“I wanted to be a cricket commentator and follow the Pakistani cricket team around the world” – Fatima Asmal Obviously that didn’t pan out because Allah had better and more rewarding plans for Fatima Asmal – Alhamdullillah. It was really great to meet her. We have been in contact for about 10+ years but seeing…
Shubnum Khan – South African Author – Artist – Freelance Writer – S02E33
“I would hop around and make up a lot of stories in my head when I was a kid.” – Shubnum Khan Shubnum stuck out like a “sore thumb” in school already. She speaks about her school life and University, as well as taking us through her process of writing her first book called “Onion…
Muhammad Zakaria Suleman – Advocate Durban Bar – Former Law Clerk Constitutional Court – S02E32
“Speak your mind. One day it will be OK!” – Muhammad Zakaria Suleman We kicking off our first episode from Durban with Muhammad Zakaria. He speaks about ‘clerking’ for the Judge of the Constitutional Court but before that he studied Architecture? huh! We asked him whether South African law is tight and more progressive than…
Khadija Patel – Editor-in-Chief – Mail & Guardian – S02E31 – EXTENDED INTERVIEW
“I am just a simple girl from Mayfair…” – Khadija Patel Khalil could not leave! It was more than 1.5 hours of a beautiful conversation and as you could imagine it was so difficult to edit this. Khadija starts by telling us about her school teacher who inspired her to read/write. How she started with…
Saliegh Salaam – Portfolio Manager – Old Mutual Investment Group – S02E30
“Rightfully, as a Muslim community we are extremely obsessive about eating halaal and that is important. However from an investment or financial product consumption perspective, we unfortunately not at that level yet.” – Saliegh Salaam This interview with Saliegh was fascinating. We were glued to our seats and wanted more. In fact our community poured…