This special quarantine episode features my mom, my very first teacher and biggest inspiration. Those of you who know my mom and me, know that she's the cooler one. I knew when I started the podcast she would definitely be in one of the episodes, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. She takes us through the journey of her life as one of the first Muslims to attend a well-known prep school in Toronto, going on to Medill - Northwestern University's School of Journalism and eventually working for the Chicago Tribune for 15 years. She talks about this immense feeling of protection from Allah swt while her father was in and out of spinal surgery, as a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in reporting battles with the mayor of Chicago, and just throughout her everyday life. She reflects on the powerful tafsir given by Shaykh Amin Kholwadia at Darul Qasim in Chicago and how it set her on a new phase in life, one without journalism. Now back in Toronto, she takes classes at SeekersGuidance: The Global Islamic Seminary and works as a senior advisor for a university. Listen as she shares some mother-to-daughter wisdoms from her remarkable life.