This week is national accessibility week and in this episode, Rafia discusses with Ruwaida her journey in memorizing the Quran. The barriers she faced and strategies to make Islamic education inclusive for people with disabilities. We talk about the introduction of the Braille Qur'an and how it helped her on her journey. Ruwaida is also a Quran rec…

In this episode #fashion is the topic of discussion, and how fashion and #disability intersect. Welcome to another episode of the Pity Party. In our society today, fashion plays a huge role in how others may view you. What you wear and how you present yourself play a part in how the world perceives you, and as people with disabilities, it’s importa…

Has the #winter weather been getting you down? Welcome back to another episode of the Pity Party. As the winter season is still upon us, we discuss how the weather affects us as #Muslim women living with disabilities. We share our personal experiences with difficult weather and how it has affected our accessibility and mobility. Through the pandemi…

Welcome back to another episode of the #Pity Party. In this segment, we acknowledge both World Hijab Day and the start of Black History month in a discussion lead by 3 #Muslim women with Disabilities on intersectional racism. In this episode, we share real experiences of oppression and discrimination that we have faced in our lives as POC Muslim Wo…

How has #COVID impacted your life? Welcome back to another episode of the #Pity Party. As we move into the new year of 2022, we are still living through this pandemic. As#Muslim women living with disabilities, we discuss how the spread of COVID has affected our lives and what impact it has had on the vulnerable community. Join us in the conversatio…

What do you know about individuals with disabilities? Are we all the same, do we have all the same experiences? In today’s podcast, we will be discussing the topic of acquiring disabilities through the war as we commemorate the soldiers who have lost and who have fought for us. War devastates many parts of our society and can leave many individuals…

We discuss our experiences in school gym class and on the playground as a person with a disability, feeling left out, and finding the right sport that best fits you. This episode discusses the sense of community participating in sports actually brings for people with disabilities, as well as encourages others to always participate.…

Do individuals with disabilities have anything to be thankful for? We discuss this and talk about how as 3 #MuslimWomen with disabilities approach our lives with self-love and appreciation. We give our experience of being radicalized women with disabilities, living in the GTA, and influenced by our cultures and how we have a positive outlook on lif…

In this episode, we discuss the appropriation of Muslims and individuals with disabilities during Halloween. These costumes end up being evil or scary characters, negatively highlighting these two groups. We share our experiences dealing with negative stereotypes put upon us and how to eradicate these wrongful assumptions.…

In this episode, we continue the conversation about #IslamicHistoryMonthCanada and #IslamicHeritageMonth. As Canadians and #MuslimWomen we take pride in this month. Often Muslims with disabilities get left out of the stories told about Islamic contributions to society. To make sure this doesn’t happen anymore, in this episode we talk about the lega…

This episode highlights the importance of #IslamicHistoryMonthCanada and #IslamicHeritageMonth recognized in Ontario. Islamic contributions to society should be celebrated, and so we used our platform to proclaim the positive influence Muslim individuals have on our world. As 3 #MuslimWomen with disabilities we are making history as well, and contr…

Get ready for another #PityParty! In this episode, the conversation is lead by us 3 #Muslim women, about being thankful for living #disabilities. We discuss our experiences finding the positives in the reality we face as disabled Muslim women, as well as discussing the barriers we face that bring us to have our own Pity Parties. This episode brings…

In this episode of #Pity #Party, Rafia, Rabia, and Omaya Speak about the mistreatment of Indigenous communities and how Canada is falling short of its duties to make their past wrongs right. In this episode, they speak about their own experiences being marginalized and reflect on how #indigenous communities have been marginalized and mistreated for…

Introducing DEEN’s NEW #Podcast ‘The Pity Party Podcast’ Are you having a pity party yet? We are 3 #Muslim women from the GTA with over 50 years of lived experience of #disability. We will share our experiences, challenges, triumphs and the central role that pity has played in helping us in our highs, and adding to our lows. This podcast will be an…

Get out your napkins and handkerchiefs! In this episode of #PityParty, the conversation is lead by us 3 #Muslim women, sharing our stories living with disabilities since childhood. Join us as we share our experiences from early age living with our disabilities, our trials and tribulations, and our experiences as racialized women with disabilities, …