Being a Black Muslim Woman Expat and Freelance Writer with Imani Bashir

Imani Bashir is a Muslimah and a fellow Sagittarian who has over 10 years of experience as a Writer and Journalist. She started in sports broadcasting. She currently is the Deputy Editor at Travel Noire. She has been featured in almost all the major outlets that you can think of. As a World Traveler. Imani is also an Expat (relocated internationally) to Mexico and England, China, Poland, and Egypt! She's a wife and Mom to a beautiful black baby boy. She's from the D.C. area and has lived in Maryland. She also lived in New Jersey, and Delaware and Atlanta, Georgia.  She talks about: How her parents met at Howard University Self Discovery after an Identity Crisis as a Youth Meeting Her husband in Cairo Egypt Getting her dad's approval for Marriage Giving Birth at her home in Poland  Generational Trauma of birth inside the United States Her experiences with racism, sexism, pay wage inequality and religious discrimination in the media industry This episode is sponsored by Practical MuslimIf you are a woman of faith interested in getting closer to God (Allah) these and need help on your spiritual journey Use promo code LEGACY for $5 off 60 of these uplifting, downloadable Practical Muslim devotionals from the holy book of the Quran. https://www.practicalmuslim.com/devotionaldeck/60-devotionals-deck Episodes mentioned: Neymat (Episode 11), Aizya (Episode 20) and My Mom Episodes 36/37 two parts) and Episode 5 my dad Movies Mentioned 13th To Kill a Mockingbird When They See Us Interact with Imani on the web: https://www.instagram.com/sheisimanib/ https://twitter.com/SheIsImaniB https://www.facebook.com/pg/sheisimanib https://sheisimanib.com/ https://kinja.com/ibashir Listen to more episodes for free on your favorite streaming platform: livinglegacypodcast.com Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2NYapeh Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2TdAZ87 iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/33gUj9j Pandora: https://pdora.co/2PLMUXo TuneIn: http://bit.ly/2RKrnjU Keep the conversation going. Follow us on Social Media.  facebook.com/livinglegacypodcast instagram.com/livinglegacypodcast https://twitter.com/LivingLegacyPod https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglegacypodcast/