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At Your Service
Salaam, Peace. My name is Noor Al-Huda Tagouri (@noor). On this podcast, I collaborate with storytellers to bring you their own stories for the first time, or the right time.
I work with guests BTS to craft their dream interview. I call this Guided Storytelling; my intention is that you’ll join us on the journey and leave with some of your own gems.
The most representative stories come from the source and provide a bridge to connect us even if we’re worlds apart. On PODCAST NOOR I promise curiosity, joy, perspective, unlocks, and of course, stories.
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Life After Telling the Truth on Yourself (Live with Amanda Palmer at Rubin Museum)
Welcome back to another live episode of Podcast Noor! We went into this conversation with the intention of talking about “telling the truth on yourself” - vague, but also specific. Everyone has their own experience with what that means. Throughout the conversation, Amanda and I zoomed in and out of the personal and the collective with what it means to tell the Truth, to tell Your Truth, and the barriers to doing so. This candid conversation is a series of confessions, catharsis, community, and an important reminder inspired by the memory of the late great Sinead O’Connor to: “stop treating women like shit while they’re alive.” Produced and filmed at the Rubin Museum of Art; hosted by Tim McHenry.For more information about the Rubin, please visit rubinmuseum.org.Links + Trasncript:www.ays.media/podcastnoor/amandapalmerWatch the full video on Amanda Palmer's Youtube: www.youtube.com/amandapalmerAmanda's Patreon: www.patreon.com/amandapalmer
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Breaking Barriers Through Movement: Live Panel Conversation in Partnership with On
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Hello beautiful community, welcome back to Podcast Noor. This episode is a special live panel conversation. We recorded this podcast panel a few days before the 2023 New York City Marathon as one part of a partnership with the sportswear brand ON (www.on-running.com), and their social impact arm called Right To Run. On has been my go-to, for walking, running, working, out, and they just feel like clouds on my feet.
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This conversation is about democratizing movement and what it really looks like to make movement and exercise accessible for all people. Our three panelists come from different experiences, Gaby Alcala being indigenous and an immigrant, Derek Drescher navigating addiction and homelessness, and Senn van Beek finding or rather creating safe spaces for folks. You'll hear me introduce them fully in the episode.
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We are in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at the On store in their upstairs community space. Before people were able to enter, they were greeted by my Mama and the Founder of ISeeYou Foundation (www.isyfoundation.org), where every attendee made an ISeeYou care package for people experiencing homelessness in New York City.
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Around 50 of us gathered upstairs with pizza and the delightful On team, and we got into our bodies and got vulnerable about obstacles that we find in our way.
My favorite part of this event was how engaged community members were. This is a very full conversation, voices from all over the world. The energy in the room is of collective healing and collective winning. Everyone is rooting for the other even when fear is present. And you'll hear my own experience when I share my fears around running and an audience member stops me in my tracks.
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We are so excited to share more from our project with On's Right To Run. For now, enjoy this storytelling session on breaking barriers to movement. I'm Noor, At Your Service.
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(This is an upload from Ep 10 of our 2022 Webby-Nominated Investigation: REP: A Story About The Stories We Tell)
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Politics, Pop Culture, and Public Opinion. We call them the 3Ps; and they are at play in the stories that define our world and shape our beliefs.
Featuring an exclusive interview with Bella Hadid, we consider how the dehumanization of Palestinian People has shaped America. To examine how Public Opinion determines what we think and feel, we focus on Palestine, not as an issue, but as a people.
Story Guides include: Bella Hadid, Aymann Ismail, Dr. James Zogby, Nadine Naber, Peter Beinart, and Dalia Mogahed.
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37. What Goes Into A Sarah Bahbah Vision? On Thinking in Subtitles, Reclaiming Her Arab Culture, Unlearning Shame Through Art, and More.
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Welcome to the Season Two Finale of Podcast Noor: the dreamy world of one of our generation's most prolific artists.
Sarah Bahbah is a Palestinian-Jordanian artist, and director born and raised in Australia now living in Los Angeles. Sarah‘s photographs are the stuff dreams are made of: color, luxury, romance, heartache, endless curated food spreads and almost always, paired with a perfectly curated subtitle. Her photograph series often feel like films, and when she's in director mode sometimes they actually do become dreamy films.
Photography, film and writing are mediums Sarah uses to process her feelings into art. Sarah also comes from the ad world; she founded her creative agency Possy in 2016 and has worked with brands like Gucci, Conde Nast, Capital Records, Sony Music and GQ.
Early 2023, Sarah self-published her first book, the fine art book titled, "Dear Love" featuring a decade of her work, as well as raw and vulnerable life stories. She opens up Intimately about her experience with childhood sexual abuse, and even interviews her father about his experience of being forced to leave his homeland of Palestine, and never really feeling at home anywhere else.
And of course as someone who relates to the experience of growing up in an Arab household, I really dig into asking about Sarah‘s relationship with her parents and how they feel about her work, and Sarah so graciously shares very openly.
This is such a loving final episode of the season, Sarah does not hold back and I really think you guys are going to enjoy this conversation.
Welcome to the Season Two Finale of Podcast Noor.
Transcripts + Listening: www.ays.media/podcastnoor/sarahbahbah
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Some Questions Asked in This Episode:
What goes into a Sarah Bahbah vision?
How did art find you?
How did you approach interviewing your father?
What did you find in your journey of belonging?
How do you define love and ego today?
What was your process of reclaiming your culture?
Are there any women in your family who engaged with art?
Walk us through your choice to self-publish a 500 page fine art photography book with beautiful words.
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Seun Kuti on his Father Fela’s Legacy, Matriarchy in His Family, What it Means to be a Pan-African Revolutionary, Racism in North Africa, and More.
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Live from the iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem, our next storyteller hails from Lagos, Nigeria. Seun Kuti is an artist and the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. He has spent most of his life preserving and extending his father's political and musical legacy as the leader of his father's former band, Egypt 80.
Since his father’s passing, Seun has revived The Movement of the People. M.O.P is a Nigerian left-wing pan-African political movement started by Fela and thanks to Seun’s grassroots efforts, it’s been making a come back.
We sat down at the Apollo Theater shortly before he and his band perform their show “Africa Now!”
In this episode, we talk about how Fela’s legacy has been misinterpreted and celebrated, the role of matriarchy in the Kuti family and how this was the foundation of their anti-colonial work. We dig into the pan-African revolution, the trap of being a rebel without a cause, addressing North African racism and more.
PS: Remember the artist Mumu Fresh, who scored our “REP” investigation? She has some questions for Seun, artist to artist, and so we passed those along too.
Welcome back to Podcast Noor.
Transcripts + Listening: www.ays.media/podcastnoor/seunkuti
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Some Questions Asked in This Episode:
How did matriarchy in your family shape your worldview?
What is your personal relationship with religion and spirituality and how it has been weaponized in your life?
When in your life did you realize how radical and different your father Fela Kuti was?
Did you feel pressure in continuing your father’s legacy?
Do you remember the questions that you were asking in your head when you lost your father Fela?
How are you choosing to use music as a tool to relay the message of Pan-Africanism and the Movement of The People?
How do future generations avoid these states of oppression?
How do younger generations make work towards those connections so that they can protect the future?
How do we actually create this space to not only support the younger generations so that they have what they need and the resources they need to make those better connections to aim for that sense of unity and peace and thriving versus what we're doing to them today?
What do you believe are the impacts of Afro-Pop being elevated on a global stage?
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"Hijab Butch Blues" Author on Being Queer and Muslim, Revisiting Prophetic Stories, Questioning Faith, and Community Care.
Welcome to our second episode with an anonymous guest. The brilliant author of the memoir “Hijab Butch Blues.”
Lamya H is queer, non-binary, and Muslim. Yes. There are people who are all 3. They are a writer and organizer based in New York City. Lamya’s work has appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, Vice, Vox, and others.
Lamya has received fellowships from Lambda Literary, Aspen Words and Queer|Arts. They are organizing work centers around creating spaces for LGBTQ+ Muslims, fighting Islamophobia, and abolishing prisons.
We recorded this conversation during the month of Ramadan and reflected on the similarities between Muslim community care and Queer community care, the common American-Muslim struggle of double lives, and compartmentalizing identities. We got into the concept of questioning faith, even our personal relationships with hijab.
I read 'Hijab Butch Blues' in less than 2 days. The writing is profound, personal, and clear. Lamya poses questions throughout the book for people of all faiths. And it’s no surprise that the book was featured as Roxane Gay's March 2023 selection of 'The Audacious Book Club.”
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I also feel a deep sense of urgency with this episode. Homophobia and transphobia are rampant in the United States, and it has been weighing on my heart heavily the role many American Muslims have been playing in this. I believe it is more important now than ever to amplify the HUMAN STORIES of community members who need our protection and love.
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May we always be a protection and light for each other. May we always lead with love.
And…may you enjoy this episode of Podcast Noor with Lamya H.
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Transcripts + Listening: www.ays.media/podcastnoor/butchware
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Some Questions Asked in This Episode:
What does it mean to be queer and Muslim to you today? How would you have answered that when you were younger?
What does community care look like for yourself?
What is Hijab to you?
And so how do you advise people who are navigating compartmentalizing their identities, or hiding parts of who they are, especially from family?
What role did writing play in your life?
How have you redefined your anger?
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Dr. Butch Ware: Is Capitalism Your Religion? Thinking With Your Heart, Finding a Spiritual Guide, The Weaponization of God and the Devil, and More.
Welcome back to Podcast Noor, enjoy a live podcast recording with Dr. Butch Ware! This conversation was recorded as part of a live event, our Virtual Ramadan Iftar in April 2023, where we gather hundreds from around the world to share an evening breaking fast and sharing conversation.
Dr. Butch Ware is a historian of West African Studies at UC Santa Barbara. His teaching focuses on Islamic thought, anti-slavery movements in West Africa and the African Diaspora. Dr. Ware is also the author of “The Walking Qur'an: Islamic Education, Embodied Knowledge, and History in West Africa.”
This conversation is very spiritual and there were so many times that I was broken wide open. We get into things like the difference between the mind and the heart, and how to engage your heart as your thinking organ. We talk about how, for a lot of people who claim to be practicing a specific religion or faith tradition, their religion is actually capitalism. We get into how to find your spiritual guides, and I even dare ask the question, “Who do you think the Devil really is?” rather than “what” the Devil is - what is the idea of the devil? What does it actually represent?
Dr. Ware talks to us about the weaponization of God, and how sometimes parents use God as a weapon in their toolbox to try to control kids to obey them. In that sentiment, he also talks about his learnings in which he found that there really is no such thing as a “Muslim child”, and you can replace ‘Muslim’ with any sort of faith tradition. The power in that message is a really, really important one and one that I benefited from and I think it could do a lot of healing for others.
I’m so happy that a lot of you have been sharing with me that you have been enjoying these spiritual conversations because I am very openly on this journey, asking these really big questions. So, here is Dr. Butch Ware.
PS, since this was Live, you’ll hear me reference the Q&A portion but I did not keep it for this podcast recording because it was too long. Next time I guess you’ll just have to be there!
Welcome to this episode of Podcast Noor.
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Some Questions Asked in This Episode:
How do you engage with your Heart as a thinking organ?
Who do you think the Devil really is?
Do you sense that faith communities feel stuck today?
How could one go about engaging a spiritual guide?
What happens when you ask yourself: What is the role I am playing in social injustice?
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Is The Climate Crisis a Spiritual Crisis? Ayisha Siddiqa and Sophia Li on Sustainability as a Birthright, The Role of Ego in the Climate Crisis, and Personality Cults in Activism.
The climate crisis is REAL, and it’s impacting all of our lives. It’s been on my heart to have a climate focused episode on Pod Noor but I wanted to make sure the conversation was one my listeners were really going to connect to.
So the question I had been asking myself was: “Is the climate conversation, a spiritual one?” And because everything and everyone is interconnected, the answer I found was: Yes, of course it is. I wanted multiple perspectives and stories on this topic so - yay! Another Podcast Noor panel :)
The first person who came to mind for this conversation is one of my dearest friends, Sophia Li.
Sophia Li is a Chinese-American award-winning climate journalist and advocate. Her life’s work is to make talking about issues such as climate justice, human rights and web3 more accessible, more digestible, and more human. Harvard even named her one of the top climate communicators of 2022.
Sophia is also the co-founder of STEWARD, a Digital Art collection and community that partners with conservation, environmental justice and Indigenous nonprofits and global artists to protect the major ecosystems of our natural world.
And around the time I knew I wanted to have this conversation, I saw a powerful cover of Time magazine’s Women of the Year issue featuring a young activist by the name of Ayisha Siddiqa.
Ayisha Siddiqa is a human rights and land defender from the tribal lands of Mochiwala and Mahsan in Pakistan. She is the co-founder of Polluters Out and Fossil Free University. Her work focuses on uplifting the rights of marginalized communities while holding polluting companies accountable at the international level. she’s a climate advisor to the UN secretary general and a research scholar at the NYU School of Law, working to bridge the environmental and human rights sector with the youth climate movement. She’s also an incredible poet.
There are many layers to this storytelling session. We dig into: the role of ego on climate change, how the war on terror has hurt the planet, the harmful assumptions of being and “activist,” personality cults, and of course how climate change is a spiritual issue.
We recorded this in partnership with our friends at CitizenM Bowery; overlooking the hustle and bustle of the Lower East Side from the iconic rooftop at CloudM.
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PS: Stick around because our post interview conversation went even deeper with the role of spirituality and religion in climate change so I recorded some on my phone to share with y’all. :)
Welcome to this episode of Podcast Noor.
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📍This episode was recorded at our favorite studio in the sky, CloudM at CitizenM Hotel, Bowery, NYC.
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Some Questions Asked in This Episode:
What was your entry to the climate conversation?
Can you define land defender and water defender? How can we all engage in this?
What role does ego play in the climate crisis?
What role does art play in this conversation and movement?
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Franklin Sirmans and Jason Seife on Critique as Collaboration, Becoming Friends with Your Critics, The Cultural Responsibility of Museums, and Colorblindness as an Artist
Recording from Miami, Podcast Noor is back with another panel, between an Artist and an Art Critic/Curator; and we're here to talk Critique as Collaboration.
When I asked previous Podcast Noor guests, Painter Jordan Casteel and former Gallery Director Sarah Hoover, who I need to sit down with in Miami,
They both enthusiastically responded with the same name: Franklin Sirmans.
Franklin Sirmans is an art critic, a writer, a curator - and he's also the Director of one of the coolest art museums in the country: Miami's Pérez Art Museum, also known as PAMM. And since this storytelling session would be taking place at PAMM, I asked Franklin if he would be down to be in-conversation with one of the artists showing at the museum, someone who he thinks would be great for our Podcast Noor listeners.
He responded without hesitation: Jason Seife.
Jason Seife is an interdisciplinary Miami-based artist, effortlessly weaving his beloved Cuban and Syrian heritage into the intersection of Fine Arts and Graphic Design. He's worked with some of the largest names in the music business including Kanye West, Pharrell Wiliams, Big Sean, and Nicki Minaj, designing everything from album artwork to jewelry to merchandise. In his newest body of work, titled "Coming to Fruition" Jason references old Persian carpets, centering his Middle Eastern heritage and the intricate details found in mosques and traditional Islamic art.
PS: Stay till the end to hear a special guest question from my little brother, Yaseen; really the best question of the interview!
"Coming to Fruition" is on view at PAMM through March 2024
www.pamm.org/en/exhibition/jason-seife-coming-to-fruition
Transcripts + Listening: www.ays.media/podcastnoor/franklin-jason🎶 Theme Music: "Thunderdome (W.T.A)" by Portugal. The Man / @portugaltheman~ Follow Franklin Sirmans ~www.instagram.com/franklinsirmans
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How do you feel about the term collaboration?
How do you carry the responsibility of critiquing?
So what does being in your body during the process look like for you?
(Special Guest question from my little brother!!)
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Hawa Hassan on Grandmother Representation, Food Storytelling, and Building a Hot Sauce Line
Hawa Hassan is a dynamic chef, a recipe developer and a James Beard award-winning cookbook author. She's the founder and CEO of Basbaas Sauce, a popular line of sauces inspired by her home country of Somalia. Her first cookbook-meets-travelogue, “In Bibi's Kitchen,” shares recipes and stories from grandmothers—or “bibis”—in eight African countries bordering the Indian Ocean. She also shares recipes and stories on her Food Network show, “Hawa at Home”.
Hawa is the ultimate storyteller. She was born in Somalia at the beginning of the civil war, and was the only family member who received sponsorship to come to the U.S. at age 7. Her life is full of miraculous adventures and we will get into them. We recorded this episode during the holy month of Ramadan, and just before, Hawa attended our annual At Your Service Iftar Dinner (which you can watch at www.ays.media/noordays). Now, we're cozied up on a Saturday afternoon in our Mandarin Oriental suite, overlooking Central Park. It is my honor to share this slice of Hawa's extraordinary life.
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📍 This episode was recorded in our comfy Mandarin Oriental Suite in Central Park, NY
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Some Questions Asked In This Episode:
Do you remember how you were feeling when you were reunited with your mother?
How did you come to start choosing or start wearing the hijab at a young age?
How did you end up in New York?
How did you use food as a tool to piece together your story?
How does conflict impact the food of a place?
How does your Mother show up in the BasBaas Sauce process and “In Bibi's Kitchen” cookbook?
What is your wish for future generations who feel disconnected from their ancestors and their elders?
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Bobby Hundreds on Building Brands Around Community, Reclaiming Power with Web3, and Staying Relevant + Consistent, and Listening to Young People.
The last time I sat down with my friend Bobby Hundreds in New York City, I was interviewing him on stage for his memoir book tour. The conversation around his book, “This is Not a T-Shirt,” was so connected with him and with the audience that I remember vividly thinking - this would make a great podcast episode! One pandemic later - we are finally here.
Bobby Kim also known as Bobby Hundreds, is a bestselling author, photographer, artist, and the creative force that drives The Hundreds, a world-renowned streetwear brand. His work has been seen and worn by millions and he is known for his ability to shift culture. From his upbringing as one of the only Asian-American kids in a mostly white and Latino community to his Southern California, punk adolescence to the brand’s explosive success.
Bobby has become the bridge between generations in streetwear and design. Collaboration has always been his thing. Bobby's latest book recently dropped and it’s titled: “NFTs Are a Scam.”
This is a big reunion for Bobby and I, and it feels like we picked up right where we left off. I hope you enjoy this storytelling session on building brands around community, reclaiming power with Web3, and staying relevant.
This conversation is also featured in our latest At Your Service short film “NOOR D’AYS”, documenting how we build AYS. you can check out on Youtube and www.ays.media/noordays
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Some Questions Asked in this Episode:
How do you engage with the hunger for community from younger generations?
How does Web3 / NFTs play a role in serving community, and how does it affect relevance?
How do you think about self-worth when building community?
Does the promise of Web3 actually serve community?
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Seth Godin on Creating Significance, Indoctrination and Fear, Finding Leadership Opportunities, and Why He Won't Write a Memoir
Seth Godin is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and thought leader. To us, he’s a dear friend and teacher. He’s taught Adam how to juggle, shared life lessons with us through his adventures of building canoes, and his mentorship and guidance has played a huge role in how we build At Your Service. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world (www.seths.blog), he has written 20 best-selling books, including The Practice, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Tribes, and What To Do When It's Your Turn (And It's Always Your Turn). His book, This is Marketing, was an instant bestseller in countries around the world. In fact, Adam actually studied Seth’s books in business school.
Last year, Seth spearheaded an incredible collaborative book project called The Carbon Almanac alongside 1,000 volunteers. It is must read for facts and what we can do about climate change. His latest book “Song of Significance” might be my favorite and to Seth, his most important work yet.
As always, At Your Service
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Some Questions Asked in this Episode:
Can you share the origin story behind Song of Significance?
What is your relationship with authenticity?
How does authenticity to self contribute to meaningful work?
Do you think you'll ever write a memoir?
What is your relationship with story, evolution, and rethinking things?
How are some ways people get in their own way recognizing self-worth and value?
How do we sing a Song of Significance?
What does the word "Service" mean to you?
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Timothy Goodman on His Artistic Process, Being a Recovering Misogynist, Honoring His Loneliness, and the Audacity of TryingTimothy Goodman is an award-winning artist, graphic designer, author and public speaker. His art and words have populated walls, clothing, books, galleries, and magazines, most recently in Time Magazine. He's worked with brands like Apple, Nike, Google, Netflix, Tiffany's, Sundance, the New Yorker, the New York Times, and more. Timothy regularly partners for nonprofits and schools creating art for communities in New York. He teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and regularly speaks around the world at different creative conferences. Make sure to grab a copy of his latest graphic memoir, I Always Think It's Forever. Transcripts & Listening: www.ays.media/podcastnoor Some Questions Asked in this Episode:How did the journey of becoming a “recovering misogynist” start?What was your process in approaching telling your story through this medium, and telling this story in such an intimate way?If you didn't get this book out, What would your insides look like today? What are the conversations you had with your mother about your memoir?Why is doing the work and why is going to therapy worth it for you today?How did you find your design and your approach? I really want to know in the most intimate sense, what is this language?What is your relationship with your word of the year, “Service?” What questions are you asking yourself this year because of it?🎶 Theme Music: "Thunderdome (W.T.A)" by Portugal. The Man / @portugaltheman~ Timothy Goodman ~Follow Timothy: www.instagram.com/timothygoodmanFind Timothy's Book, I Always Think It's Forever: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Always-Think-Its-Forever/Timothy-Goodman/9781668003695~ Follow Noor Tagouri @noor ~ www.facebook.com/noor www.instagram.com/noor www.tiktok.com/@noor www.youtube.com/noor~ Follow At Your Service @ays ~www.ays.mediawww.instagram.com/ayswww.ays.media/newsletter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcastnoor/message
Lindsay Peoples and Samira Nasr: Advice to Journalists, The State of Fashion Media, and The Role of Editor-in-Chief
I love facilitating panel discussions and for this season of Pod Noor, we decided to bring that collective energy here. For this week’s episode, I spoke with the two of the most innovative and prominent magazine editors: Lindsay Peoples and Samira Nasr.
Lindsay Peoples is Editor-in-Chief of The Cut Magazine. Also, one of the nation’s rare Black Women Editors-in-Chief. Lindsay was previously the EIC of Teen Vogue, and the youngest EIC of a Conde Nast magazine. Lindsay also co-founded the Black in Fashion Council, which has enlisted the support of the human rights campaign to provide benchmarking around corporate policies and practices that are pertinent to the inclusivity of black employees.
Samira Nasr is the editor in chief of Harpers’ Bazaar Magazine, and the first Black Woman to hold the title. Samira was previously at Vanity Fair, where she served as Executive Fashion Director. In Her own words she is “The proud daughter of a Lebanese father and Trinididadian mother, and her worldview is expansive and anchored in the belief that representation matters.”
I have been in awe of both of these women for years, witnessing up close the way they have broken barriers both in journalism and in fashion; and here it is, on Podcast Noor, that these two powerhouses are in a conversation like this for the FIRST TIME.
Welcome to our first podcast panel!
At Your Service,
Noor
Some Questions Asked in This Episode:
What do you feel is the responsibility of an editor in chief of a media publication today?
What resources do fashion magazines have at their disposal? What are the additional resources needed?
Do you find yourself still encouraging people to pursue journalism?
What do we need to be talking more about with young storytellers?
What are you feeling about your places in fashion and in this industry today?
How do we (do we?) prevent tokenization in fashion?
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Jonathan Van Ness (JVN) on Hair, Gender, and the Obsession to Control BodiesQueer Eye star, Jonathan Van Ness, also known as JVN, is a hairstylist by trade turned personality, author, comedian and entertainer.JVN and Noor first met on Jonathan’s brilliant podcast “Getting Curious” to discuss Noor’s investigation: Sold in America: Inside Our Nation’s Sex Trade.They bonded even further over their mutual love for ice skating and gymnastics, practicing together until the pandemic hit.This is their first reunion since, and Noor has a lot on her heart. This is intimate storytelling session gets “curious” about all things HAIR, gender, and the obsession to control people’s bodies.⠀This interview was recorded at CloudM rooftop at @CitizenM Bowery, NYC ♥️Always,At Your ServiceQuestions asked in this episode:How is your heart? (how is your hair?)What is the big deal about the dead cells that lay on top of our scalp?Was hair ever personal or was it always, was there always a factor of it being something to be talked about, analyzed, something that represented something bigger than the self?How does hair play a role in our bigger story of who we are in this moment?What is a question you’re asking these days?Theme Music: "Thunderdome (W.T.A)" by Portugal. The ManTranscripts & Listening:www.ays.media/podcastnoorFollow JVN:www.instagram.com/jvn~ All socials @noor ~www.facebook.com/noorwww.instagram.com/noorwww.tiktok.com/@noorwww.youtube.com/noor--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcastnoor/message
A. Helwa on How to Embark on Your Spiritual Journey, and “Secrets of Divine Love.”
A. Helwa is a writer, poet, and has a Master Degree in Divinity. Helwa is the anonymous author of the brilliant book, Secrets of Divine Love: A Journey into the Heart of Islam.
One night, I proposed on Instagram a potential Secrets of Divine Love book club. I read the first few pages of the book years prior, and I knew I couldn’t read this deeply spiritual book alone.
My DMs were flooded with the sentiment of people who were also waiting for the right time and group to read the book with. So, a couple days before Ramadan began, we shared a sign up for the first AYS book club and 1100+ people signed up!!
This book club has become a loving and curious community, with A. Helwa’s words bringing us all together — Helwa even joined the book club herself!
This storytelling session digs into questions to ask and tools to use when embarking on your own spiritual quest. May this conversation serve as a gift and companion to you, wherever you may be.
In this episode, I ask all my curious questions, and we even took questions from, YOU! So look out for those around the 1:00:00 mark!
Themes and Questions Include:
How is Your Heart? What does it feel like, look like, to embark on a spiritual journey?
How does your family, community react to embarking on your own journey?
How do we navigate disconnection and absolutism that my truth is the Only Truth?
A spiritual journey while getting lost in a desert, literally.
What is a question you’re asking yourself these days?
What is book is currently serving as your companion?
If You Really Knew Me, You’d Know…
"Secrets of Divine Love" by A. Helwa
https://secretsofdivinelove.com
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Hisham Matar on “Moving On” From Tragedy, Documenting Family Stories, and Connecting with Art⠀Hisham Matar is a Libyan American author and professor best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning memoir “The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between”. It’s gripping tale of Hisham’s life long investigation into his father’s disappearance.⠀Hisham’s award winning novels include: In the Country of Men, Anatomy of Disappearance, and A Month in Siena.⠀In this episode session of Podcast Noor, we dig into the following questions:⠀What does it really mean to move on from tragedy?⠀How do we look at paintings as companions?⠀What is Hisham’s journey and practice of writing a book?⠀What does banning books mean for a society?⠀How can creating art be part of your fate and destiny?⠀How did Hisham’s memoir, “The Return” come to life?⠀What role does Diana, Hisham’s wife, play in his writing?⠀How do we begin to document the unspeakable, so the stories don’t get lost?⠀How do other men react to Hisham’s story and open up about their own relationship with their fathers?⠀What does it really mean to “move on?”⠀What has Hisham learned about committing to the present moment?⠀What did Hisham’s father teach him about how to debate and have a conversation?⠀And how do we truly move forward after tragedy and “find closure”?⠀Theme Music: "Thunderdome (W.T.A)" by Portugal. The Man⠀Follow Hisham:www.instagram.com/hishamjmatar⠀Transcripts & Socials:www.ays.media/podcastnoorwww.noortagouri.com/podcastnoor⠀~ All socials @noor ~www.facebook.com/noorwww.instagram.com/noorwww.tiktok.com/@noorwww.youtube.com/noor--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcastnoor/message
Podcast Noor returns Tuesdays, starting May 23.
In between investigative series, award-winning journalist Noor Tagouri uses Podcast Noor as an outlet to explore topics she’s curious about, with people whose work she admires.
Noor's most recent series, "REP: A Story About the Stories We Tell," explores the concept of representation and objectivity in media, and was nominated for a 2023 Webby Award: Best Limited Series.
Season 2 of Pod Noor features some of the stories Noor collected shortly after producing "REP" and as she embarks on her next investigation ...
As always, At Your Service
Storytellers:
Hisham Matar
A. Helwa
Jonathan Van Ness
Lindsay Peoples and Samira Nasr
Timothy Goodman
Seth Godin
Hawa Hassan
Jason Seife and Franklin Sirmans
Bobby Kim
Ayisha Siddiqa and Sophia Li
Dr. Butch Ware
Lamya H.
Seun Kuti
Sarah Bahbah
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Our investigative podcast “REP” is nominated for a WEBBY AWARD: BEST LIMITED SERIES!! ⠀It’s YOUR VOTE that can bring us home for the People’s Voice Award.⠀In so many ways, REP has already won; it has connected us to so many of You.⠀An award like this honors and recognizes the work we do with At Your Service Media and makes it easier to continue these efforts.⠀If you have time, it would mean the WORLD to us if you voted for REP.⠀Voting links:www.ays.media/repbit.ly/voteforrep--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcastnoor/message
Rep is a bold, wide-ranging podcast, brought to you by journalist Noor Tagouri. ⠀ Noor began by examining the misrepresentation of Muslims in US media and how this impacts American culture. She discovered a fuller exploration of the ever-evolving story of America, which challenged the stories we’ve known…and revealed how the stories we tell affect all of us. ⠀ Rep is a thoughtful investigation of our beliefs and understandings and how they exist within the dynamic of politics, pop culture, and public opinion. ⠀ This is a story about the stories we tell. Welcome to Rep. Look for new episodes every other Monday starting April 4. ⠀ Search for “Rep” by iHeartMedia & At Your Service on your Podcast App, or visit www.ays.media/rep for more info.
Hi Friends, On Monday, myself, At Your Service, and iHeartMedia announced our investigative podcast series, Rep. the trailer is posted anywhere you listen to your podcasts, and at www.ays.media/rep
Before the first episode drops on Monday April 4, I sent the final cut to some friends and family whose opinions I really trust. One of them, my close friend Rachel Aschalew, who is a brilliant human and equally brilliant storyteller. At first, Rachel was calling me to tell me about my mom’s voice in the episode, so I recorded it to encourage my mom to start her cooking show!! But I’m so glad I recorded because what I really received was some of the most meaningful feedback on my work. I’ve described this process of creating Rep as emotional, exhausting; but I never realized what that meant until it was reflected back to me through Rachel. Rachel has always seen me, it’s why we’ve become so close, her big heart is how we started Family Dinner during COVID, and we’ve been collaborating with her company RARE to hose our intimate family dinners for larger groups. We have a beautiful Iftar dinner coming up that Rachel is helping us produce in celebration of Rep, so to say the least, Rachel has been there for this journey. For Her to discover me even more through Rep is EXACTLY my intention for listeners.
So, with that, welcome to Rep.
You can listen to Rep, by At Your Service and iHeartMedia anywhere you get your podcasts, and at www.ays.media/rep
As always, at your service
Jordan Casteel is a painter, a professor, a storyteller, a gardner, and my dear friend. This is a different kind of Jordan Casteel interview, while we do get into the art of things. I am so pleased to introduce you all to Jordie, the person. You see, Jordan and I moved up to the same area of the Catskill Mountains in the same week. Fate brought us together earlier than this but as life unfolded during this pandemic, Jordan and I found home in each other. Shortly after that, Jordy painted Adam and I at our new home, what an honor!! This is a deeply personal storytelling session and it is our season finale as we wrap this year up. I love you all. Thank you so much for listening. And welcome to this session of podcast Noor.
For more Jordan Casteel, you can visit her site jordancasteel.com and follow her on instagram @jordanmcasteel.
Please rate and review the podcast it’s a great way to show support and give feedback, I read each and every review. And as always, AYS.
I’ve been more quiet online these days. Which means I am deeply putting everything I have into this new investigative series. I am rethinking everything I have ever believed and I hope something in this note resonates with you.
I so look forward to sharing Jordan Casteel’s story session with you all tomorrow.
If you would like to support this podcast — leaving a rating and review would mean so much. I read every single note and appreciate you all so deeply. As always, AYS.
Schuyler Bailar is an Author, Activist, Life Coach and was the first transgender athlete to compete in any sport on an NCAA Division 1 men’s team. By 15, he was one of the nation’s top-20 15-year-old breast-strokers. By 17, he set a national age-group record.
Schuyler graduated from Harvard University, studying Cognitive Neuroscience and Evolutionary Psychology. Schuyler documented his transition on social media, garnering a community of hundreds of thousands and consistently advocating for trans inclusion, body acceptance, and mental health awareness. Most recently, he released his first middle-grade novel, Obie Is Man Enough.
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I’m deciding to be friends with my friends, featuring a soundscape of a rare rainy day in LA.
ALSO: thanks to your support over the years, my family’s ISeeYou Foundation is fundraising to open our first community food pantry! Help us accomplish our goal:
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Marwa Atik is an LA-based advocate & designer. In 2009, and at 18 years old, she co-founded the brand VELA with her sister, a fashion forward line of scarves. ⠀ Marwa is a style icon. I call her an OG because when I first started wearing hijab around the same time Vela came to life, she was the only person I knew doing what she was doing - creating a product that made people who wear the headscarf feel incredible without compromising on style. ⠀ Now, over a decade later, VELA serves thousands of women around the world, constantly innovating in the hijab space and creating stunning curations of collections throughout the year. ⠀ This is a long overdue conversation - Marwa and I started building our careers around the same time and have been each other’s cheerleaders from the beginning. I’m so thrilled to welcome you to this episode of podcast noor. ⠀ For more Marwa and VELA: www.instagram.com/marwaatik www.instagram.com/velascarves www.velascarves.com ⠀ Follow Noor: www.instagram.com/noor www.instagram.com/ays www.noortagouri.com/podcastnoor
Mona Chalabi is a data journalist, and not a traditional one. Her work is typically presented through brilliant illustrations many of us have shared on Instagram. She makes data cool and accessible, easier for people like me to understand. Most recently, she is the host of a TED podcast called Am I Normal?
Mona is a storyteller and her language is data. Number-focused data is something I’ve struggled with understanding and that’s why I was very curious to host this session. Welcome to this episode of Podcast Noor.
For more Mona Chalabi, you can listen to her podcast “Am I Normal?” Wherever you get your pods.
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This week's storyteller is Lara E, also known as Gazan Girl. Lara is a Palestinian American international lawyer and activist, and a resource that I use when learning and educating myself on Palestinian current affairs. She acts as counsel in international disputes and dedicates a large part of her legal practice to human rights work, including accompanying asylum seekers in asylum proceedings before French jurisdictions. ⠀ Lara also has a weekly podcast called The Palestine Pod that she co-hosts with Jewish American comedian Michael Schirtzer. They talk all things Palestine, and of course in this conversation, we also talk all things Palestine. We go into an analysis of the Media's representation of the Palestinian struggle; we go into Lara's personal story, her family story, intergenerational trauma, and we get into detailed descriptions of her favorite Palestinian dish, which is also one of my favorite Palestinian dishes. All this and more on Podcast Noor. ⠀ Follow Lara: www.instagram.com/gazangirl www.twitter.com/thegazangirl ⠀ Follow Noor: www.instagram.com/noor www.twitter.com/ntagouri ⠀ More Podcast Noor: www.noortagouri.com/podcastnoor www.apple.co/noor
Noor Tagouri in conversation with Huma Abedin on Shame Culture, The American Ideal, Active Participation, and More. ⠀ You may know Huma as the person who has been Hilary Clinton’s right hand, arm, and more, since 1996. And/Or maybe you know her from headlines relating to her former husband and then US representative Anthony Weiner and his sexting scandals. But in the following storytelling session we are being reintroduced to Huma Abedin: ⠀ A mother, adventurer, writer, someone who enjoys talking to strangers and talking about her faith as a Muslim woman. ⠀ Huma is a BTS kinda person. And while we get deeply into faith, controversial politics, mental health and the problem around asking people “why they stay?” in harmful relationships — the intention of this conversation is rooted in openness, reflections, and story. ⠀ As Huma says about why she decided to now take a center stage: “If you let someone else tell your story they are writing your history.” ⠀ Welcome to this episode of podcast Noor. ⠀ As always, at your service. ⠀ Follow Huma: www.instagram.com/humaabedin ⠀ Support Huma’s Book “Both/And” https://www.huma-abedin.com/#page-section-6167648b59a8cf7edeb47983 ⠀ Follow Noor: www.instagram.com/noor www.twitter.com/ntagouri ⠀ More Podcast Noor: www.noortagouri.com/podcastnoor ⠀ ⠀ ⠀
My favorite solo episode yet. I recorded this after I received a message on Instagram last week asking if I could speak on manifestation. ⠀ “Manifestation” is a concept that has helped propel me into the work I do today. And as I reflect on what that really means today — it looks a lot different than I thought. ⠀ Manifestation: it doesn’t have to be specific, it just has to be open. Enjoy xx ⠀ More PODCAST NOOR: www.noortagouri.com/podcastnoor ⠀ Follow Noor Tagouri: www.instagram.com/noor www.facebook.com/noor www.twitter.com/ntagouri
Gary Vaynerchuk, AKA Gary Vee is an entrepreneur, investor, and leading mind in business, marketing, and internet culture. In addition to running VaynerMedia and being a top personality on the internet, Gary is a best selling author, in-demand speaker, and evolving leader.
A few years ago, Adam asked me to connect with Gary at SXSW, where we were both speaking. Since that day, Gary and his team have been guides, mentors and teammates to Adam and I in different ways. It’s clear that his team’s positive, innovative, always-giving attitude starts from the top, with Gary. In my opinion, this leadership and team culture is one of the most underrated aspects of Gary’s world, and that’s exactly what I wanted to dive into.
In this conversation, Gary and I get into humility, evolution, being the children of immigrants, and so much more. This is a really special episode — with unlocks all around. I can’t wait for the next one. I hope you enjoy!
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Amber Hikes (whose pronouns are they/she) is a social justice advocate and community organizer. They are the Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer at the American Civil Liberties Union where they provide vision, leadership, and direction for the ACLU’s nationwide strategy to support equity, diversity, and inclusion. This conversation is full, and full of my own learning. We get into what it means to be an accomplice vs. an ally, the power of language, approaching work through a lens of intersectionality, and more. I am left after this conversation, feeling more hopeful, feeling more clear, having a better understanding of what liberation means for myself, my community and the communities at large, and how we can all be of better service to one another. I hope you enjoy this one xx Follow Amber: www.instagram.com/amber__hikes www.twitter.com/amberhikes Follow Noor: www.instagram.com/noor www.noortagouri.com/newsletter
Amanda E. White, LPC is a licensed therapist and the creator of the popular instagram account, @therapyforwomen. She is also the founder of the group practice, Therapy for Women Center located in Philadelphia, with therapists across the country. She is the author of the book Not Drinking Tonight: A Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love. Her work has been featured in dozens of publications including Forbes, The Washington Post, Shape and Women's Health Magazine. In this episode, Amanda and I unpack a lot, from Alcohol Culture, Sober Dating, Anxiety, and More. Follow Amanda: www.instagram.com/therapyforwomen Follow Noor: www.instagram.com/noor www.noortagouri.com/podcastnoor
Rakia Reynolds is a sought-after mind in strategic communications. As the founder of Skai Blue Media, she’s a thought leader, taste-maker, branding expert, and a “professional confrontationalist”. To me personally, Rakia has been a mentor, a friend, and an amazing teammate. Working with Rakia and her team has been so aligned and intentional for our team, and it’s been so exciting building, learning and growing with each other. In this episode, we talk about Cancel Culture from various perspectives, PTSD around culture and youth, how to approach storytelling thoughtfully as a storyteller and a communications strategist, and more. If you are a leader, storyteller, or curious about culture, this one if for you, enjoy! Follow Rakia: www.skaibluemedia.com www.instagram.com/rakiareynolds www.twitter.com/rakiareynolds Follow Noor: www.noortagouri.com www.insagram.com/noor www.twitter.com/ntagouri
Submit your stories at www.noortagouri.com/representation Dr. Maytha Al Hassen is a historian, journalist, social justice artist, and mending practitioner. She uses this work to bridge the worlds of organizing, academic research, media engagement, artistic expression and spiritually-guided healing practices. As an artist and organizer, Alhassen has performed and written extensively about the Muslim experience. She has written and produced on the award winning TV series ‘Ramy,’ and will be joining AYS as a researcher on our new, untitled investigative project. Our intention with this project is to remain open, listen to YOUR stories of how the misrepresentation of Muslims in media has impacted your lives, and to find us all answers we’ve been looking for, for a very long time. There is no one we would rather have to help guide us through our upcoming findings. 🙏 www.maythaalhassen.com The Blueprint For Muslim Inclusion: https://pillarsfund.org/content/uploads/2021/06/SOURCE-The-Muslim-Blueprint.pdf Follow Noor: www.insagram.com/noor www.twitter.com/ntagouri
Welcome To Our Newest Investigative Project
Please submit your stories to www.noortagouri.com/ssss
The project of a lifetime. This investigative series was born from questioning where I picked up the ‘shame’ I felt around my identity of being Arab, Muslim, and American. Our industry, the media industry, has played a monumental role in the shame so many of us have carried throughout our lives when existing as who we are.
This investigation is more than a critique into how the American media’s misrepresentation of Muslims, it is about how the stories we have been telling ourselves about ourselves are not ones we always chose for ourselves. It’s about how there are feelings we, in America, have still not fully processed and then proceeded to wage war against the feeling: terror. It is getting clear answers about who we are as a people and the stories we choose to rewrite moving forward. If America’s biggest export is its story, then how do we reclaim and rewrite the actual truths we know we’ve all been carrying. Pre and post 9/11.
This investigation will be led by our AYS Team with me, Dr. Maytha Alhassen, Zaron Burnett III, and each of YOU who choose to participate, in coproduction with iHeart Media.
This will be a community led investigation and your stories, your voices, will be a critical part of our research. I hope you join us, you can check out (write what you need for link)
We’ve seen some things, and we now we are saying something.
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Soul-Full Reflections on Community with Ilyasah Shabazz and Suhaib Webb This past Ramadan, At Your Service had the honor of hosting a series of Virtual Iftars (dinners to break our fast). To really hone in on impact for these events, we tapped into some incredible leaders to guide us through themed conversations around intention and community. This truly was one of my favorite events I’ve ever been to, let alone hosted. When you’re in the Month of Ramadan, feeling all your feelings, and you receive blessings in the form of gems, with your community all together Live, there’s really nothing like it. Last week we dropped a conversation with Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir and Iddris Sandu. THIS WEEK, we have the honor of revisiting a conversation between the esteemed Ilyasah Shabazz and Suhaib Webb. Professor Ilyasah Shabazz promotes higher education for at-risk youth, interfaith dialogue to build bridges between cultures for young leaders of the world, and she participates in international humanitarian delegations. She served as a member of the U.S. Delegation that accompanied President Bill Clinton to South Africa to commemorate the election of President Nelson Mandela and the Education & Economic Development initiatives. While she is frequently asked to speak about the Legacy of Malcolm X, she shares that it is her mother, Dr. Betty Shabazz’s wisdom, courage and compassion that guide her.
Suhaib Webb is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He has a degree in Education from the University of Central Oklahoma, and in Islamic law from al-Azhar Universiy in Cairo. He was named as a "Faith Leader to Watch" by The Center for American Progress in 2016, selected by the Muslim Community as one of CNN’s 25 Most Influential Leaders; as well as one of "Five Hundred of the Most Influential Muslims" by the Royal Islamic Studies Center in 2017. He is also currently the resident scholar at the ICNYU. And PS, he married Adam and I at our wedding :) This conversation between Ilyasah Shabazz and Suhaib Webb on community and being there for yourself in order to be there for others just CLICKED. I’m currently reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X and listening to this episode again and it couldn’t be more timely. I hope you enjoy! PS, In case you missed it last week, we played back another conversation from this event series, with Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir and Iddris Sandu. ays xx Our sponsors, but more like friends, at Ahmad Tea helped us put so much intention into these events, and we could not be more grateful to have them as partners. www.ahmadteausa.com instagram.com/ahmadtea_usa I hope you enjoy this episode, as much as I enjoyed hosting these lovely souls. _____ If you have any feedback, PLEASE leave a review of PODCAST NOOR. Follow Ilyasah: Instagram.com/ilyasahshabazz Follow Suhaib: instagram.com/suhaib.webb Follow Noor: instagram.com/noor Follow AYS: instagram.com/ays www.noortagouri.com/linktree
Setting Intentions with Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir and Iddris Sandu
This past Ramadan, At Your Service had the honor of hosting a series of Virtual Iftars (dinners to break our fast). To really hone in on impact for these events, we tapped into some incredible leaders to guide us through themed conversations around intention and community. This truly was one of my favorite events I’ve ever been to, let alone hosted. When you’re in the Month of Ramadan, feeling all your feelings, and you receive blessings in the form of gems, with your community all together Live, there’s really nothing like it.
First up, a fireside chat with literal trailblazers Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir and Iddris Sandu. Bilqis is a former D1 athlete-turned coach, instructor and inspiration. Bilqis is an international speaker and the founder of Dribble Down Barriers (dribbledownbarriers.com/camps). Iddris Sandu is a digital architect, who has worked alongside the most noteworthy tech startups of our time. Outside of being one of our best friends, Iddris is the founder of HALT Labs, redefining the future of transport and safety for intelligent cities and spacialLabs, an immersive visual studio/agency.
In this episode, we how to cultivate intentions, how to honor them, and how to execute on them.
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Marina Diamandis also known as MARINA and previously known as Marina and the Diamonds is a Welsh/Greek political pop star. She’s an incredible song writer with a voice that stops you in your tracks. It’s only after you get past the need to dance to her music that you realize in almost every one of her songs - she’s giving you a very important message. I’ve been listening to Marina’s music since high school…keeping lyrics like “if you are not very careful, your possessions will possess you.” as daily mantras. She just released her 5th studio album: Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land and has come back with evolved messages and music you won’t be able to sit still too.
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Nedra Tawwab on Gaslighting Loved Ones, Setting Boundaries, Finding Peace, and More.
Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW, is a New York Times best-selling author, licensed therapist, sought-after relationship expert, and one of my favorite people to follow on IG. She has practiced relationship therapy for 14 years and is the founder and owner of the group therapy practice, Kaleidoscope Counseling. Every day she helps people create healthy relationships by teaching them how to implement boundaries.
Nedra’s philosophy is that a lack of boundaries and assertiveness underlie most relationship issues, and her gift is helping people create healthy relationships with themselves and others. Nedra earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. She has additional certifications in working with families and couples and in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, plus advanced training for counseling adults who've experienced childhood emotional neglect.
For more Nedra Tawwab you can get her book: Set Boundaries, Find Peace wherever you get your books.
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Heather McGhee On: Us vs. Them, The Role of Racism in US Economy, and More.
Heather McGhee is a strategist and the strategy she designs and promotes are solutions to inequality in America. Her new book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together is now available from One World, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Heather’s 2020 TED talk, “Racism Has a Cost for Everyone” reached 1 million views in just two months online. In the coming year, she will launch an original podcast on how to create cross-racial solidarity in challenging times.
Heather has testified in Congress, drafted legislation, and developed strategies for organizations and campaigns that won changes to improve the lives of millions. For nearly two decades, she helped build the non-partisan "think and do" tank Demos, serving four years as president.
For more heather McGhee you can get her book The Sum of Us, wherever you get your books!
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Gabriella Karefa-Johnson is the fashion stylist we all need in our lives. She is the first black woman to style a Vogue cover, and her light has shone long before that. Gabriella is the fashion director of Garage magazine, curating and styling spreads that always create some noise.
She tells stories through her styling, and focuses on diversifying representation in high fashion. I met Gabriella at a Prada dinner in Milan, she greeted me like we were old friends and we immediately started dishing stories…..luckily for you all! She does that here too.
We talk about breaking into an industry as a person who doesn’t meet the typical standard of fashion, navigating what it means to finally get hired for jobs when it seems more trendy to hire BIPOC. And of course, Gabriella’s fashion inspirations, and fashion aspirations.
I hope you loved this episode with Gabriella Karefa Johnson. You can continue following her journey on instagram at @Gabriellak_j.
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Mari Andrew is a writer and illustrator who has been inspiring me for years. Her illustration career started as a hobby in 2015 as a form of self expression. She documents her stories through reflections and some water color on paper. Mari’s way with words and colors are a source of comfort to an online audience of over a million, sharing with us stories about grief, relationships, heartache, friendship, trying careers on, illness, and real self love.
In 2018 Mari released her New York Times best selling book: “Am I There Yet? The Loop-de-loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood” and a guide book companion in 2019. Most recently, Mari has published her latest book: “My Inner Sky: On Embracing Day, Night, and All the Times in Between.” It’s the perfect book for this moment as we all need a little more encouragement for present thinking. Mari has also become a hospital chaplain, something I’m very excited to talk to her about.
Welcome to this guided storytelling session of PODCAST NOOR with Mari Andrew on: The Healing Process of Writing, How To Share Almost Everything, and More.
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Alain Macklovitch, aka A-Trak is a Canadian DJ, turntables, record producer, and founder of record label Fools Gold. He started young, winning his first DJ Championship at the age of 15 and collecting 4 more world championships by 18. He is known for using highly technical turntable skills and scratching into his genre-spanning work. His craft caught the attention of Kanye West and A-Trak became Kanye’s original tour DJ. This led him to start Fools Gold where he continues to develop the careers of several artists. One, early on, being Kid Cudi — you remember your favorite Cudi song Day + Night? We have this classic thanks to A-Trak.
One of my favorite things about Alain is he is so multifaceted. I love talking to him about tech and politics. He is an artist, a leader, a mentor, a brother (who he also makes music with,) and his constant evolution with all of these things is exactly why he is where he is today. We will be talking about all of this and more!
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Rebecca Walker has contributed to the global conversation about race, gender, power, and the evolution of the human family for three decades. Since graduating from Yale, she has authored seven bestselling books on subjects ranging from intergenerational feminism and multiracial identity to Black Cool and ambivalent motherhood.
Rebecca has written, developed, and produced film and television projects with Warner Brothers, NBC, Amazon, HBO, and Paramount, and spoken at over four hundred universities and corporate campuses internationally, including Harvard, Out and Equal, Museum of the African Diaspora, and TEDxLund. When Rebecca was 21, she cofounded the Third Wave Fund, which makes grants to women and transgender youth working for social justice. She was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential leaders of her generation―and continues to teach her masterclass, The Art of Memoir, at gorgeous and inspiring places around the world.
And Fun Fact: She is also happens to be the daughter of author Alice Walker, who wrote one of my favorite books, The Color Purple.
Lily Diamond is a writer and advocate harnessing the power of digital media to democratize wellness and empower women through storytelling, accessible practices for inner and outer nourishment, and revolutionary acts of self-care within our earth and human communities. She is the creator of internationally beloved blog Kale & Caramel and author of bestselling memoir-cookbook Kale & Caramel: Recipes for Body, Heart, and Table, celebrated as one of the top cookbooks of 2017 by the New York Times, The Independent, Cooking Light, mindbodygreen, and more.
Lily’s writing has been featured in VICE, Healthyish, the Huffington Post, Refinery29, and more. Her work is informed by two decades of study, certification, and teaching in the art and practice of meditation and psychosomatic therapies. She is a devoted co-conspirator to organizations decolonizing food and wellness for all. Lily was educated at Yale University and lives in Maui, Hawai‘i, where she grew up, on occupied native Hawaiian land.
Together, Lily and Rebecca wrote “What’s Your Story? A Journal for Everyday Evolution.”
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Akin Akman is someone who some don’t believe is human. He is widely considered the world’s most successful group fitness coach over the last several years. His commitment to his athletes and his craft is practically unbeatable. We do in fact know he’s human though, because of his humanity. He is the co-founder and chief fitness officer of AARMY, a boutique fitness studio with in person and online practices. People go to AARMY to change their lives. Akin is an intentional coach and teacher who can turn even the most dedicated couch potato to an athlete.
Akin was a young tennis prodigy who started playing at 7, Training under legendary Hall of Fame Coach Nick Bollettieri. at 17 Akin sustained two serious injuries that led to his tennis career ending and healing journey starting. Bollettieri pushed Akman to reinvent himself as a Coach. Throughout this process he learned the importance of mental coaching, even more than physical coaching. And that is his secret sauce with his athletes, me included.
Akin trains our brains to train our bodies — and I think that is the biggest obstacle to overcome with pushing through exercise. In his own words, an athlete is a professional mover. And we were born to move. So, as professional movers, we are all athletes. We talk about who is an athlete, what it means to push through the struggle of doing what your body needs, how terrible injuries can turn into great journeys, and what it’s like to be one of the world’s best coaches.
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Ibrahim Hamad is one of the forces behind some of the best artists of our time, J. Cole, Ari Lennox, Bas, JID and more. He is the co-founder of the label Dreamville that he started with Cole after evolving their college friendship into a business partnership. Ibrahim, also known as, Ib, is Sudanese American, born in Paris, and thanks to his dad’s UNESCO job, lived all over the globe. He ended up in the most diverse county in the world - Queens, New York, where he turned his passion for music (aka putting people onto the great music) into an actual career. He didn’t know where it would take him. And following his intuition, building the right team, and staying true to the dream of Dreamville with J. Cole has led him and his team to building an empire that supports the power of story, community, and connection.
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dr. Yaba Blay is the teacher we all needed growing up. dr. Blay, that’s doctor with an intentional lower case "dr." describes herself as the anti-academia-academic. Meaning, another system that needs reform.
dr. Yaba is a Ghanaian American scholar, speaker, cultural worker, producer and author. She wrote and art directed the stunning photography book: "One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race", that was originally self-published in 2013 and now rereleased with Beacon Press. She was also a consulting producer on CNN’s "Who is Black in America?"
The conversation we have is a much needed one. One, I personally needed. Tears are shed and some healing goes on. You know, typical PODCAST NOOR style.
We talk about being first gen and the battle of bicultural identity, the story we were told about America, what it means to do work that traumatizes you, the relationship between corporations, how they approach anti racism work..and so much more.
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Adam Grant is one of my heroes. He is an author, organizational psychologist, the top rated professor at Wharton School of Business, and not only a TED speaker, but also a TED podcaster. He has a TED podcast called Work Life. I first learned about Adam Grant from his 2016 book “The Originals: How Non-Conformists Moved the World.” I’ve gifted this book dozens and dozens of times and still continue to. The Originals is where I learned about the concept of Horizontal Hostility, which if you know me, you’ve heard me mention it at least once.
His latest book “Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know” could not be more timely. And we get into to all of it. How we “think” and change our minds, what intuition actually is and if it is always good, horizontal hostility of course, doing work you need for yourself and so much more. This is one of my favorite podcast episodes and one of my favorite conversations I’ve ever had. I hope you enjoy every single minute of it.
You can follow him on Twitter @AdamMGrant and listen to his podcast Work Life with TED wherever you get your pods!
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Jenna Wortham is a writer at New York Times Magazine, co-author alongside Kimberly Drew of the anthology Black Futures, co-host of the NYT award-winning podcast Still Processing, where her and her best friend and the Times’ critic at large Wesley Morris make listeners feel like they are eavesdropping on two best friends talking about exactly what we need to be discussing in culture.
One of my favorite things about Jenna is their healing spirit. They are a sound healer, reiki practitioner, herbalist and community care worker oriented toward healing justice and liberation. Jenna is from the DMV, for those of you who don’t know, the DC/MD/VA area so that might be why I have even more love for them.
In this episode, we are talking about our own biases we carry, the state of journalism, being told you are a “diversity hire”, healing, how she made her way up in the New York Times, and the process of building the anthology Black Futures.
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For my Jordan episode, allow me to re-introduce myself, my name is Noor Al-Huda Tagouri and I’m here to bring you Guided Storytelling sessions.
I recorded this as a reflection after giving a virtual keynote ‘at’ Twitter and wanted to share where my head is at with events...
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The last trip I took before social restrictions was to Miami for a keynote. That week, the rest of the events I booked for the year had been canceled or moved virtual. I was terrified, but we quickly pivoted, and sought advice from our mentors who have practically perfected this (thank you, @sethgodin), and came up with a plan to still deliver impactful and inspiring engagements virtually.
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Virtual events are not going anywhere, they're here to stay - AND it is possible to make them really engaging and enjoyable.
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If you have any thoughts/questions about virtual events - connect with me below and I will do my best to answer. 🙏
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I wanted to bring this Solo AYS Hour back at the top of this new year to ask you, is your light on? Is Your Power on?
This is to kick of the New Year as we are all going through different shifts of power in our lives right now.
I love having full circle realizations in live time with you. I really hope you listen and share it with your loved ones -- this felt different and I’m proud of us. I would really love to hear your thoughts on this, comment (@Noor) or text me (i don't really check DMs). x
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So, now you’re saying #BlackLivesMatter, what next? Today for @AYS Hour we sat down with #BlackLivesMatter founder Patrisse Cullors about: HOW TO BE AN ALLY.
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We talked about #BlackOutTuesday, how to truly be in solidarity, how to check in on your friends and family, and the importance of THINKING CRITICALLY - not just following the herd.
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Check-in question: how have the conversations you’ve been having with friends and family been going?
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It has been one of the hardest things I’ve done but this is the work we NEED to do to show up. I am here carrying this with you. Love and appreciate y’all.
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I talked to the magnificent actor and activist Yara Shahidi tabout what it means to make the commitment to social justice and to find connection in all the movements. When we fight for equality and social justice — we are fighting for ourselves AND others. These issues affect all of us. We are stronger together.
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Christianity and Islam have more commonality than differences. Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them) would have been good friends today - we could use those relationships right now.
Dr. Craig Considine is a Christian scholar/professor and author of his latest book: The Humanity of Muhammad: a Christian view. For #AYSHour we discuss the commonalities between the faiths and how to navigate interfaith relations today.
This is an amazing episode for upcoming holiday dinner discussions.
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{AYS Hour from Nov 13, 2020. AYS Hour episodes are hosted live on Instagram @Noor}
An #AYSHour with our mentor Seth Godin, that turned my insides out and made me speechless on more than one occasion. For anyone who is looking for guidance in pushing forward, channeling creativity, doing work that matters...this is for you.
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Seth has a new book out called, The Practice, a worldwide best seller about creative work.
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Read his books, blogs, watch his talks, join his communities. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Seth.
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Ruba Abu-Nimah is the creative director of Revlon. She has been a visionary for top beauty companies, including, Shiseido, Pat McGrath and Bobbi Brown, and was also Elle magazine’s first-ever female Creative Director.
Ruba breaks down what a “creative director” is and the different ways to think bigger and let your work do the talking.
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In early February I sat down with the Former CEO of Tommy Hilfiger Global in his Amsterdam office. The references to COVID so early on are eerie to listen to now - as fashion was one of the first industries impacted by the virus. But - this conversation is even more relevant now as businesses are figuring out what risks to take in a post-COVID world.
Here is The Process of how Daniel Greider makes high risk decisions.
Donate. Vote. Volunteer. Communicate. Listen. Listen. Listen. Learn. Do your part. The time is now.
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“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” Thats a quote from James Baldwin. One of my favorites. But I realized it applies to so many things...our careers/industries, our relationships, our systems etc.
I’ve been in the media field for 10 years and am highly critical of it - because I love it so much. There’s a way to be critical and productive about things we love. Sarah Hoover is a great example of that. One of the most brilliant people in the art world - but also vocal about its flaws. I sat down with her and she got real about the problems and ways to alleviate them.
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The final episode of my mini series in partnership with @NIVEAUSA: SOFTNESS DURING COVID19...and what a conversation to end on. I feel like softness is my superpower and I can do anything right now.
We spoke to @UnlimitedWifi777 about pivoting from an art curation job to cleaning restrooms in a grocery store with excellence and the importance of HONORING OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS ALWAYS!
If there’s one thing we know for sure - it’s that life is totally unpredictable, especially right now.
But as John Wesley taught us in this conversation: WIN THE DAY. Take it one day at a time, use these tips to help reframe and guide you during this moment. I will be coming back to this conversation often.
Stay safe, stay strong, stay soft.
And as always,
At Your Service.
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Whether you’re a parent, teacher, student or you know any of the above...I’m sure you know this hasn’t been an easy adjustment. And while no one has all of the answers, @KindnessOrg has some. In my continued partnership with @NiveaUSA for our #RethinkSoft during COVID series, I spoke with Jaclyn Lindsey, the Founder + CEO of Kindness.org about how parents, teachers, and students can better adjust to the virtual classroom. All resources we mention in this conversation are available on their website. Please share this with anyone you think it can help. Stay soft, stay strong, stay safe. And as always — at your service
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Many of us have been trying to figure out our place in all of this. For most of us - protecting others by staying home, for people in service industries - it’s showing up for us so that we can continue surviving together, for doctors and nurses it’s being on the frontlines to keep our friends and families alive.
Lauren Brinkers is a retired nurse and shoemaker who voluntarily deployed herself to the frontlines of an NYC hospital during this pandemic. She went from a pediatric nurse to an ICU nurse because there was such a dire need. In this conversation, Lauren opens up to me about her experience and teaches us about how we can use softness to thrive during this time saying:
“The duality of softness [while being a COVID ICU nurse] is the fortitude it takes but also to be caring and empathetic. [Softness] is such an essential skill set needed in order to thrive + for patients to thrive.”
Thank you to all of the people who continue to serve on the frontlines of this pandemic. Thank you to everyone who continues to do their part in keeping each other safe.
Stay safe, stay strong, stay soft...and as always, At Your Service. x
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Many of us are struggling with being soft with ourselves during this time. I keep having to remind myself and loved ones - we are in a global pandemic. There is no right way to feel. I find comfort in knowing we are collectively going through a moment together. But in “normal” times and especially “global pandemic” times - we can be SO hard on ourselves.
I’ve been working with NIVEA around #RethinkSoft and the conversation and perception of SOFTNESS. For the next 4 weeks, during At Your Service Hour, I will be hosting weekly Live conversations on my Instagram @Noor around this theme with incredible guests. These episodes will also be uploaded to #TheProcess Podcast feed over the next 4 weeks. These messages are too important, so we’ve paused on rolling our official The Process episode while we take this journey!
My Mama Salwa is a guidance counselor, Founder/CEO of ISeeYouFoundation, parent of 6, and QUEEN of self-compassion and softness.
Stay safe, Stay strong, Stay Soft.And as always...At Your Service. x
Come take a walk with me, I have some thoughts to share. For the next four episodes we are doing something a little different. We are sitting in softness, kindness, and bravery. Together. Come as yourself.
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Building trust with people is one of my core values as a journalist. No one owes us their story. It is an honor and a privilege to witness someone’s truth. But the practice of building trust with others goes far beyond journalism. It is rooted in human connection. Seeing, hearing, and valuing all people.
In this episode of The Process, we explore this concept with a journalist I’ve looked up to since I was a kid, Lisa Ling. Her career has been built on getting people to share stories they’ve never shared out loud. The lessons in this episode are for our journeys, for our own Processes of Building Trust With Others.
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This conversation was overdue yet couldn’t be more timely. I’ve had extensive conversations with Anna about grief, so I wanted to understand and share the experience with you all. From grieving a public figure, to grieving a private person, to understanding there is more than just the big grief — there are so many little ones along the way, and just as many ways to handle each experience. It’s a topic that has been on my mind all year and one I felt we needed insight on.
This episode, like all of this season, was taped before COVID-19. The entire world is going through an experience of collective grief right now - whether we have processed it or not. When I watched this interview in post production I felt like I was having an out of body experience — like I was watching and listening through the lens of a new world. I found even more comfort and guidance in this conversation.
This is a deep one. Take a deep breath before you enter and know we are virtually holding each other through this all. Love and appreciate y’all. And thank you Anna for walking us through The Process of Dealing with Grief.
In case you or someone you know needs support, here are some resources:
Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK
Crisis Text Line, the free, nationwide, 24/7 text message service for people in crisis, is here to support. For support in the United States, text HELLO to 741741 or message at facebook.com/CrisisTextLine
For support outside the US, find resources at http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
I’ve been so eager to release these next episodes, The Process of Dealing with Grief, and The Process of Building Trust and Thinking for Ourselves. We are in a moment of collective grief right now — and none of us have ever experienced anything like this in our lifetime. My conversation with Anna Shinoda explores different types of grief and how to approach dealing with and moving through grief. It was a healing episode for me and I hope for you too. The following episode, The Process of Building Trust and Thinking Independently is with Lisa Ling. Lisa is a legendary journalist and has been a mentor of mine for years. As a kid I looked up to her individuality, but also to how she is able to get anyone to open up to her! In a time where we are looking for so much understanding with one another and connection, but also bombarded with opinions and thoughts, I felt like a conversation about building trust with people AND thinking for ourselves would be crucial. I hope these episodes come as some type of benefit for you. As always, at your service. x
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Imagine making a film inspired by your “coming of age” story.. Gets you a little nervous right? The idea of your family and community watching parts of your life and mind in such an intimate way. It’s an incredibly brave act — one that requires a lot of decision making, intention, and just great storytelling.
Minhal Baig did that with her feature film Hala. And it was so good - it was even the first feature selected for Apple TV+. With Minhal, we get into The Process of Telling Stories for Your Community. Everything comes out in this episode.
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I’ve always been obsessed with the violin. I played as a child and putting the instrument down for good is one of my biggest regrets in life. There is just something about using a beautiful tool to create stories that keeps me in awe.
When I met violinist Ezinma and heard her play, so much light and power radiated from her. It was breathtaking, in a literal sense. The violin is one of the most incredibly constructed instruments on the planet, and Ezinma is one of the most talented people I’ve ever seen play. I knew there was so much to learn from her skill and passion. Who better to teach us The Process of Perfecting Your Craft?
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For this episode, I knew I wanted to make a dish with Phillip. He’s one of my favorite designers in fashion — but the intention in his cooking transcends industry. It also gave me hope that he had only been cooking for a few years. Ha! Our conversation was one that filled my soul as much as the meal filled my belly..and then some. We talk about sustainability in regards to the environment...but what about ourselves? This conversation is a literal and metaphorical guide on The Process of Sustaining Ourselves in everything we do.
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What would a show called The Process be without our Process? Noor Tagouri’s Editor’s Note #0 sets the intention for the first 3 episodes of The Process. Why we are releasing this during such an uncertain time? Why we are releasing them with these guests, in this order? And how we can use this curation of conversations to give us comfort and community during this time. Be sure to look out for more Editor’s Notes along the way.
With a lineup driven by award-winning journalist Noor Tagouri’s infectious curiosity, The Process passes the mic to the people who have the lived experience. From transitioning careers, to hosting a dinner party, to reviving a heritage brand — Noor uncovers just how our favorite people do it all, and reminds us that in anything we pursue, the ups and downs are just part of The Process.