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Nadir Thabatah, Yadira Thabatah
Behind The Blind is a podcast hosted by the cofounders of Islam By Touch, Nadir and Yadira Thabatah. Behind The Blind is a way for people to gain insight on what it's like to be blind, to be a Muslim, and to be a blind Muslim in every aspect of life from our perspective. Sometime it will fun, sometimes it will be hard to listen to, but it will always be real and always be genuinely us.
Behind The Blind Episode 28.
In this episode Yadira and Nadir go through some audience comments left on YouTube and discuss.
In this Episode of Behind The Blind we are showcasing one of the Islamic Q&A/General discussion sessions that we hold for the blind community. In this session we were joined with Imam Wisam Sharieff from @QuranRevolution and it was an awesome time. Hope you guys enjoy.
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On this Episode of Behind The Blind, Nadir and Yadira discuss how Yadira feels about Mother's Day. They also talk about celebrating birthdays, Father's Day, braille Quran Classes and so much more.
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In this episode Yadira and Nadir recap their week and discuss the concept of inspiration porn from their prospective.
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In this Episode Yadira and Nadir Talk all about Eid Al Fitr 2023.. How they prepared for the holiday, celebrating Eid with the family, and the awesome Fiesta Del Eid.
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In this episode Nadir and Yadira talk about traveling as a blind person and their plans for the last 10 nights of Ramadan. They also talk about some issues they face with ride share services.
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In this episode Yadira and discuss the Idea of hustle culture in society, the debate on decorations for Muslim holidays sold at big box retailers, and the tragic shooting that happened recently in Tennessee.
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In this episode Nadir and Yadira discuss what's going on for them this Ramadan. They talk about what Islam By Touch organized for the blind and disabled community along with how they celebrate the month and Yadira's struggles during her Ramadans.
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In this episode Yadira and Nadir talk about the idea of being half Muslim and talk about the difference between Islam and Culture.
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Nadir and Yadira are both under the weather this week so here is a reaction episode they recorded in January 2023. They will be reaction to an article on predictions from 1923 about 2023. Enjoy
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Hey everyone, in this episode Yadira explain why they decided to homeschool and describe some of the ways they manage homeschooling 4 children while running Islam By Touch.
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In this episode Yadira and Nadir Talk about the misconceptions and stigmas they deal with because they are blind parents. Also Nadir is really tired in this one, so goofiness ensues...
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In this episode Nadir and Yadira tell share Sumayah's birth story and why they moved to Texas.
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In this episode Nadir and Yadira talk about Suhaylah's birth and their experiences in the hospital. Yadira also recounts her last days and moments with her first guide dog Andrea.
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In this episode Yadira and Nadir talk about the lack of support they had while going through their issues during Yadira's pregnancy with Abdallah. They also discuss how they avoided future discrimination based on their disability and Yadira's roller coaster pregnancy with Noah.
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In this episode Nadir and Yadira recount their time in the hospital and the unimaginable hardships the hospital staff put them through after their first son was born.
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In this episode Nadir and Yadira discuss the struggles of being blind parents and we are not taliking about the parenting aspect. Yadira speaks about her pregnancy with Abdallah, a life threatening event she experienced while pregnant, and the prejudice and mistreatment they unexpectedly received due to their disability.
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In this episode Nadir and Yadira continue the story of why they started Islam By Touch. They discuss the difficulty in finding a place to live, the work that went into making the master copy of English Meanings of the Quran in braille, and how they ended up in Texas.
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In this episode Nadir and Yadira discuss the circumstances that lead them to starting Islam By Touch along with all of the trials and tribulations they went through during the first few months of the non profit organization.
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In this episode Nadir goes through his experience in high school, his first exposure to the broader blind community, how and when he became more religious, and so much more.
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In This episode we go through Nadir's early life. We talk about his blindness, family life, his early school years, bullying, and Tupac..
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In this episode Yadira discuses the aftermath of embracing Islam, both from her family and from the Muslim community.
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In this episode we go through Yadira's family life as we continue her journey towards embracing Islam.
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This is a bonus clip of Nadir and Yadira getting ready to record an episode of the podcast while they are on vacation. Everything was going great until a carpenter bee showed up.
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In this episode of Behind The Blind we discuss when and why Yadira started learning about Islam, questions she always had about catholicism, and what ultimately lead her to leave Christianity.
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In this episode we continue Yadira's story by exploring what went down in 7th grade, Yadira's high school experience as a blind student and some of the moments that made Yadira evaluate her life.
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Hey guys, in this episode we go through Yadira's journey to Islam starting with her early childhood, her experience in school as a blind student and how through it all she still maintained faith in God.
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In this episode we discuss Yadira's path to becoming a guide dog handler and all of the hurtles she had to overcome to get there.
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This is our first episode where we discuss Yadira's blindness, the cause of it, treatment, prosthetics, and how she while going through this.