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Sam Burr

The Burr Grinder Show is a daily show where I (Sam Burr, your host) have conversations with people who are grinding for something they want in life. Guests range from athletes, to poets, to single fathers and influencers who take their lives into their own hands for a better life.

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This is part two of my full conversation with Medinah grad, father of 5 and founder of Maysoor, Ismaeel Beaumont. For part one please click here: https://youtu.be/QyTQrPmafbw   

Links

Ismaeel's wife's thing: https://instagram.com/decormummy 

My wife's thing: https://instagram.com/thesilenthornfoundation 

Maysoor Arabic: https://www.maysoor.com/  

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In this conversation with our dear brother Ismaeel, we cover so much from the beauties of learning and teaching Arabic, the struggle with sickness and hardships in family, work and study. Just sit back and enjoy!

Links for websites we refer to in the show.

Ismaeel's wife's thing: https://instagram.com/decormummy

My wife's thing: https://instagram.com/thesilenthornfoundation

Maysoor Arabic: https://www.maysoor.com/ Some useful timestamps

02:04 Welcome.

02:50 Shout out to our amazing wives.

07:26 Ismaeel updates us on his cancer.

14:47 sickness, death and perspective.

16:52 gratitude for our loved ones.

20:23 Studying at the Islamic university of Medinah

21:26 Did he ever want to quit?

26:34 Why did Ismaeel specialise in Hadith?

37:06 Starting https://www.maysoor.com/

56:31 What does Maysoor offer?

59:32 New Course - ta'biir book!

1:03:28 How much Arabic courses cost.

1:04:47 Is grammar the right approach?

1:07:12 Problems with learning to SPEAK a language.

1:10:22 Importance of mothers in children's Arabic.

The Burr Grinder Show YouTube channel for my other conversations: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2DpT0dx2eNFOiRCDUJ0uPg

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I met Habib Ali when I was in my final year at SOAS and since then he's gone on to take some seriously brave steps in his personal and professional life as well as his studies. He is the proud co-founder, along with his wife of Ihsan-Arabic.com where he delivers tuition and online courses for Arabic students all over the world! Follow him on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/ihsan.arabic

The Burr Grinder Show is a daily show where I (Sam Burr, your host) have conversations with people who are grinding for something they want in life. Guests range from athletes, to poets, to single fathers and influencers who take their lives into their own hands for a better life.

Some useful time stamps for this episode:

00:00 Introduction

01:13 Welcome

02:33 What is Ihsan Arabic?

04:57 What's unique about learning Arabic?

10:28 Arabic Curriculum design

12:44 How often should you study?

17:30 The INTU Arabic method and course

21:47 Inspiration to learn Arabic

28:19 The importance of 'Ihsan'

32:43 Teaching offline VS online

47:11 Tajweed and the preservation of Arabic

56:20 Madrasah in Mallorca

59:21 Studying in Palestine

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Muhidin Abubakar is an MMA champion holding belts in multiple promotions with a record of 8-1. After representing the Somali community and putting on such a well rounded and dominant performance in his most recent fight, I was very keen to have him on the show Follow him on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/m.abubarakr98

The Burr Grinder Show is a daily show where I (Sam Burr, your host) have conversations with people who are grinding for something they want in life. Guests range from athletes, to poets, to single fathers and influencers who take their lives into their own hands for a better life.

Some useful time stamps for this episode:

00:00 Introduction 01:06 Welcome

02:05 Muhidin's Next fight

03:26 Muhidin's background

04:57 Shout out to Barawaanis

06:00 How did Muhidin start martial arts?

12:03 Does Khabib try to protect his record?

23:22 How does Muhidin prepare for a fight?

30:02 Fighting at flyweight, diet/ weight

32:25 Fighting as a career/ self promotion as a Somali

50:09 The mental aspect of fighting

57:32 Learning languages

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Jason May is an old friend of mine and is a Black belt in Karate, a speaker, a personal trainer and fitness expert. He's the founder of MayfFit which offers training, book camps and nutrition expertise! Follow him on instagram at:

https://www.instagram.com/jason_mayfit/

The Burr Grinder Show is a daily show where I (Sam Burr, your host) have conversations with people who are grinding for something they want in life. Guests range from athletes, to poets, to single fathers and influencers who take their lives into their own hands for a better life.

Some useful time stamps for this episode:

01:30 Introduction to Jason.

16:14 Taking students from white to black belt.

17:11 Martial arts and REAL combat.

33:18 How to build you back at home.

44:56 Feel good in a calorie deficit

50:18 Why "The Burr Grinder?"

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Thank you so much for joining me for my first show! In this introduction episode, I just share a bit of personality as I take you through the journey of how this show came to be!

The Burr Grinder Show is a daily show where I (Sam Burr, your host) have conversations with people who are grinding for something they want in life. Guests range from athletes, to poets, to single fathers and influencers who take their lives into their own hands for a better life.

Some time stamps for this episode

00:00 Introduction

01:23 Brief personal bio

04:13 Start from the beginning

06:16 My trip to New Zealand

12:00 My journey to Islam

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