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Explore podcast episodes featuring Muslim travelers sharing experiences of living abroad, long-term travel, and navigating global travel while maintaining faith and identity. Hear perspectives on cross-cultural travel, community, and the realities of moving through the world as a Muslim traveler.

Muslim travelers move through the world navigating diverse cultural contexts, religious practices, and global perceptions. In this collection from The Maverick Show, Muslim guests share stories of living abroad, long-term travel, and building lives across cultures while maintaining faith and identity. These conversations explore experiences ranging from observing Ramadan abroad and finding halal food to making the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. They also reflect on wearing hijab in different cultural contexts and navigating Islamophobia in global travel spaces. Together, these episodes highlight cross-cultural travel, identity abroad, and the ways Muslim travelers create community and find belonging across borders.

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121: Hebah Nigm on Speaking 6 Languages Fluently by Age 23, Grounding Her Identity in Islam and Traveling the World as a Hijabi

Hebah Nigm takes us on her journey growing up in an Egyptian immigrant family in Vienna, Austria, and learning to speak 6 languages fluently by age 23. She explains how her passion for…

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361: Performing Hajj & Umrah and How to Travel the World with a Family of 5 on Points and Miles with Amena Bakali

Learn how to use points & miles to perform Umrah with a family and travel the world to celebrate Eid in different cities. Amena tells the story of how she met Matt and…

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317: Centering the Voices of Refugees and Founding “Our World Too” with Hira Aftab

Learn about the importance of prioritizing the voices, stories, and experiences of refugees in the places we travel. Hira Aftab talks about growing up in a Pakistani immigrant home between the UK and…

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110: Empowering African Digital Nomads and Staying Grounded in Social Justice Activism with Fadila A. Ahmad

Fadila A. Ahmad shares her story of growing up in northern Nigeria, desiring to travel the world, and leaving home at the age of 16 to go study in Ghana without telling her…

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359: Traveling the World as a Black Muslim Digital Nomad, Giving Birth in Poland, and Raising Globally Conscious Kids with Imani Bashir

Hear about living in China, Malaysia, Poland and Mexico as a Black Muslim woman & raising her son in multiple countries. In part 2 of this interview Imani talks about her experience living…

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Founding “Hijabi Globetrotter” and Building a Travel Community for Adventurous Muslim Women with Kareemah Ashiru (Ep 159)

Hear how traditional family expectations shaped her path to solo travel, life abroad, and greater personal independence. Kareemah Ashiru talks about growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, and then moving to the U.S. and…

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Reflections on “Home” as a Third Culture Kid and Resources for Muslim Travelers with Sally Elbassir (Ep 161)

Hear how family expectations and ancestral homelands reshaped her identity and relationship with travel across borders. Sally Elbassir takes us on her journey being born in Ireland to Egyptian and Sudanese parents, and…

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Fear of a Muslim Planet, Global Islamophobia and the Top 10 Hip Hop MCs of All Time with Arsalan Iftikhar (Ep 142)

Learn how anti-Muslim racism connects across countries and what meaningful anti-racist allyship looks like in practice. Arsalan Iftikhar reflects on growing up in a Pakistani immigrant family in Chicago, experiencing racism, and being…

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Hear from Palestinian and other Arab travelers navigating migration and displacement while building community across borders and cultures.

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Hear from East and Southeast Asian travelers living abroad, exploring the world, and building community across cultures and borders.

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Explore how South Asian travelers navigate family expectations, identity, and life between cultures.

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