://icnyu.org/donate/.

Imam Khalid Latif is a University Chaplain for New York University, and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU). Under his leadership, ICNYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout New York City, so much so that in 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24. Most recently, Imam Latif was selected as one of 60 New York City leaders to serve on Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team, helping to recommend and select individuals for key roles in the current NYC administration and was also appointed to a “Task Force to Combat Hate” by NYC Public Advocate Letitia James to deal with the rise in Islamophobic, antisemitic, and anti-Sikh sentiment in NYC. Support the Islamic Center at NYUOur operating and programmatic budget comes directly from donations and as our community grows, so do our expenses. If you are interested in making a one-time, monthly, annual, or general donation to the Islamic Center at NYU, please do so at https://icnyu.org/donate/.

I choose to love you in silence… For in silence, I find no rejection, I choose to love you in loneliness… For in loneliness no one owns you but me, I choose to adore you from a distance… For distance will shield me from pain, I choose to kiss you in the wind… For the wind is gentler than my lips, I choose to hold you in my dreams… For in my dreams, you have no end.--Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.--This place is a dream.  Only a sleeper considers it real.  Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.-- Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (Persian: جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlevî/Mawlawī (مولوی, "my master"), and more popularly simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet" and the "best selling poet" in the United States. Like other mystic and Sufi poets of Persian literature, Rumi's poetry speaks of love which infuses the world. Rumi's teachings also express the tenets summarized in the Quranic verse which Shams-e Tabrizi cited as the essence of prophetic guidance: "Know that ‘There is no god but He,' and ask forgiveness for your sin" (Q. 47:19). In the interpretation attributed to Shams, the first part of the verse commands the humanity to seek knowledge of tawhid (oneness of God), while the second instructs them to negate their own existence. In Rumi's terms, tawhid is lived most fully through love, with the connection being made explicit in his verse that describes love as "that flame which, when it blazes up, burns away everything except the Everlasting Beloved." Rumi believed passionately in the use of music, poetry and dance as a path for reaching God. For Rumi, music helped devotees to focus their whole being on the divine and to do this so intensely that the soul was both destroyed and resurrected. It was from these ideas that the practice of whirling Dervishes developed into a ritual form. His teachings became the base for the order of the Mevlevi, which his son Sultan Walad organised. Rumi encouraged Sama, listening to music and turning or doing the sacred dance. In the Mevlevi tradition, samāʿ represents a mystical journey of spiritual ascent through mind and love to the Perfect One. In this journey, the seeker symbolically turns towards the truth, grows through love, abandons the ego, finds the truth and arrives at the Perfect. The seeker then returns from this spiritual journey, with greater maturity, to love and to be of service to the whole of creation without discrimination with regard to beliefs, races, classes and nations. Here are a collection of short poetic phrases from Rumi done in the form of a meditation. Welcome to the Reality Revolution.#rumi #poetry #beauty #meditation #guidedmeditation #manifestation #lawofattraction #quantumjump    Buy My Art - Unique Sigil Magic and Energy Activation Through Flow Art and Voyages Through Space and Imagination. https://www.newearth.art/ BUY MY BOOK! https://www.amazon.com/Reality-Revolution-Mind-Blowing-Movement-Hack/dp/154450618X/ Listen to my book on audible https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Reality-Revolution-Audiobook/B087LV1R5V The New Earth Activation trainings  https://realityrevolutioncon.com/newearth Alternate Universe Reality Activationhttps://realityrevolutionlive.com/aura45338118  Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/The-Reality-Revolution-Podcast-Hosted-By-Brian-Scott-102555575116999 Join our Facebook group The Reality Revolution https://www.facebook.com/groups/523814491927119 Contact us at media@advancedsuccessinstitute.com For coaching – https://www.advancedsuccessinstitute.com For all episodes of the Reality Revolution – https://www.therealityrevolution.com Subscribe to my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOgXHr5S3oF0qetPfqxJfSw    Music By Mettaversedeeply divine meditationregenerative spiritual resetmind and spirit rebootthe shiftinto the arms of the cosmosscacred frequenciesawakening  the light holdersovertonesmental and spiritual rejuvenationcosmic riverthe shift ➤ Their channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyvjffON2NoUvX5q_TgvVkw

Here at the Influential Brand Podcast, we believe that a personal brand is a formalization of what you want to be known for and who you want to be known by. It is not your visual identity. In this episode, we unpack why people incorrectly confuse their visual identities with their personal brands and get hung up on fonts and colors. We reflect on a past episode with Nadine Hanafi from Digital Brand Kit and break down some of the key tips we learned from her about how to create your visual identity and where to place your focus in the process. Tune in for key tips to consider when creating your visual identity while keeping your eye on the bigger picture of building your personal brand.  

Most people assume that having an expensive-looking brand costs a lot of money. As you'll discover in today's episode, that isn't necessarily the case! Since 2013, Nadine Hanafi has helped everyone from Fortune 100 C-suite executives to bestselling authors to startup entrepreneurs share their brand message through inspired visual storytelling. After founding the award-winning design firm, We Are Visual and crafting eye-catching visuals for some of the most viral TED Talks on the internet, Nadine is now funneling all of her talent and expertise into her latest passion project: Digital Brand Kit. As the world's first turnkey branding system for personal brands, Digital Brand Kit offers you all the strategic design assets you need to create a beautiful, cohesive, and affordable brand identity that looks and feels like you. Today, you'll learn how Nadine can help you create your visual identity in just 30 days or less, some of the biggest mistakes that people make when embarking on this process (and how to avoid them,) as well as tips for hiring a designer and so much more. If you're struggling with crafting your brand's visual identity, this is an episode you won't want to miss!