by More Muslim
More Muslim is a narrative audio documentary series that explores the Muslim experience, with all its messiness. Each episode is a narrative, transhistorical journey into one aspect of the Muslim experience that defined or is being defined by the modern world. This season is a production of Al-Mujadilah Center and Mosque for Women and is focused on covering some of the most interesting stories in the Muslim world through the lived experiences of Muslim women.
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July 2, 2026
Reporter Rowaida Abdelaziz explores the lives of women who perform the sacred duty of washing the deceased in Islam, offering insight into their profound connection with death and grief.
June 11, 2026
Reporter Tanita Rahmani interviews Hitomi Remon and Esma Esra about normalizing Islam in Japan through the lens of food.
May 27, 2026
<p>As millions of Muslims complete Hajj this week, we revisit a question scholars have debated for centuries: can a Muslim woman make a journey like that without a mahram? </p><p>This week on the show, host Sohaira Siddiqui recalls the first time she ran headfirst into that debate, when she decided to tell her parents she wanted to move to Jordan to study Arabic. And how that initial conversation at her parents' kitchen table led her to dive deep into centuries of scholarly debate on the topic, from the Mughal princess Gulbadan Begum's seven-year pilgrimage to Mecca, to the 2023 Saudi ruling that let women perform Hajj without a male guardian.</p><p>Years later, in post-Arab Spring Egypt, a young woman in the middle of a spiritual crisis feels the same pull to leave, and signs up for a women's retreat in Morocco, hoping a group of new Muslims might help her find her way back to a faith she's losing her grip on.</p><p>---</p><p>Hosted by Sohaira Siddiqui. </p><p>Reported by Nadeen Shaker, with help from Tanita Rahmani. </p><p>Produced by Tanita Rahmani. </p><p>Editing by Salman Ahad Khan. </p><p>Fact-checking by Heba Elorbany.</p><p>Special thanks to Sadia Ramzan from The Muslim Women Travel Group, Parvez Siddiqui, and Suzanne Gaber.</p><p>---</p><p>Suggested Reading:</p><ul><li>Begum, Gulbadan. <a href="https://archive.org/details/historyofhumayun00gulbrich" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The History of Humāyūn (Humāyūn-Nāma)</a>. Translated by Annette S. Beveridge. London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1902. </li><li>Lal, Ruby. <a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300251272/vagabond-princess/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan</a>. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2024. </li></ul><br/>
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More Muslim is a narrative audio documentary series that explores the Muslim experience, with all its messiness. Each episode is a narrative, transhistorical journey into one aspect of the Muslim experience that defined or is being defined by the modern world.
This season is a production of Al-Mujadilah Center and Mosque for Women and is focused on covering some of the most interesting stories in the Muslim world through the lived experiences of Muslim women.
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