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Send us a textThe Brian's brave up to farewell another dead Pope and reminisce about the old times and the gay times in Vatican central.Of course, Brian spills the beans on who is in the running to be wearing the Popal gear after the smoke and mirrors Conclave, or is that Enclave, reaches its nude crescendo.Brian puts forward that the new leader of the Listeria National Party must have a full head of hair and must not be a fucking Arsehole like the last one. Bye bye Potatohead.All of this and Nana's recipe for using Death Mushrooms to release your inner vengeance.

In this episode of ClickFunnels Radio, hosts Chris Cameron and Ben Harris welcome Ramin Popal, a young entrepreneur who has made significant strides in the e-commerce industry by teaching thousands how to start their own online stores. The trio zero in on Ramin's areas of expertise, specifically his vast experience of dropshipping and using AI in business. Tune in as they dive into Ramin's insights and valuable tips for aspiring online business owners. https://www.aistorebuilder.com/

Eclipse Metals Ltd (ASX:EPM) executive chairman Carl Popal talked with Proactive about the company's earn-in agreement with Boss Energy Ltd to advance exploration at the Liverpool Uranium Project in the Northern Territory's Alligator Rivers Uranium Field. Popal described the deal as a “game changer” that brings funding, technical expertise, and an experienced uranium producer into the project. The agreement allows Boss Energy to earn up to 80% ownership in stages by funding exploration work, with an initial commitment this year followed by further investment. Discussing the potential of the Devil's Elbow prospect, Popal highlighted its geological similarities to the high-grade Jabiluka deposit. He emphasisd that the project has strong uranium, palladium, and gold mineralisation, with deep drilling planned to explore its full potential. Beyond uranium, Eclipse Metals is advancing its Greenland rare earths projects, with key metallurgical results expected soon. The company is optimistic that its assets, including a large carbonatite deposit, could be significant in the rare earths sector. Watch the full interview to learn more about Eclipse Metals' uranium and critical minerals strategy. Don't forget to like the video, subscribe to Proactive's YouTube channel, and turn on notifications for future updates. #EclipseMetals #ASX #ProactiveInvestors #BossEnergy #Uranium #Mining #Investing #RareEarths #Exploration #UraniumStocks #Greenland #CriticalMinerals #Jabiluka #DevilsElbow #StockMarket #Energy

Eclipse Metals (ASX:EPM) executive chairman Carl Popal joined Proactive's Jonathan Jackson to talk about the company's efforts to capitalise on the rising demand for uranium and rare earth elements. He highlighted the work at the Devil's Elbow Prospect in Australia and the Ivigtût Project and Grønnedal Prospect in Greenland. Popal discussed how Eclipse Metals is strategically positioned with 16 tenements in Australia's premier uranium region, the Alligator River Uranium Field in the Nothern Territory, which is known for high-grade uranium deposits. He emphasized the structural advantages of the Devil's Elbow Prospect, including its alignment with significant geological features such as the Ranger Fault. "The Devil's Elbow has delivered high-grade results, including up to 5.8% uranium, along with notable gold and platinum findings," said Popal. In Greenland, Eclipse is advancing exploration at the Ivigtût Project, an area with more than 150 years of mining history. Recent drilling has yielded promising rare earth element (REE) results, with grades surpassing 6,800 ppm, making this a key part of the company's portfolio as the world transitions towards cleaner energy solutions. Popal also mentioned ongoing efforts to strengthen relationships with third-party collaborators to turn these prospects into commercially viable operations. #ProactiveInvestors #EclipseMetals #ASX #UraniumMining #RareEarthElements #CleanEnergyTransition #GreenlandProject #DevilsElbowProspect #CarlPopal #AlligatorRiver #MiningInvesting #ProactiveStudio

Najeeba Popal, Owner of Angel's Afghan Cuisine, and Carmel Greer, Owner of South Paddock Winery, joined Alex Urpí & Nickolas Urpí On “Today y Mañana!” “Today y Mañana” airs every Thursday at 10:15 am on The I Love CVille Network! “Today y Mañana” is presented by Emergent Financial Services, LLC, Craddock Insurance Services Inc and Matthias John Realty, with Forward Adelante.

You can contact Arvind Rathore on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arvindrathore Articles authored by Arvind: Pulse Agile Work from Anywhere: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/agile-work-from-anywhere-environment-arvind-rathore-/?trackingId=nZIb7v2HR4KL6xlW4f7%2Btg%3D%3D CIO Tech Outlook Team Organization Models for 21st Century Companies: https://www.ciotechoutlook.com/magazine/Team-Organization-Models-for-21st-Century-Companies-WZRW842286006.html Unicorns and Dinosaurs: https://yourstory.com/2018/08/unicorns-vs-dinosaurs Impact of organizational debt in building: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/impact-of-organizational-debt-in-building/id1511786719?i=1000539223120 https://special.siliconindia.com/viewpoint/cxoinsights/bimodal-or-2-speed-it-is-it-flawed-model-nwid-7275.html Past Shows mentioned in this Episode: Accelerate product ownership with POPal: https://agilenoir.biz/en/agilethoughts/popal-ai-to-assist-you/ The post 271 Agile in the CSuite—The AI Disruption first appeared on Agile Noir.

POPal Jira Plugin: https://tinyurl.com/3pndafps POPal web version: https://popalpro.com/ Company website: https://www.theagilemove.com/ YouTube video on How to breakdown Epic into stories using ChatGPT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3FA7JV0ED8&t Interested in Agile at your big company but struggling to resolve headaches? Is trying to do the usual Scrum or Kanban templates causing a lot of problems when more than one team is involved?Are you having trouble getting your management to align around what you see as obvious solutions?Do you want to learn about Systems Thinking and Whole Product Focus but find what you're reading is uninspiring and boring?The business novel, Agile Grande, will teach you these skills through dramatic story telling. Scrum Master Kartar takes a job to improve a logistics company's adaptability. But efforts to scale Agile practices are being blocked by Mr. Cherneski, a vice president who's organized the company into siloed pigeon holes in order to secretly make millions with a dark web shipping service. Kartar's life is in danger. He goes underground. A spy agency hunts Kartar.... The following concepts are covered in this dramatic story: scaling Scrum with LeSS, systems thinking, organizational design, systems modeling, and how to develop a transformation plan that your organization can actually do. Get a pre-release copy of Agile Grande for free at LeanPub.com.

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Do you ever wonder what it takes to navigate a foreign culture, learn a new language, and adapt to a new way of life, all while pursuing a lofty dream? Meet Asifa, an Afghan native whose journey from her war-torn homeland through the vibrant streets of India, to the serene expanses of Canada, and eventually the US, is an inspiring testament to the power of resilience and adaptability. Asifa's story is a masterclass in overcoming obstacles, embracing change, and harnessing the beauty of cultural diversity.As we journey with Asifa, we encounter her challenges and victories in immigration, learning English as her fourth language, and navigating cultural and educational differences. Her quest for a visa, the cultural shock of India, and her eventual transition to Canada and the US make for a captivating narrative. Her experiences provide valuable insights for anyone facing similar transitions, or simply curious about the experience of life across different cultures and geographies.We also delve into Asifa's career transformation from law to holistic health coaching, a shift born from her personal wellness journey. COVID-19 derailed her plans for a juice bar but led her to create a program encapsulating her knowledge. We discuss Asifa's school and family life balance, and her experiences living both with family and on campus. From the worst advice she ever got to her lessons on resilience, Asifa's wisdom resonates through each story. Join us for this engrossing conversation and remember to subscribe to our podcast and follow us on Instagram for more inspiring narratives.Don't forget to leave a comment or a rating!Follow the host and the podcast on Social Media channels below:  My Thick Accent on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mythickaccent/My Thick Accent on Threads -  https://www.threads.net/@mythickaccent?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==MyThickAccent.com - https://www.mythickaccent.com/Gurasis's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamgurasis/Gurasis's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamgurasis/_________________________________________To contact Asifa:Asifa's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/asifa-popal?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BARI2Wr75TZ6xA293mLI5qA%3D%3DKeep Glowing Sana Website | https://www.keepglowingsana.com/Welcome-page761618YouTube Channel | https://www.youtube.com/@asma7575/videosInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/asifa_popal/Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/asifapopal/Stay tuned for the exciting new episode every Thursday and let's continue knowing each other Beneath The Accent!Want to share your story? Or know someone I should invite next on the show? DM us or write to us at Hello@mythickaccent.com

In this inaugural episode of our podcast, join us for an inspiring conversation with Ustadth Omar Popal as we delve into his remarkable journey to success. Ustadth Omar shares his experiences and insights on navigating life's challenges while remaining rooted in faith and determination. From his early years in Northern Virginia to his pursuit of Islamic studies and academic accomplishments, Ustadth Omar's story serves as a beacon of inspiration for listeners seeking guidance and motivation. Join us as we explore the themes of resilience, personal growth, and the power of faith in this captivating episode that sets the tone for the impactful conversations to come.Support the show

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Assalamu alaykum,As I pursue my own spiritual journey, I want to hear from those who have taken this path before me. This podcast focuses on them and listening to their stories — uninterrupted. My name is Hebah Masood and I invite you to reflect on the trajectories of their lives, and the guidance and blessings provided by Allah swt along that journey.At age 16, Ustadh Omar Popal was an extremely homesick madrasa student in Campertown, South Africa. He was far from home, his family and friends.  He was struggling to adjust to life at Madrasa In'aamiyya, so different from his public high school and life as he knew it in Fairfax, Virginia. He found his way to the madrassa library, and there he found a mentor in Maulana Muhammad Abbas Omar, who befriended him and took him under his wing. In the same library he found three books which awoke a thirst for knowledge within him and were his introduction to tasawwuf: Protecting Yourself from Whisperings of the Devil, the Path to Perfection, Ma'arif Al Mathnawi. After completing two years in South Africa, Ustadh Omar returned to Virginia and continued studying the Islamic Sciences and completed high school as one of the first students at Mufti Yusuf bin Yaqub's school, Madinatul Uloom.After high school, he was looking for the next opportunity when his father heard about Tarim, Yemen. He had met someone whose daughter was studying at Dar al Zahra, the girls madrassa in Tarim, and so he decided to send Ustadh Omar and his sister to Yemen as well. Ustadh Omar spent two years in Tarim at Dar al-Mustafa, the boys madrassa, including one year at a campus in Ai'nat. The Ai'nat campus was even more remote, academically rigorous and challenging, and he was the only Westerner there at the time. Despite the challenges, he grew fond of his unique time in Ai'nat and refers to it as the best year of his life.  After returning home, he continued his studies at Darul Qasim in Chicago with Shaykh Amin Kholwadia  and later with Dr. Recep Senturk in Turkey. Ustadh Omar is now the founder of the Tanwir Institute in Fairfax, VA. where he is attending to the educational and spiritual needs of Muslims in his hometown as well as the DMV area (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia) at large.In this episode, he discusses both the struggle of adjusting while studying overseas as well as the many distractions and difficulties that come with seeking knowledge while staying in the West. He gives heartfelt advice to students of knowledge on humility and setting priorities. His story intersects with many familiar names: Habib Umar bin Hafiz, Maulana Haroon Abbas Omar, Maulana Muhammad Abbas Omar, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Mufti Yusuf bin Yaqub, Shaykh Yahya Rhodus, Maulana Ibrahim Muhammad, Maulana Ridwaan Desi, Shaykh Amin Kholwadia, Dr Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, Shaykh Khaled Al-Kharsa, Dr. Hamza al-Bakri  Dr. Mahmoud al-Masri, Shaykh Faisal Matadar, Shaykh Hamzah Wald Maqbul, Shaykha Mariam Sheibani, Dr. Recep Senturk-Also available on most other major podcast streaming services including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox and Podbay.-Do you enjoy this podcast? Support the Patreon to ensure the best podcast quality possible. All funds go to equipment and editing software. May Allah reward you. https://www.patreon.com/thejourneypodcast ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In today's episode, we will be talking about PTSD and Healing Powers with Asifa Popal. Who is Asifa popal? She is a certified Holistic Coach and Juice Therapist in the Anti-Aging aspect for 13 years. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gloria-goldberg/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gloria-goldberg/support

What are real-life examples of climate solutions that are just, equitable, community-driven, and lead to a “brighter, better world?” They are community-driven solutions that stop harm, undo harm, and heal not only the Earth, but how we are in relationship with one another. In this episode we zoom in on “energy democracy,” a term describing a wide range of solutions that move away from a fossil fuel economy into renewable energies that also ensures energy is community-owned. We look at the work of the following Climate Justice Alliance members: Kentuckians for the Commonwealth as they devise community energy plans, UPROSE's solar park and clean energy development in Brooklyn, New York, and the Oregon Just Transition Alliance's Clean Energy campaign that flips extractive economics on its head. Bonus readings in description. Thanks to our guests, Basav Sen (Climate Change Policy Director at the Institute for Policy Studies), Cassia Heron (Immediate past chair of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, and a co-founder of the Louisville Association for Community Economics and the Louisville Community Grocery), and Elizabeth Yeampierre (Executive Director of UPROSE). Learn more about the grassroots communities and issues featured in this episode: UPROSE: https://www.uprose.org/ Oregon Just Transition Alliance: https://www.ojta.org/ Kentuckians For The Commonwealth: https://kftc.org/ The environmental disaster in Popal, India, that Basav talks about: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-is-still-unfolding/560726/ UPROSE's proposed clean energy industrial “GRID”: https://www.uprose.org/the-grid Oregon Clean Energy Opportunity Campaign: https://cleanenergyoregon.org/ Portland Clean Energy Fund https://portlandcleanenergyfund.org/about Empower Kentucky, people's energy plan: https://www.empowerkentucky.org/

22-year-old Entrepreneur, Ramin Popal discusses the importance of finding your niche and how you can transform your dreams into a business.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

22-year-old Entrepreneur, Ramin Popal discusses the importance of finding your niche and how you can transform your dreams into a business

On this weeks episode of #Leadership - What's on your mind? I speak to Khalida Popal. Khalida Popal began breaking down barriers and empowering women in Afghanistan in 2007 when she helped found the Afghan National Women's Soccer Team. She served as the team captain, and she later became the first woman ever hired by the Afghanistan Football Federation. When it became clear that she was no longer safe in the country, she went into exile and has continued her advocacy for the rights of women and girls by establishing the Denmark-based Girl Power Organisation. Girl Power encourages women's empowerment through sport, particularly for refugee and migrant girls. Ms Popal has become an outspoken and deeply respected advocate for women's rights in Afghanistan and beyond. A former defender on the soccer field, she is now a defender and champion of human rights around the globe. Amid the recent fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, she worked tirelessly to help dozens of female senior and youth soccer players from the senior & junior national teams escape and relocate. She has continued to support these girls and their families as they transition to their new countries of residence. Girl Power Org - https://www.girlpowerorg.com/ Find Stuart's socials below: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/STARDevelopm... LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwad... Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stuart_wadd... YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2x3... Spotify - #Leadership – What's on your mind? Make sure to hit SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed and thanks for watching. see you next week...

On this week's 51%, we wrap our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars. Dr. Sh. Haifaa Younis discusses her work at the Jannah Institute, an Islamic school for women. Uzma Popal, director of the Capital Region's Muslim Soup Kitchen Project, shares how charity is a pillar of her faith. And Stanford University's Dr. Amina Darwish challenges the perception of Muslim women in the U.S. Guests: Dr. Sh. Haifaa Younis, founder of the Jannah Institute; Uzma Popal, director of the Muslim Soup Kitchen Project; Dr. Amina Darwish, Associate Dean for Religious & Spiritual Life at Stanford University 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's produced by Jesse King, our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and experiences. Thanks for joining us, I'm Jesse King. This week, we're wrapping our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars. By now, at part four, we've spoken to women from various backgrounds about their beliefs. My hope in doing this, as someone who doesn't know much about religion, was to hear directly from women about how they worship, why they do it, and what they see as the greatest challenges in their faiths - because while a lot of today's mainstream religions are traditionally male-led, women are increasingly stepping up to the plate. Today, we're wrapping the series by speaking with three well-versed Muslim women. Our first guest is Dr. Sh. Haifaa Younis, the founder and chairman of the Jannah Institute in St. Louis, Missouri. Haifaa Younis is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist with roots in Iraq, and she says she started the Jannah Institute in 2013 to offer an Islamic education for women, by women. Haifaa Younis always wanted to dive deeper into her faith, and before starting the Institute, she went on her own journey in search of knowledge — a mission that proved somewhat difficult in the U.S. at the time. After trying various remote learning methods, she packed up her life and moved to Saudi Arabia, where she graduated from the Mecca Institute of Islamic Studies. "There, actually, is where I met the woman scholars. Before that I have not – maybe I've read about them before, but there I definitely met [them]. I learned 90% from woman scholars, with really deep knowledge," says Younis. "And the beauty when you learn from a woman – and this is not because of gender – is just because, as a woman, you know she goes through what you are going through. It's closer. So it doesn't mean the man doesn't do it, but it's just something a little bit [closer]. I didn't know this ‘till I felt it, ‘till I tried it. What kinds of classes are you teaching at the Jannah Institute? At the Jannah Institute, what we offer, there is a broad spectrum, because there's so many things you can learn about Islam. So we divided it into the main two things: the holy book itself, and then what we call Islamic study. So the holy book [courses are] if people want to learn how to read. Remember, the holy book, the Quran, is in Arabic, and the majority of the women that live in the west don't speak Arabic, and they don't know how to read. So we offer them courses from the basics, from literally the alphabet, to becoming an expert in reading. Then, if someone knows how to read, but they want to memorize – it's a huge virtue to memorize – we offer that too. Then we offer, if you want to read but you want to read perfect – how you study academically. How do you read it? It's a whole subject. That's one. And then the other, which is much more needed, is basically, “What does Islam say? What does Islam teach? How can I practice my religion living in the west, in 2022, as a professional woman, as a mother, as both?” And this is what we offer. We started in 2017, giving six-to-eight week courses, once a week or twice a week. And then last year in March, we call this “The Year of Knowledge: What Every Muslim Woman Should Learn About Islam.” And we designed it in a way that it is the traditional books and the traditional sciences, but in a practical way, and that the ordinary woman – the goal is not to graduate scholars, I told the woman from day one – the goal is you learn your religion, and how you apply it in your daily life. So what are some of the ways that students are taking those lessons into their daily lives? Whenever we are learning, the first question comes in how to apply it. So when we finished our first semester, we had the final exam. And at the end, there was a question, and I told the students, “This is not going to be marked.” And the question was, “What did this subject change in your life? And how did you apply it in your daily life?” So for example, when we were teaching the woman about prayers, how you pray – not supplication, how you perform, we call it “Sana” in Islam. And then we taught them all of it, the connection to God and everything. So what they wrote was amazing. Like, “I always used to look at it as a duty, I have to do it. I never thought of it as it is a connection with my creator. And now I take my time to do it.” The science of the Quran, which is very academic, and it's not easy – they said, “Although it is challenging, and a lot of new information, it's changed the way I look to the book itself. Like, ‘How am I, as a woman living in this day and age, how do I apply it? How do I learn it? And how do I teach it to my children and apply it in my home?'” So basically, it's a practical theory, but we bring it to practice always. And you went to school to memorize the Quran, correct? Yes. Yes, definitely. Was that like? How do you break up such a large text to put it down to memory? The younger you are the better, because your brain is not busy yet. So usually, either you do it yourself – a lot of people do it, but it takes much longer. Or you do it with a teacher one-to-one. Or the best way, where everyone will advise you, is you go to school. And usually there are small classes, eight or nine in the class. And you all memorize the same. The teacher is usually very expert. Usually, the way they do it, to make it easy: it's 30 parts. So they usually divided over three years, and every year you memorize 10 parts. The irony, if you want to use the word, and the challenge, is that you can forget it very easily. So when you memorize, you have to keep reviewing. So you build up…and you get tested and tested and tested. So you sit in front of the teacher, and you don't have the book, she opens it to any page, and then she says, “Read from the following.” What does worship look like to you? To me, and I have seen it also as we are teaching, what has the most impact is when you start learning about your creator. Because whatever we say, and we say, “Yeah, I know, I know, I know.” But when you start studying in detail – so we believe in a creed, that he is the only creator and the Prophet, peace be upon him, is the messenger. And then when you look at who is he, like we spend 13 weeks studying “Who is he?” This really had an impact on me before the students. One of the sayings says, “He created us, and he doesn't need us.” And he gives to us constantly and never runs out, if you want to use this word, of continuous giving. I always tell the students: take a break. Just think about this, close your eyes and see, “Who is he?” So when you want something, why do you ask from people? Why don't you go and ask from the source? And the source will make me subcontractors, if you only use the word, do it. So the most important to me personally, as a woman, is this connection, this personal connection. Anywhere I want to go – I don't need anybody, I just sit and I talk to him. And if you know his words, the holy book, it's even better, because now you're talking to him with his own words and spirit. Islam is a very spiritual religion, and many people don't know that, unfortunately. Even Muslims don't know that. There's a lot of spirituality and personal connection. And you don't get the peace that we are supposed to get from religion, unless you have this. One thing I've been asking my guests is, do you see any opportunities or obstacles in your religion? I would call them both. Because the obstacle is, I will call it one of the most misunderstood religions – because of many reasons, you probably know, working in the media. But this obstacle is the opportunity. This is how I look at it. For example, I cover my hair, right? So people will ask me about this. Well, this is an opportunity. I can look at it as an obstacle – “Well, they have labeled me” – but no, I look at it as an opportunity to explain to people what is my religion. Since I am doing it – I am convinced that I didn't do it for any other reason than to please Him, God – then this is the opportunity. I've been a professional lay woman for years, studied all in the western world. I have always had people, when they asked me, the first thing I say to myself is, “They don't know, there is no other reason they are asking. And this is the opportunity.” And this is what I teach, also, at the Jannah Institute. I always tell the women, “When you are in that grocery shop, this is your opportunity to practice what you are learning.” One of the teachings of the Prophet is to not get upset, don't get angry. So you go to the grocery shop, and the cashier is busy or made a mistake. Because we are so much used to everything going our way, we get upset. But remember what you learned and apply it, especially as a Muslim woman. And that's the opportunity. Do you have either a favorite religious message, or story, or person from the Quran that you'd like to share? Oh, I have lots of stories. My friends know that. But one story is not about me, but I was there. And I'm talking to you about the connection because I saw the connection on the spot. This is in the holy month of Ramadan. The last 10 days of Ramadan is a very highly spiritual time, when many go for exclusion. We call it the “Aitikaf,” when you go alone, and it's really highly recommended to do it in the mosque. So here I am. This is years ago, with another woman who I don't know. And we were in the mosque, in the holy mosque in Makkah, which is so crowded. Jesse, you're talking about millions, not one or two. And then you are up all night praying, and in between they give you a break, but if you want to leave the mosque, go out and eat and come back, you will miss the prayers. So whatever food you have [you eat], usually it's a cheese sandwich, maybe a piece of food. And this is for 10 days. So at the end, this woman, young woman at that time, in her 20s – you know that giving, generous person? Anybody wants anything, I was watching her, for 10 days, she gives it. So she came to me at 3 a.m. We were sitting together, exhausted. And she looked at me and she said, in her own slang language, “I am dying for a piece of meat.” And I looked at her and I was like, “Where are we going to get meat? We are in the mosque with this millions.” Not even five minutes [later], a woman comes in, sits in front of us with a container. She opens the container, and guess what's in the container? Meat, cooked meat in tomato sauce. We looked at her, we don't know this woman. She said, “By God, this was cooked at home, and you all are going to eat.” And I looked at her like, “What connection you have, that you only wanted food, and he gave it to you within five minutes.” Amazing, amazing. But to have the connection, you have to sacrifice, you have to work for him, and give for him, and do what he wants from you. And it's amazing what you get back. Well, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. That's all the questions that I had for you off the top my head. But is there anything that I'm missing that you'd like me to know? Or that you'd like our listeners to know? Thank you so much, and thanks for everyone who's listening to me. I would ask everybody who's listening to us: don't judge people. Learn, ask, and ask with a smile. And believe me, everybody will be more than happy [to help]. But don't judge anybody just because they look different. Especially women, just because they look different or maybe they have an accent. Believe me, this is what we believe in Islam: we all were created from dust, and we all got to go back to dust. One thing we've seen over the course of these episodes is how many people worship through service, and our next guest, Uzma Popal, is no exception. Popal has long been a member of the Al-Hidaya Center in Latham, New York, and since 2017, she's been the director of the center's Muslim Soup Kitchen Project. The charity, which helps families across the Capital Region, says it's served roughly 42,000 meals since 2014 - and the projects keep coming. I sat down with Popal to learn more. How did you get involved with the organization? So I actually grew up here, I came to America when I was nine years old. I had heard about the Muslim Soup Kitchen Project a while ago, and at that time, I was mother of two: my kids were around 10, 11. And I really wanted them to learn to give to the needy, and to help others. Because we have a lot that He has blessed us with, but I wanted my children to be able to be grateful and to give back. In our faith, charity is one of our pillars. We can't even really call ourselves Muslims if we don't give in charity. And when this, MSTP, came into my lap, I knew that this is something I really wanted to do. Tell me a little bit about what the project does. How often do you hold soup kitchens, and where do you operate? So MSKP, Muslim Soup Kitchen Project, has many programs underneath its umbrella. We serve monthly soup kitchens, monthly meals to local shelters in Schenectady, Albany, and Troy. We serve about 300 to 500 meals. On top of that, once a year we do the National Soup Kitchen Day, in which we serve over 1,200 meals just locally, and we extend to multiple shelters in Albany. There's also monthly drives that we do. So maybe in winter we do coats and socks and hats and stuff like that. When school starts around August, we do school supplies, and then we do fresh vegetables and fruit, things like that. So we do that every month. We have a donation center that we collect those things, and then we distribute it to local refugees, local families in need. In our holidays, we have either Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr. So one of the holidays is where we sacrifice meat, and we actually donated over 1,500 pounds of meat to local families in need. These are just a few of the things that MSKP does, along with, you know, visiting the sick and the elderly. That's another thing in our religion, is that we look out for our elders. Just the idea of putting your parents or somebody into the nursing home, it's like a foreign thought for us. I know it can't be helped sometimes, because people have to work. We understand that, you know, just because you put your parent in a nursing home doesn't mean you don't love them. Of course, everybody loves their parents. But in our culture, it's more, “They took care of us, now we have to take care of them.” So in the community, if there's somebody that doesn't have a family member, or they're alone, it's a community's job. It's their right upon us that we have to check on them. As you're helping people with these projects, what are the things that you often see them struggling with? What are some of the things that you're seeing out there in the community? Especially with COVID right now, you know, some people have temporarily lost their jobs. And everything is so expensive – even food, everything is rising. So even people that may have lived normally, without feeling the pain of all this, they are starting to feel that. And we also have the refugee group that has come, and we work closely with USCRI. When the refugees come, they contact us and we try to help them get resettled as much as possible. So for the Muslim refugees that come, some of the things that we provide for them, like welcome packages, may have their prayer rugs, as well as the Quran. Not only that, but before they can find permanent housing or apartments – USCRI finds it for them – so in that meantime, they are in a hotel, and they have no money, they don't have food stamps or anything like that. In order to help them with that, we actually provide lunches. You mentioned that there are different things you guys are looking for different times of the year. What are some ways that people can help out with the soup kitchen project right now? One thing that we're always in need of obviously, is volunteers. And people can go to our website, they can email mskp@al-hidaya.org. So they can even email us and say, “Hey, we want to volunteer,” and we can get them started. I like to see what the volunteers are into, what they like to do, and then we try to find the right spot for them. Another way people can donate is they can donate toiletries, or cleaning supplies, because these are the types of things that food stamps doesn't cover – but they're expensive. What was it that made you want to get more involved with your faith? Or has this always been a part of your life? Oh, yeah, definitely. The main reason I'm doing this and being part of this is because of my faith. We have the Quran, the holy book, and after that, we have Hadith. The Hadith is all the Sunnah, which is the sayings of the Prophet and the things he did. So it'll say, “Give charity,” but then the Hadith will tell us how to give charity, and who to give to charity. And one thing that always stands out to me is, it says, “One cannot be a Muslim, unless they want for their brothers what they have for themselves.” So when you think about that, how can I eat food, and be OK with that, knowing that my neighbor, or somebody I know, is starving and going hungry? And then another thing that I really like is, when it comes to charity, it says charity begins at home. So I can't go and help the community when my own children are starving, you know? That just doesn't make sense. So I see it as a circle that grows. It's all about intentions. So if we do something, it depends what your intention is. For example, if I said, “I like your shirt” in a cynical or wrong way, where it hurts your feelings – like, yeah, I said, “I like your shirt,” but am I going to get a good deed or a bad deed? You know, obviously, it's a bad deed, because what was the intention? So if I say, “I like your shirt” [and mean it] – which I do, by the way – I get a good deed for that. If I sit down and I watch a movie with my family, and I did it with the intention that, you know, I want to spend time with my family, that's good, I get a good deed for it. And I don't know too much about too many other faiths and everything, but in one day, every action, everything that I could do, I could get a reward for it. National Muslim Soup Kitchen Day is scheduled for May 28th with participating soup kitchens across the U.S. For additional info on donations and more about the charity, check them out at al-hidaya.org. Our last guest today has actually already been mentioned on this program before. Dr. Amina Darwish is a close friend of last week's guest, Sangeetha Kowsik, and she does quite a lot of work as a spiritual advisor and the Associate Dean for Religious & Spiritual Life at Stanford University. She originally got her doctorate in chemical engineering before switching career paths and choosing to pursue Islamic scholarship. What made you want to steer your life toward studying Islam? I don't know if I should call them spiritual crises, because they ended up being spiritual awakenings. But when I was 16, I decided like, “You know, this whole praying five times a day thing is a lot of work. I'm either going to do it for me, or I'm not going to do it at all.” And I started reading the Quran mostly to like, argue with my mom. If I was gonna be like, “Oh, I'm not gonna pray anymore,” then I could rebut what she was saying based on this text. And I remember reading it for the first time, and by the end of it, I was like, “Shoot, I think I'm still Muslim. I have to keep praying. I think I should do this now.” And I remember once going to a conference, and it was a discussion on spirituality, and Imam Ghazali is like one of the most renowned Muslim mystics in Islamic history. And I remember hearing his book, it's called The Alchemy of Happiness – and I was like, “Where has this been my whole life?” I still have my notes about like the spirit and the ego, and how your spirit existed before your body, and it still remembers the presence of God, and it's always yearning for and it's always yearning for this, like, timeless existence. That was actually the beginning of me trying to learn and study Islam more seriously. Unfortunately, there are a lot of idiots on the internet. And when you research things online about Islam, the junk that they say about women is ridiculous. I grew up in a Muslim family, I lived in Kuwait for a long time, I've lived in Muslim societies, and I knew what they were saying was just not true to the lived reality. And I also knew deep in my heart, like, I know God's not a misogynist. And there were so many women in the life of Prophet Muhammad, that anytime someone's like, “Oh, women can't do this,” I'm like, “Let me tell you about a woman in the life of Prophet Muhammad who did.” There's a woman that goes to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and she asks him, she's like, “Why in this verse are men mentioned more than women?” And my response every time I present this – this woman was later widowed, Prophet Muhammad marries her later in her life – and I'm like, if people ask who wants to marry the crazy feminist woman that's like, “What about this thing?” The answer's Prophet Muhammad, and people who are actually following his footsteps. So I like this woman. And I'm so grateful for all of those examples of women in the life of Prophet Muhammad. And I feel like very few people know about them. Are there any other things that you feel people misunderstand about your faith? That seems to be the biggest one. I've lived in different parts of the country, so I lived in Ohio, and I remember showing up to spaces where I'm the Muslim representative, and someone's like, “Islam oppresses women.” And I'm like, “My dude, they sent me. What are you talking about?” I'm just so confused. And it's odd, because I feel like, especially as women, we struggle claiming [our] space and claiming [our] expertise – and I'm standing in this space, and I'm like, “No, I'm the expert in this room about Islam. And you're not going to tell me what it is.” We had a guest speaker, it's actually the first event I did at Stanford. Dr. Donna Austin is a professor at Rutgers University, and she had a discussion on the women in Malcolm X's life. His sister, Ella Collins, was the one that got him transferred, and advocated for him to get transferred to the prison that had the library. And that's how he learned how to read. He memorized a dictionary. And without his sister, he wouldn't have been there. And she talked about his sister, she talked about his mother, she talked about Dr. Betty Shabazz – like, we celebrate him, and we forget to mention the women that made him who he is. He couldn't have been that person without her, and this unspoken emotional labor that a lot of the times women do. And she was talking about [how] loving someone that society has deemed unlovable is an act of resistance. And it's an act of beauty. And that really resonated with me. Because even in the story of Moses, and I think this is true in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures, a lot of the women in history are unnamed. And it talks about his sister, it talks about his mother, it talks about his adoptive mother, and you see all of these women that healed him, carried him through his trauma, and protected him, and gave him the opportunity to become who he was. So then he can walk into the court of Pharaoh be like, “Let me tell you about God. Even though you're trying to kill me.” It's such a badass moment, but he couldn't have been there without the love these women gave him. I've been teaching the life of Prophet Muhammad for a number of years now, and a lot of the times the feedback I got from people was like, “This is the first time I've heard these particular stories.” I'm named after Prophet Muhammad's mom, so of course, I'm gonna talk about his mom. I'm talking about his mom a lot. Other times, you're like, ‘OK, this is where he was born.” [I start the story at] “No, this is everything that was happening in his society when he was born.” His father passed away when his mom was still pregnant, this pregnant widow is carrying all of this. And that's the beginning of his life. Tell me a little bit more about Muhammad's mother. Sadly, she passed away when he was six years old. He had so much trauma as a child. And even the Quran later addresses it and says, “You were an orphan and we sent people to love you.” Because if you look at a tribal society, the most vulnerable person is the orphan. And there's so much celebrating that child and protecting that child. And not just protecting that child with like, here we give, we donate. No, people loved him, people took him in. And it's fascinating that like, that was part of God helping him through his trauma. When he was much, much later in his life – he's in his 60s, he's achieved this success of his message spreading everywhere, people are recognizing him for the leader that he is. And he stops by the place where his mother is buried, and he's just gone for a long time. And then they send someone to go find him, and they just find him standing right next to where his mother was buried, just crying, just missing her. She clearly gave him so much love, and believed in him so much, that he was able to carry through the rest of his life knowing he was loved. That love is healing, it gives people resilience. I was talking to a student earlier today that's telling me about her fiancée. She's like, “It's getting really exciting, I think I'm gonna marry him.” And one of the conversations we had reflected on the story of Moses, and like, “If you marry him, do you think in 10 years that your prayers will be better? That they'll be deeper, they'll be more meaningful?” And she's like, “Yeah, I think so.” Then he is your spiritual partner. That's awesome. For those who don't know, let's just go over some of the basic beliefs in Islam and the ways that you worship. Most basic belief is just the oneness of God. There's one God, he sends prophets to tell us about – I want to say himself, just because English doesn't have a genderless, singular [pronoun]. Arabic does, which I'm grateful for. Even just putting God, when you say “he,” it becomes so limiting. God by design is one, and only God can be one, because only God is perfect and unique in their oneness. All the rest of us need other people. What daily practice looks like? I mentioned the five daily prayers, they're based on the position of the sun. They're at different times, just spread out throughout your day. They're very small circuits. It's also a physical prayer, so you're in different physical positions – there's a point where your head is above your heart and you're standing, there's a point where you're bowing and your heart and head are level, there's a point where your face is on the ground, and your heart is above your head. And there's different things that you're saying in each of those positions. And it's very personal, [but] you can do it in a group. It looks like people standing in rows doing yoga together, which I think is hilarious. In the same way that Muslims are talked about a lot, unfortunately, in the news, in very negative light, very rarely is everyday Muslim life actually discussed. The most consistent thing that is said in the prayer is “Allahu Akbar,” “God is greater.” This is, by design, not a complete sentence because you can, in your own mind, like “God is greater than whatever I was worried about before I started the prayer.” “God is greater” than this. I can personalize it, I can make it my own experience. And unfortunately, a lot of Americans will hear the words “Allahu Akbar,” and they're like, “Oh, no, this is something bad.” And that makes me sad. Like, I say it a lot. Any practicing Muslim says that a lot. And it feels so insulting, that someone can commit an evil act, say it once, and somehow their once becomes more valuable than my 100 times a day. Me and every other practicing Muslim. Overall, do you have any religious stories or messages that you'd like to share? So Prophet Muhammad's wife narrates the greatest number of narrations from him. He passed away, and she, for the rest of her life, carried on his message. Up to a third of Islam came to us from this woman, and such detailed things of like, “This is the procedure he followed in his shower.” Who would be able to tell us that besides his wife? And any time there's someone that is insulting to Muslim women, I'm like – first of all, go talk to one. I promise we're a force to be reckoned with. And two, a third of Islam came to us through a woman. We wouldn't know so much of our religion without her, and it's not like the other two thirds was all men. The other two thirds included both men and women. Muslim women have always been at the forefront of our faith: the first martyr was a woman, the first believer was a woman. There's so many firsts in Islam. One of my favorites, the oldest running degree-granting university in the world is the one in Fez in Morocco. It was opened by a woman by the name of Fatima al-Fihri. There was a moment where the [former] president of Harvard, at some point, was like, “Women are just not as good at math.” And then he got himself fired and replaced by a woman, which was perfect poetic justice. Thank you, whoever did that. But I remember when he said that, and we were having a discussion at the mosque, and I was like, “No, no. This university was credited of introducing the Arabic numerals that we now use to Europe. So we all wouldn't do math the way that we do without this particular woman, let alone every woman that has been.” I mean, like, women were at the beginning of computer science, and now our image of a computer scientist is a man. And it just it's not giving credit where credit is due. You've been listening to 51%. A big thanks, again to Dr. Amina Darwish, Uzma Popal, and Dr. Sh. Haifaa Younis for participating in this week's episode — and thanks to you for joining us in this special series. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram at @51percentradio. Until next week, I'm Jesse King for 51%.

On this week's 51%, we wrap our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars. Dr. Sh. Haifaa Younis discusses her work at the Jannah Institute, an Islamic school for women. Uzma Popal, director of the Capital Region's Muslim Soup Kitchen Project, shares how charity is a pillar of her faith. And Stanford University's Dr. Amina Darwish challenges the perception of Muslim women in the U.S. Guests: Dr. Sh. Haifaa Younis, founder of the Jannah Institute; Uzma Popal, director of the Muslim Soup Kitchen Project; Dr. Amina Darwish, Associate Dean for Religious & Spiritual Life at Stanford University 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's produced by Jesse King, our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and experiences. Thanks for joining us, I'm Jesse King. This week, we're wrapping our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars. By now, at part four, we've spoken to women from various backgrounds about their beliefs. My hope in doing this, as someone who doesn't know much about religion, was to hear directly from women about how they worship, why they do it, and what they see as the greatest challenges in their faiths - because while a lot of today's mainstream religions are traditionally male-led, women are increasingly stepping up to the plate. Today, we're wrapping the series by speaking with three well-versed Muslim women. Our first guest is Dr. Sh. Haifaa Younis, the founder and chairman of the Jannah Institute in St. Louis, Missouri. Haifaa Younis is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist with roots in Iraq, and she says she started the Jannah Institute in 2013 to offer an Islamic education for women, by women. Haifaa Younis always wanted to dive deeper into her faith, and before starting the Institute, she went on her own journey in search of knowledge — a mission that proved somewhat difficult in the U.S. at the time. After trying various remote learning methods, she packed up her life and moved to Saudi Arabia, where she graduated from the Mecca Institute of Islamic Studies. "There, actually, is where I met the woman scholars. Before that I have not – maybe I've read about them before, but there I definitely met [them]. I learned 90% from woman scholars, with really deep knowledge," says Younis. "And the beauty when you learn from a woman – and this is not because of gender – is just because, as a woman, you know she goes through what you are going through. It's closer. So it doesn't mean the man doesn't do it, but it's just something a little bit [closer]. I didn't know this ‘till I felt it, ‘till I tried it. What kinds of classes are you teaching at the Jannah Institute? At the Jannah Institute, what we offer, there is a broad spectrum, because there's so many things you can learn about Islam. So we divided it into the main two things: the holy book itself, and then what we call Islamic study. So the holy book [courses are] if people want to learn how to read. Remember, the holy book, the Quran, is in Arabic, and the majority of the women that live in the west don't speak Arabic, and they don't know how to read. So we offer them courses from the basics, from literally the alphabet, to becoming an expert in reading. Then, if someone knows how to read, but they want to memorize – it's a huge virtue to memorize – we offer that too. Then we offer, if you want to read but you want to read perfect – how you study academically. How do you read it? It's a whole subject. That's one. And then the other, which is much more needed, is basically, “What does Islam say? What does Islam teach? How can I practice my religion living in the west, in 2022, as a professional woman, as a mother, as both?” And this is what we offer. We started in 2017, giving six-to-eight week courses, once a week or twice a week. And then last year in March, we call this “The Year of Knowledge: What Every Muslim Woman Should Learn About Islam.” And we designed it in a way that it is the traditional books and the traditional sciences, but in a practical way, and that the ordinary woman – the goal is not to graduate scholars, I told the woman from day one – the goal is you learn your religion, and how you apply it in your daily life. So what are some of the ways that students are taking those lessons into their daily lives? Whenever we are learning, the first question comes in how to apply it. So when we finished our first semester, we had the final exam. And at the end, there was a question, and I told the students, “This is not going to be marked.” And the question was, “What did this subject change in your life? And how did you apply it in your daily life?” So for example, when we were teaching the woman about prayers, how you pray – not supplication, how you perform, we call it “Sana” in Islam. And then we taught them all of it, the connection to God and everything. So what they wrote was amazing. Like, “I always used to look at it as a duty, I have to do it. I never thought of it as it is a connection with my creator. And now I take my time to do it.” The science of the Quran, which is very academic, and it's not easy – they said, “Although it is challenging, and a lot of new information, it's changed the way I look to the book itself. Like, ‘How am I, as a woman living in this day and age, how do I apply it? How do I learn it? And how do I teach it to my children and apply it in my home?'” So basically, it's a practical theory, but we bring it to practice always. And you went to school to memorize the Quran, correct? Yes. Yes, definitely. Was that like? How do you break up such a large text to put it down to memory? The younger you are the better, because your brain is not busy yet. So usually, either you do it yourself – a lot of people do it, but it takes much longer. Or you do it with a teacher one-to-one. Or the best way, where everyone will advise you, is you go to school. And usually there are small classes, eight or nine in the class. And you all memorize the same. The teacher is usually very expert. Usually, the way they do it, to make it easy: it's 30 parts. So they usually divided over three years, and every year you memorize 10 parts. The irony, if you want to use the word, and the challenge, is that you can forget it very easily. So when you memorize, you have to keep reviewing. So you build up…and you get tested and tested and tested. So you sit in front of the teacher, and you don't have the book, she opens it to any page, and then she says, “Read from the following.” What does worship look like to you? To me, and I have seen it also as we are teaching, what has the most impact is when you start learning about your creator. Because whatever we say, and we say, “Yeah, I know, I know, I know.” But when you start studying in detail – so we believe in a creed, that he is the only creator and the Prophet, peace be upon him, is the messenger. And then when you look at who is he, like we spend 13 weeks studying “Who is he?” This really had an impact on me before the students. One of the sayings says, “He created us, and he doesn't need us.” And he gives to us constantly and never runs out, if you want to use this word, of continuous giving. I always tell the students: take a break. Just think about this, close your eyes and see, “Who is he?” So when you want something, why do you ask from people? Why don't you go and ask from the source? And the source will make me subcontractors, if you only use the word, do it. So the most important to me personally, as a woman, is this connection, this personal connection. Anywhere I want to go – I don't need anybody, I just sit and I talk to him. And if you know his words, the holy book, it's even better, because now you're talking to him with his own words and spirit. Islam is a very spiritual religion, and many people don't know that, unfortunately. Even Muslims don't know that. There's a lot of spirituality and personal connection. And you don't get the peace that we are supposed to get from religion, unless you have this. One thing I've been asking my guests is, do you see any opportunities or obstacles in your religion? I would call them both. Because the obstacle is, I will call it one of the most misunderstood religions – because of many reasons, you probably know, working in the media. But this obstacle is the opportunity. This is how I look at it. For example, I cover my hair, right? So people will ask me about this. Well, this is an opportunity. I can look at it as an obstacle – “Well, they have labeled me” – but no, I look at it as an opportunity to explain to people what is my religion. Since I am doing it – I am convinced that I didn't do it for any other reason than to please Him, God – then this is the opportunity. I've been a professional lay woman for years, studied all in the western world. I have always had people, when they asked me, the first thing I say to myself is, “They don't know, there is no other reason they are asking. And this is the opportunity.” And this is what I teach, also, at the Jannah Institute. I always tell the women, “When you are in that grocery shop, this is your opportunity to practice what you are learning.” One of the teachings of the Prophet is to not get upset, don't get angry. So you go to the grocery shop, and the cashier is busy or made a mistake. Because we are so much used to everything going our way, we get upset. But remember what you learned and apply it, especially as a Muslim woman. And that's the opportunity. Do you have either a favorite religious message, or story, or person from the Quran that you'd like to share? Oh, I have lots of stories. My friends know that. But one story is not about me, but I was there. And I'm talking to you about the connection because I saw the connection on the spot. This is in the holy month of Ramadan. The last 10 days of Ramadan is a very highly spiritual time, when many go for exclusion. We call it the “Aitikaf,” when you go alone, and it's really highly recommended to do it in the mosque. So here I am. This is years ago, with another woman who I don't know. And we were in the mosque, in the holy mosque in Makkah, which is so crowded. Jesse, you're talking about millions, not one or two. And then you are up all night praying, and in between they give you a break, but if you want to leave the mosque, go out and eat and come back, you will miss the prayers. So whatever food you have [you eat], usually it's a cheese sandwich, maybe a piece of food. And this is for 10 days. So at the end, this woman, young woman at that time, in her 20s – you know that giving, generous person? Anybody wants anything, I was watching her, for 10 days, she gives it. So she came to me at 3 a.m. We were sitting together, exhausted. And she looked at me and she said, in her own slang language, “I am dying for a piece of meat.” And I looked at her and I was like, “Where are we going to get meat? We are in the mosque with this millions.” Not even five minutes [later], a woman comes in, sits in front of us with a container. She opens the container, and guess what's in the container? Meat, cooked meat in tomato sauce. We looked at her, we don't know this woman. She said, “By God, this was cooked at home, and you all are going to eat.” And I looked at her like, “What connection you have, that you only wanted food, and he gave it to you within five minutes.” Amazing, amazing. But to have the connection, you have to sacrifice, you have to work for him, and give for him, and do what he wants from you. And it's amazing what you get back. Well, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. That's all the questions that I had for you off the top my head. But is there anything that I'm missing that you'd like me to know? Or that you'd like our listeners to know? Thank you so much, and thanks for everyone who's listening to me. I would ask everybody who's listening to us: don't judge people. Learn, ask, and ask with a smile. And believe me, everybody will be more than happy [to help]. But don't judge anybody just because they look different. Especially women, just because they look different or maybe they have an accent. Believe me, this is what we believe in Islam: we all were created from dust, and we all got to go back to dust. One thing we've seen over the course of these episodes is how many people worship through service, and our next guest, Uzma Popal, is no exception. Popal has long been a member of the Al-Hidaya Center in Latham, New York, and since 2017, she's been the director of the center's Muslim Soup Kitchen Project. The charity, which helps families across the Capital Region, says it's served roughly 42,000 meals since 2014 - and the projects keep coming. I sat down with Popal to learn more. How did you get involved with the organization? So I actually grew up here, I came to America when I was nine years old. I had heard about the Muslim Soup Kitchen Project a while ago, and at that time, I was mother of two: my kids were around 10, 11. And I really wanted them to learn to give to the needy, and to help others. Because we have a lot that He has blessed us with, but I wanted my children to be able to be grateful and to give back. In our faith, charity is one of our pillars. We can't even really call ourselves Muslims if we don't give in charity. And when this, MSTP, came into my lap, I knew that this is something I really wanted to do. Tell me a little bit about what the project does. How often do you hold soup kitchens, and where do you operate? So MSKP, Muslim Soup Kitchen Project, has many programs underneath its umbrella. We serve monthly soup kitchens, monthly meals to local shelters in Schenectady, Albany, and Troy. We serve about 300 to 500 meals. On top of that, once a year we do the National Soup Kitchen Day, in which we serve over 1,200 meals just locally, and we extend to multiple shelters in Albany. There's also monthly drives that we do. So maybe in winter we do coats and socks and hats and stuff like that. When school starts around August, we do school supplies, and then we do fresh vegetables and fruit, things like that. So we do that every month. We have a donation center that we collect those things, and then we distribute it to local refugees, local families in need. In our holidays, we have either Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr. So one of the holidays is where we sacrifice meat, and we actually donated over 1,500 pounds of meat to local families in need. These are just a few of the things that MSKP does, along with, you know, visiting the sick and the elderly. That's another thing in our religion, is that we look out for our elders. Just the idea of putting your parents or somebody into the nursing home, it's like a foreign thought for us. I know it can't be helped sometimes, because people have to work. We understand that, you know, just because you put your parent in a nursing home doesn't mean you don't love them. Of course, everybody loves their parents. But in our culture, it's more, “They took care of us, now we have to take care of them.” So in the community, if there's somebody that doesn't have a family member, or they're alone, it's a community's job. It's their right upon us that we have to check on them. As you're helping people with these projects, what are the things that you often see them struggling with? What are some of the things that you're seeing out there in the community? Especially with COVID right now, you know, some people have temporarily lost their jobs. And everything is so expensive – even food, everything is rising. So even people that may have lived normally, without feeling the pain of all this, they are starting to feel that. And we also have the refugee group that has come, and we work closely with USCRI. When the refugees come, they contact us and we try to help them get resettled as much as possible. So for the Muslim refugees that come, some of the things that we provide for them, like welcome packages, may have their prayer rugs, as well as the Quran. Not only that, but before they can find permanent housing or apartments – USCRI finds it for them – so in that meantime, they are in a hotel, and they have no money, they don't have food stamps or anything like that. In order to help them with that, we actually provide lunches. You mentioned that there are different things you guys are looking for different times of the year. What are some ways that people can help out with the soup kitchen project right now? One thing that we're always in need of obviously, is volunteers. And people can go to our website, they can email mskp@al-hidaya.org. So they can even email us and say, “Hey, we want to volunteer,” and we can get them started. I like to see what the volunteers are into, what they like to do, and then we try to find the right spot for them. Another way people can donate is they can donate toiletries, or cleaning supplies, because these are the types of things that food stamps doesn't cover – but they're expensive. What was it that made you want to get more involved with your faith? Or has this always been a part of your life? Oh, yeah, definitely. The main reason I'm doing this and being part of this is because of my faith. We have the Quran, the holy book, and after that, we have Hadith. The Hadith is all the Sunnah, which is the sayings of the Prophet and the things he did. So it'll say, “Give charity,” but then the Hadith will tell us how to give charity, and who to give to charity. And one thing that always stands out to me is, it says, “One cannot be a Muslim, unless they want for their brothers what they have for themselves.” So when you think about that, how can I eat food, and be OK with that, knowing that my neighbor, or somebody I know, is starving and going hungry? And then another thing that I really like is, when it comes to charity, it says charity begins at home. So I can't go and help the community when my own children are starving, you know? That just doesn't make sense. So I see it as a circle that grows. It's all about intentions. So if we do something, it depends what your intention is. For example, if I said, “I like your shirt” in a cynical or wrong way, where it hurts your feelings – like, yeah, I said, “I like your shirt,” but am I going to get a good deed or a bad deed? You know, obviously, it's a bad deed, because what was the intention? So if I say, “I like your shirt” [and mean it] – which I do, by the way – I get a good deed for that. If I sit down and I watch a movie with my family, and I did it with the intention that, you know, I want to spend time with my family, that's good, I get a good deed for it. And I don't know too much about too many other faiths and everything, but in one day, every action, everything that I could do, I could get a reward for it. National Muslim Soup Kitchen Day is scheduled for May 28th with participating soup kitchens across the U.S. For additional info on donations and more about the charity, check them out at al-hidaya.org. Our last guest today has actually already been mentioned on this program before. Dr. Amina Darwish is a close friend of last week's guest, Sangeetha Kowsik, and she does quite a lot of work as a spiritual advisor and the Associate Dean for Religious & Spiritual Life at Stanford University. She originally got her doctorate in chemical engineering before switching career paths and choosing to pursue Islamic scholarship. What made you want to steer your life toward studying Islam? I don't know if I should call them spiritual crises, because they ended up being spiritual awakenings. But when I was 16, I decided like, “You know, this whole praying five times a day thing is a lot of work. I'm either going to do it for me, or I'm not going to do it at all.” And I started reading the Quran mostly to like, argue with my mom. If I was gonna be like, “Oh, I'm not gonna pray anymore,” then I could rebut what she was saying based on this text. And I remember reading it for the first time, and by the end of it, I was like, “Shoot, I think I'm still Muslim. I have to keep praying. I think I should do this now.” And I remember once going to a conference, and it was a discussion on spirituality, and Imam Ghazali is like one of the most renowned Muslim mystics in Islamic history. And I remember hearing his book, it's called The Alchemy of Happiness – and I was like, “Where has this been my whole life?” I still have my notes about like the spirit and the ego, and how your spirit existed before your body, and it still remembers the presence of God, and it's always yearning for and it's always yearning for this, like, timeless existence. That was actually the beginning of me trying to learn and study Islam more seriously. Unfortunately, there are a lot of idiots on the internet. And when you research things online about Islam, the junk that they say about women is ridiculous. I grew up in a Muslim family, I lived in Kuwait for a long time, I've lived in Muslim societies, and I knew what they were saying was just not true to the lived reality. And I also knew deep in my heart, like, I know God's not a misogynist. And there were so many women in the life of Prophet Muhammad, that anytime someone's like, “Oh, women can't do this,” I'm like, “Let me tell you about a woman in the life of Prophet Muhammad who did.” There's a woman that goes to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and she asks him, she's like, “Why in this verse are men mentioned more than women?” And my response every time I present this – this woman was later widowed, Prophet Muhammad marries her later in her life – and I'm like, if people ask who wants to marry the crazy feminist woman that's like, “What about this thing?” The answer's Prophet Muhammad, and people who are actually following his footsteps. So I like this woman. And I'm so grateful for all of those examples of women in the life of Prophet Muhammad. And I feel like very few people know about them. Are there any other things that you feel people misunderstand about your faith? That seems to be the biggest one. I've lived in different parts of the country, so I lived in Ohio, and I remember showing up to spaces where I'm the Muslim representative, and someone's like, “Islam oppresses women.” And I'm like, “My dude, they sent me. What are you talking about?” I'm just so confused. And it's odd, because I feel like, especially as women, we struggle claiming [our] space and claiming [our] expertise – and I'm standing in this space, and I'm like, “No, I'm the expert in this room about Islam. And you're not going to tell me what it is.” We had a guest speaker, it's actually the first event I did at Stanford. Dr. Donna Austin is a professor at Rutgers University, and she had a discussion on the women in Malcolm X's life. His sister, Ella Collins, was the one that got him transferred, and advocated for him to get transferred to the prison that had the library. And that's how he learned how to read. He memorized a dictionary. And without his sister, he wouldn't have been there. And she talked about his sister, she talked about his mother, she talked about Dr. Betty Shabazz – like, we celebrate him, and we forget to mention the women that made him who he is. He couldn't have been that person without her, and this unspoken emotional labor that a lot of the times women do. And she was talking about [how] loving someone that society has deemed unlovable is an act of resistance. And it's an act of beauty. And that really resonated with me. Because even in the story of Moses, and I think this is true in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures, a lot of the women in history are unnamed. And it talks about his sister, it talks about his mother, it talks about his adoptive mother, and you see all of these women that healed him, carried him through his trauma, and protected him, and gave him the opportunity to become who he was. So then he can walk into the court of Pharaoh be like, “Let me tell you about God. Even though you're trying to kill me.” It's such a badass moment, but he couldn't have been there without the love these women gave him. I've been teaching the life of Prophet Muhammad for a number of years now, and a lot of the times the feedback I got from people was like, “This is the first time I've heard these particular stories.” I'm named after Prophet Muhammad's mom, so of course, I'm gonna talk about his mom. I'm talking about his mom a lot. Other times, you're like, ‘OK, this is where he was born.” [I start the story at] “No, this is everything that was happening in his society when he was born.” His father passed away when his mom was still pregnant, this pregnant widow is carrying all of this. And that's the beginning of his life. Tell me a little bit more about Muhammad's mother. Sadly, she passed away when he was six years old. He had so much trauma as a child. And even the Quran later addresses it and says, “You were an orphan and we sent people to love you.” Because if you look at a tribal society, the most vulnerable person is the orphan. And there's so much celebrating that child and protecting that child. And not just protecting that child with like, here we give, we donate. No, people loved him, people took him in. And it's fascinating that like, that was part of God helping him through his trauma. When he was much, much later in his life – he's in his 60s, he's achieved this success of his message spreading everywhere, people are recognizing him for the leader that he is. And he stops by the place where his mother is buried, and he's just gone for a long time. And then they send someone to go find him, and they just find him standing right next to where his mother was buried, just crying, just missing her. She clearly gave him so much love, and believed in him so much, that he was able to carry through the rest of his life knowing he was loved. That love is healing, it gives people resilience. I was talking to a student earlier today that's telling me about her fiancée. She's like, “It's getting really exciting, I think I'm gonna marry him.” And one of the conversations we had reflected on the story of Moses, and like, “If you marry him, do you think in 10 years that your prayers will be better? That they'll be deeper, they'll be more meaningful?” And she's like, “Yeah, I think so.” Then he is your spiritual partner. That's awesome. For those who don't know, let's just go over some of the basic beliefs in Islam and the ways that you worship. Most basic belief is just the oneness of God. There's one God, he sends prophets to tell us about – I want to say himself, just because English doesn't have a genderless, singular [pronoun]. Arabic does, which I'm grateful for. Even just putting God, when you say “he,” it becomes so limiting. God by design is one, and only God can be one, because only God is perfect and unique in their oneness. All the rest of us need other people. What daily practice looks like? I mentioned the five daily prayers, they're based on the position of the sun. They're at different times, just spread out throughout your day. They're very small circuits. It's also a physical prayer, so you're in different physical positions – there's a point where your head is above your heart and you're standing, there's a point where you're bowing and your heart and head are level, there's a point where your face is on the ground, and your heart is above your head. And there's different things that you're saying in each of those positions. And it's very personal, [but] you can do it in a group. It looks like people standing in rows doing yoga together, which I think is hilarious. In the same way that Muslims are talked about a lot, unfortunately, in the news, in very negative light, very rarely is everyday Muslim life actually discussed. The most consistent thing that is said in the prayer is “Allahu Akbar,” “God is greater.” This is, by design, not a complete sentence because you can, in your own mind, like “God is greater than whatever I was worried about before I started the prayer.” “God is greater” than this. I can personalize it, I can make it my own experience. And unfortunately, a lot of Americans will hear the words “Allahu Akbar,” and they're like, “Oh, no, this is something bad.” And that makes me sad. Like, I say it a lot. Any practicing Muslim says that a lot. And it feels so insulting, that someone can commit an evil act, say it once, and somehow their once becomes more valuable than my 100 times a day. Me and every other practicing Muslim. Overall, do you have any religious stories or messages that you'd like to share? So Prophet Muhammad's wife narrates the greatest number of narrations from him. He passed away, and she, for the rest of her life, carried on his message. Up to a third of Islam came to us from this woman, and such detailed things of like, “This is the procedure he followed in his shower.” Who would be able to tell us that besides his wife? And any time there's someone that is insulting to Muslim women, I'm like – first of all, go talk to one. I promise we're a force to be reckoned with. And two, a third of Islam came to us through a woman. We wouldn't know so much of our religion without her, and it's not like the other two thirds was all men. The other two thirds included both men and women. Muslim women have always been at the forefront of our faith: the first martyr was a woman, the first believer was a woman. There's so many firsts in Islam. One of my favorites, the oldest running degree-granting university in the world is the one in Fez in Morocco. It was opened by a woman by the name of Fatima al-Fihri. There was a moment where the [former] president of Harvard, at some point, was like, “Women are just not as good at math.” And then he got himself fired and replaced by a woman, which was perfect poetic justice. Thank you, whoever did that. But I remember when he said that, and we were having a discussion at the mosque, and I was like, “No, no. This university was credited of introducing the Arabic numerals that we now use to Europe. So we all wouldn't do math the way that we do without this particular woman, let alone every woman that has been.” I mean, like, women were at the beginning of computer science, and now our image of a computer scientist is a man. And it just it's not giving credit where credit is due. You've been listening to 51%. A big thanks, again to Dr. Amina Darwish, Uzma Popal, and Dr. Sh. Haifaa Younis for participating in this week's episode — and thanks to you for joining us in this special series. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram at @51percentradio. Until next week, I'm Jesse King for 51%.

In this classic interview from the GDMS Marketing Podcast, we sit down with Personal Trainer, Sal Popal, to discuss TikTok Marketing including upcoming TikTok Trends, how to gain TikTok Followers, and if he has ever created any TikTok ads. Get your free SEO Check and Website Audit by clicking here. Benefits of TikTok Marketing TikTok at its core is primarily a mobile social media app that is focused on short videos, centered around the user There is a large community of TikTok users. On average there are 1 billion active TikTok users a month TikTok's algorithm makes it easy for first time TikTok Content creators to be unearthed using the "Discovery Tab" Under this tab, new content from any user is distributed anonymously to millions of TikTok users If you have the right TikTok Marketing strategy along with a TikTok Ad or TikTok Video that resonates with your target audience, it is fairly easy for your content to go viral In our in-depth interview with Sal Popal Certified Personal Trainer & Online Fitness Coach at Sal Popal Fit we discussed the following: How Sal first got involved in overall fitness What drove sal to become a certified personal trainer How Sal fell in love with helping people transform and how much he enjoys that journey of helping his clients achieve their goals? Does Sal primarily use TikTok Marketing as the only way you generate brand awareness? How Sal first started accumulating TikTok Followers? What Sal thinks makes him so effective at TikTok Marketing? Has Sal ever created or been a part of any TikTok Ads? Sal discusses any TikTok Trends our audience should be aware of? Sal discusses the most effective TikTok video that he has ever created and why he thinks it was effective Sal's favorite scary movie both A-List and D-list Sal's favorite sporting moment --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Vi träffar Arman Popal som gjorde sin proffsdebut redan 2015. Skön samtal med en taggad Arman som kommer ta sig an Wadi Tergui på den kommande svenska nysatsningen Zone Pro League 1, som går på Trädgår'n i Göteborg.  Det är kill or be killed som gäller och jag är inte den som ger mig tills jag vinner. Jag tackar aldrig nej till utmaningar, säger Popal till Zone. Arman är en rutinerad fighter och en fantastisk far. Hör på detta samtal med Arman Popal och bli inspirerad.

This week Grant and Zoe are joined by Farhat Popal, Immigrant Affairs Manager with the City of San Diego and former Senior Program Analyst at Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). Farhat talks about what the United States can do to protect Afghans in Afghanistan and support them wherever they seek refuge. In the final segment, Zoe discusses anticipating Sally Rooney's new book Beautiful World, Where Are You and Grant endorses playing Wingspan. Help Afghan refugees here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/21/how-to-help-afghan-refugees/ If you are under 40 and interested in being featured on the podcast, be sure to fill out this form: https://airtable.com/shr5IpK32opINN5e9

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In our in-depth interview with Sal Popal Certified Personal Trainer & Online Fitness Coach at Sal Popal Fit we discussed the following: In the 34th Episode of the GDMS Podcast, we sit down with Personal Trainer, Sal Popal, to discuss TikTok Marketing including upcoming TikTok Trends, how to gain TikTok Followers, and if he has ever created any TikTok ads. We also discuss the following: Ritz Crackers viral TikTok Video Do people really use Ritz Crackers to cut their Cheese like in the TikTok Video? Whether the Ritz Cracker TikTok Video was a paid TikTok Ad or just natural User Generated Content A marketing minute with Matt on: What is Digital Marketing? Get your free SEO Check and Website Audit by clicking here. Benefits of TikTok Marketing TikTok at its core is primarily a mobile social media app that is focused on short videos, centered around the user There is a large community of TikTok users. On average there are 1 billion active TikTok users a month TikTok's algorithm makes it easy for first time TikTok Content creators to be unearthed using the "Discovery Tab" Under this tab, new content from any user is distributed anonymously to millions of TikTok users If you have the right TikTok Marketing strategy along with a TikTok Ad or TikTok Video that resonates with your target audience, it is fairly easy for your content to go viral In our in-depth interview with Sal Popal Certified Personal Trainer & Online Fitness Coach at Sal Popal Fit we discussed the following: How Sal first got involved in overall fitness What drove sal to become a certified personal trainer How Sal fell in love with helping people transform and how much he enjoys that journey of helping his clients achieve their goals? Does Sal primarily use TikTok Marketing as the only way you generate brand awareness? How Sal first started accumulating TikTok Followers? What Sal thinks makes him so effective at TikTok Marketing? Has Sal ever created or been a part of any TikTok Ads? Sal discusses any TikTok Trends our audience should be aware of? Sal discusses the most effective TikTok video that he has ever created and why he thinks it was effective Sal's favorite scary movie both A-List and D-list Sal's favorite sporting moment --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

CPH:DOX teamet fortsætter! I dagens program har vi besøg af Darmal Nasiri, flankeret af Kathrine Kruse, hhv. hovedperson og instruktør bag dokumentarfilmen "Min bror, mit hjem". Vi snakker om rejsen fra Kabul til København, sagsbehandlingen i Danmark, om broderlig kærlighed og kampen mod systemet. Dagens vært: Vitus Robak.@VitusCzubata

“Glory be to the One Who took His servant by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque whose surroundings We have blessed, so that We may show him some of Our signs. Indeed, He alone is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing.” [Quran 17:1] Of the most significant events that occurred in the life of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was the Isra’ wa’l Mi‘raj (the Night Journey and Heavenly Ascension). On this night, the Prophet’s heart ﷺ was washed and he traveled to Jerusalem where he led all the Prophets and Messengers in prayer. He then ascended the seven heavens, arrived at the Furthest Lote Tree, and was entered into the Divine Presence where Allah the Exalted honored him and granted his Umma the five daily prayers. The Main Program consists of Quranic recitation, several brief lessons detailing the major events of the Isra’ & Mi‘raj, and singing of chapter 7 from the Burda of Imam al-Busiri. The following is an outline of the lessons covered in this year’s commemoration: (1) Opening verses of Sura al-Isra’ (17:1-20) - Sidi Mouaz Nass (7 mins) (2) “I seek refuge in the Light of Your Countenance” - Sh. Qasim Hatem (10 mins) (3) Washing the Prophet’s Heart ﷺ - Ust. Omar Popal (15 mins) (4) Traveling to Jerusalem - Sh. Amin Buxton (10 mins) (5) Witnessing Unseen Realities - Ust. Yusuf Weltch (10 mins) (6) The Imam of the Messengers - Ust. Hasan Petrus (7) Chapter 7 of the Burda - On the Prophet's Night Journey and Ascension ﷺ - Sidi Mouaz Nass (10 mins) (8) Ascending the Seven Heavens - Sh. Abdul Karim Yahya (15 mins) (9) The Furthest Lote Tree - Imam Amin Muhammad (10 mins) (10) The Divine Presence - Sh. Yahya Rhodus (20 mins) (11) The Return - Ust. Amjad Tarsin (10 mins)

Wir Menschen sind so divers und unterscheiden uns in so vielen Dingen. Sei es unsere Sprache, Kultur, Glaube, Reichtum, Vorbilder, Wünsche und Ziele im Leben. Doch eine Wahrheit haben wir Menschen gemeinsam, und das ist der Tod. Der Tod ist das, was uns verbindet und der Umgang mit ihm ist das, was uns wieder sehr verschieden macht. In dieser Folge sprechen wir daher mit dem Imam Ahmad Schekeb Popal aus München über den Tod im Islam sowie die Parallelen und Unterschiede zu anderen Religionen. Ahmad Schekeb Popal ist Seelsorger, Trauerbegleiter und Bestatter und steht der Münchner Gemeinde der unabhängigen Muslime vor.

What Makes a Successful Technologist, A Day in the Life of a Security Firm CISO, and Lessons from an Effective Phishing EngagementIn this episode of Agent of Influence, Nabil sits down with Roshan Popal, SVP of Cloud Operations and CISO at MicroStrategy. They discuss Roshan’s start in security, which includes getting caught hacking the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) at SUNY Buffalo, and share advice for emerging security professionals. They also discuss what it's really like to be a CISO at a security firm and reminisce about an effective phishing campaign that fooled Nabil when the two worked together and highlight the key business learnings from the engagement.

In this episode we talk about: overcoming prejudice to advocate for the disadvantaged with our guest Zahida Popal @zahidaaa1, lawyer and president of the Muslim Legal Network. Zahida has wanted to be a lawyer since the age of ten, when she witnessed the most marginalised people in her community suffer due limited legal awareness. She felt that choosing a career in Law would give her the necessary qualifications to reach out to people who needed help. With Law, she has not only found a career that allows her to be an advocate, but she has also found a career that gives her space to constantly learn and grow. This is why she finds the field of personal injuries law particularly rewarding. At Deakin University, Zahida completed a double degree in Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (Majoring in International Relations) before finishing her Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice at the College of Law. Prior to joining Shine Lawyers, she was an Employment Outcomes Consultant for a job services provider, which helped deepen her understanding of contract guidelines, professional obligations and authority regulations. She also completed a pro bono clerkship at the West Heidelberg Community Legal Service in 2015 where she gained increased knowledge of legal research, drafting and legal administrative procedures. Zahida is a member of the culturally and linguistically diverse community and has seen how difficult it can be for people to navigate the legal system without expert guidance. She believes she can empathise with those who feel they have no voice and give them a platform to be heard irrespective of the social hierarchy. As well as being the President of the Muslim Legal Network Victoria, Zahida works with charity organisations that provide aid to refugees and victims of war and tragedy. She would also like to be a catalyst for change in the legal field and inspire other women from under-represented demographics to pursue leadership roles.

Austin discusses the Ahmad Popal Incident that happened in downtown Augusta with Preston, friend of one of the people who says they were present when it happened.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rob chats to Ehsan Popal. Ehsan is the cofounder of T3 Australia, a grassroots football coaching organisation. The two discuss having the early beginnings of T3 Australia, the process of becoming more confident in your own abilities and how to find the balance between competing in and enjoying sports.

Qual o diagnóstico? Dessa vez um caso de dor lombar e febre, que desenvolve uma intercorrência durante a condução do caso! Recomendamos que você pare em cada bloco de informação, para montar o seu raciocínio e maximizar o aprendizado. Respondemos o desafio da semana passada e já deixamos um novo! Gostou do episódio? Quer sugerir alguma hipótese diagnóstica ou fazer uma correção? Entra em contato com a gente pelo instagram @tadeclinicagem ou pelo e-mail tadeclinicagem@gmail.com REFERÊNCIAS: Cook, C. E., George, S. Z., & Reiman, M. P. (2018). Red flag screening for low back pain: nothing to see here, move along: a narrative review. Br J Sports Med, 52(8), 493-496. Verhagen, A. P., Downie, A., Popal, N., Maher, C., & Koes, B. W. (2016). Red flags presented in current low back pain guidelines: a review. European Spine Journal, 25(9), 2788-2802.

In this Democracy That Delivers episode, we are joined remotely by Farhat Popal, Senior Program Manager of the Women’s Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute. The George W. Bush Institute WE Lead program equips women from the Middle East, North Africa, and Afghanistan with the skills to become more effective leaders. The We Lead program advances the role of women leaders who are increasing economic opportunity in their countries. The Bush Institute sought CIPE’s expertise to design and deliver the program’s curriculum on institutional reform and economic empowerment. The training was led by CIPE Director of Knowledge Management Kim Bettcher, and CIPE Program Officer for MENA Pamela Beecroft. Popal discusses the state of women’s empowerment in the region and how the Bush Institute’s experience with leadership education in the U.S. and globally informed its design of the program. Be sure to also check out the George W. Bush Institute’s podcast The Strategerist.

As the growth of the women’s game continues, I look at the sexual abuse case affecting the Afghanistan Women’s National Team. Brought to the media’s attention by ex player Khalida Popal, several squad players sought Popal out to confide in her regarding them being sexually abused by head of Afghanistan Football Federation Keramuudin Kerim. I talk about whether the football world is doing enough to protect players at risk of exploitation.

For years, Khalida Popal has been the face of the Afghanistan women's national team, which has been a success story bringing the sport of soccer to more women in her home country. Popal helped raise her team's profile and even got sponsorships from Soccer Without Borders and Hummel, which produced uniforms with headscarves for the team. But recently Popal did her own investigation and found evidence that Afghan soccer federation officials, including president Keramuddin Karim, had physically and sexually abused women's players (which he denies). FIFA has suspended Karim, and the Afghan government has started an investigation into the federation. Popal, who fled to live in Denmark a few years ago, shares her story, and she is followed by Hailai Arghandiwal, an Afghan-American member of the team who recently graduated from Santa Clara University and just signed with the Italian Serie A club Florentia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk to Co-Founder of T3 Australia, Ehsan Popal about Grassroots Football. Ehsan discusses how football development starts at home, engaging parents to help with this journey, T3 and their relationship with Tom Byer, as well as developing a football culture.

How do we extend brotherhood and sisterhood to those with whom we disagree? What are our own misperceptions of people of other faith? Imam Zia and his wife, Fatimah, have spent a decade working in this field. They have much to share with us. Learn more about our Muslim brothers and sisters and hear first-hand how we can bridge our divides with selfless service and compassion.

How do we extend brotherhood and sisterhood to those with whom we disagree? What are our own misperceptions of people of other faith? Imam Zia and his wife, Fatimah, have spent a decade working in this field. They have much to share with us. Learn more about our Muslim brothers and sisters and hear first-hand how we can bridge our divides with selfless service and compassion.

Episode 20: EM-Viertelfinale / Deutschland - Italien / Carsten Ramelow Steffen ist nicht nervös (0:30), Knochen und Moritz und der Italienfluch (1:30), Ailton: Bier Brasilian (3:00), Italien - Deutschland und generell unsere Mannschaft (6:00), der neue EM-Modus ist geil (14:00), es ist Jogis letztes Turnier (31:30), Reinhard!!!, Quoten Viertelfinale (32:30), #POLPOR(33:30), #WALBEL (40:00), #GERITA (45:30), Kahn im ZDF (52:00), #FRAICE (58:00), Popal die Legende (1:05:00)

Brains I would like to take you on a trip to the Middle East through the eyes of my guest Farhat Popal an Afghan woman that is an American citizen.Farhat comes to the edge to tell us about her experiences living and working in Afghanstan, she will share her strong convictions for her culture, the women in the region and the reason why we as American should continue to care, provide military support and aid this part of the world.