When the Dream Gets Heavy: Divorce, Medicine and Healing

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In this episode of The Muslim Pod, we sit down with Zarmina, an incoming OBGYN resident at the University of Toronto and a Calgary-raised international medical graduate, to explore how she navigated divorce while completing medical school in Pakistan, broke through the stigma her community rarely talks about, and found her way back to herself and to Canada through faith, grit, and an unwillingness to let go of her dream.Follow The Muslim Pod for more stories. Share this episode with someone who may need it, and submit your story through our website: themuslimpod.caNext Episode: May 15, 2026[Episodes will be aimed for Fridays and every two weeks.]

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