Episode 55 Being a Black Muslim Woman Expat and Freelance Writer with Imani Bashir

Imani Bashir is a Muslimah and a fellow Sagittarian who has over 10 years of experience as a Writer and Journalist. She started in sports broadcasting. She currently is the Founder and Editor in Chief at Takeoff Travel Magazine. She has been featured in almost all the major outlets that you can think of.

As a World Traveler. Imani is also an Expat (relocated internationally) to Mexico and England, China, Poland, and Egypt! She’s a wife and Mom to a beautiful black baby boy. She’s from the D.C. area and has lived in Maryland. She also lived in New Jersey, and Delaware and Atlanta, Georgia.

She talks about:

How her parents met at Howard University
Self Discovery after an Identity Crisis as a Youth
Meeting Her husband in Cairo Egypt
Getting her dad’s approval for Marriage
Giving Birth at her home in Poland
Generational Trauma of birth inside the United States
Her experiences with racism, sexism, pay wage inequality and religious discrimination in the media industry

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Episodes mentioned:

Neymat (Episode 11), Aizya (Episode 20) and My Mom Episodes 36/37 two parts) and Episode 5 my dad

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