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New Year, New Show, New Plans! · After Maghrib 🌙

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So after midnight rebranding, but we have a new set and the
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news news. I don't like I'm looking at this
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the shot and I'm thinking there's a lot of white space,
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but inshallah we're getting. There I don't like this table.
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Salaam alaikum everyone. I.
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Said it in season 3. I'm not saying season.
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Four, yeah, we're changing the table inshallah.
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We're putting some frames behind us, going to put some shelves.
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But guys, if you've got sound while they come, everyone
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welcome back to after. But we're going to change, we're
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going to change some stuff. So we're looking for ideas,
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Mohammed. I think we need more price.
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How you guys doing? Hamdullah man, who could, we
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said. Yeah, good.
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This has been the first time we're recording the studio.
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So for those who are audio listeners, we are in a new
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studio right now. We've we moved in the end of
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last year and Hamdullah, we've got the keys to our own place,
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which is a big step for after Maghrib, small step personally,
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small step for after big step for.
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Mankind accent. Yeah, yeah.
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So, and we're in the process of what's so funny.
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I just remembered something got to do with the.
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Studio yeah, so we're in the process of levelling up
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Inshallah. Lot not coming.
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Lot planned, but saying it's been a while.
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It's been what, three months? Two months since I've recorded
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it's. Been a very long time.
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November I think was the last one.
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When I recorded, look, we ended Season 3 with EP1 one 818.
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I think you last came on in 115 or 16.
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Yeah. So it's been three months.
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Good to be, good to be back. Wait, who?
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Who was what? So 1181118 was me and you and
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Ted said. 117 was me and Ahmed's picture with me.
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I still brang him on the podcast.
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And then we ended up saying, and now we're here.
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I think the last podcast I was on with was with say, Mustafa
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because really, or maybe it was that the last one, I don't think
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maybe it. Was a while ago.
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Maybe it was after that, I think it was a while.
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It was probably after that. I'll I'll find out.
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But regardless, it's good to be back.
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Happy New Year, everyone. It's probably a long time since
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the new year since you know when you guys hear this, but 2025 how
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we feeling? Huge here, huge here for him.
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Yeah. Sharla So he started off with
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the amazing event. Yeah, 10 out of 10.
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Yeah, it was good, Abdullah. Best event.
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Do you give a 10 out of 10 or you heard it's 10 out of 10?
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Bro, I think both, isn't it like I thought it was?
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I thought it was great. And then obviously Hamdullah, we
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had amazing feedback as well from everyone that attended.
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Obviously you guys would have had amazing feedback as well.
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All our guests, Hamdullah, obviously, they seem to also
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like, you know, really enjoy and like enjoy the other panels as
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well. That So yeah, Hamdullah, man, I
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think it went amazing. Yeah, I agree.
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We had amazing speakers. Thank you so much to them.
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We had amazing reciters, motivational speakers.
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We we sold out and Hamdallah with tickets.
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So we sold 350 tickets. We probably had at least 100 or
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more on the waiting list, which is so honoring and flattering.
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Hamdallah. Which is like, I think by the
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way, it's like an indication, should we inshallah make this an
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annual? Flagship.
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They're annual, but. We'll see, I'll see.
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We'll see why not. It's a lot.
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It's a lot. Obviously, it's like I've said,
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in my opinion, the event was amazing.
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It was so, it was so amazing to see something that we have built
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now having the losses 2022 to come to fruition and actually
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materialize in like a visible form when you have your digital
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community coming together and amazing people who watch the
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podcast and who were there. And it was really nice.
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But obviously it took a lot out of us, and not just that.
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Like our bread and butter is the weekly.
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Podcast, The weekly podcast, yeah.
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But you know, what I was was for me.
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By the way, I think the best moment was meeting people who
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travelled from wide and far. 100% to me.
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I was like wow. Yeah.
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Supply Allah, Mashallah, this. It gave me an indication that I
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think after Maghrib's on the right track.
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Yeah, 100, you know, appealing to audiences, not just in the
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UK, all around the world, and they find benefit in the content
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that we produce. This is something I think we
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should continue. But I do want to say one thing
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and I don't think we said it publicly on the day, so do
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forgive me. To all our volunteers by the
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way, my huge huge thank you for helping us making this event a
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success and their hard work is not on notice.
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Yeah, they were young as well. They.
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Were very young and it was amazing how how like how well
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they were able to do like under that pressure as well.
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Yeah. Because there's obviously you've
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got like almost like 304 hundred people coming in at like the
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same similar time. You know, the car park
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volunteers, they did amazing. You've got the guys inside
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watching the guests as well, like backstage, like the
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volunteers were absolutely phenomenal.
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They were, yeah, yeah, they were.
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They were young leaders. They give us hope for, for the
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generation and to be honest, we we also have to thank everyone
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who came. I think we did already.
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But for those of you who came down, thank you so much.
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We hope you enjoyed it. And for those who didn't come,
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we if not already by the time this airs, but we're planning to
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release the footage soon. We have 3 incredible panels.
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We have 3 reciters and we have alhamdulillah no, we have more
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than three. We have 4 reciters, we have
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Khalid, Ahmed said. Hey there Ibrahim Yusuf who was
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our surprise reciter and we had two amazing power talks.
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So like Ted talk style discussions which are really
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cool as well. They'll all be up on YouTube
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soon, so keep your eyes peeled. I just wanted to echo as well,
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like the the brothers that that came from, like I think it was
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there was Denmark, there was Sweden.
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France. France.
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There was even one from Poland. That's crazy.
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I was. Like wow, no way.
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We had like when I was speaking to the to the father and son
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from Sweden as well, like they were the the avid like watches
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of of of after Maghrib and Jumanites, right.
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And they were they were, they were they were speaking to me
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about specific episodes and I was in shock.
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I was like Sweden, like you're you're watching Jumanites like
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you know, it's yeah Hamdullah, man, it was you know, by.
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The way this is the scary thing, but sometimes when you interact
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with people who watch and listen to the podcast or Jumanite show,
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they can actually actually like mentioned what exactly what you
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said. So watch.
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Out what we also launched a few things.
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So we launched. For those who can't see, I've
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got this very beautiful, absolutely stunning and gorgeous
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mug in my hand. Give us.
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A thermal mug. So thermal mug.
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So this is a a coffee mug on the front.
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It has the logo on the back. It says Oh, my father's whenever
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you drink water, Remember Me yah Hussain.
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So that's a beautiful mug. These were in high demand.
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We also have these beautiful notebooks.
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I see Canelius tube through remembrance review from of
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course, dot aquamel after muglum logo A5 perfect for work for die
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rising journaling, you know, for recreational needs.
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It's something I highly recommend you can check.
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That you know what the main purpose is that we actually got
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this mate. There was actually someone many,
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many months ago was like, you know what, I would love to have
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a notebook really to write down notes when I listen to Gemma
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Knights and when I listen to the podcast, and that's where I stem
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from, I think so much about. Yeah, and we also got hoodies.
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We've got 3 hoodies on sale and we're going to launch the
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merchandise page online inshallah.
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So we have Prince of the Believers, Imam Ali, we have
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aftermarket, a classic hoodie and we have a 313 Hasten, which
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is beautiful, Beautiful hoodies. We absolutely love them, don't
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we say it? We do.
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They're gorgeous, Mashala they're.
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Just like the problem is my size sold out on the day of the event
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so he didn't get. I didn't get to put on.
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We also also the the section on our website now with blogs.
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Yes, that's a, that's a very important addition to like
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Aftermath of as a whole, because we want, we want to have the,
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that kind of vibe of having participation from the people
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that watch Aftermath Rib, if they want to write articles, if
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they want to write like a, A blog, anything that comes to
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mind for you, anything that you think is important for people to
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know, anything you're passionate about, make sure that you submit
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your blogs on our website and obviously it will be reviewed
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and posted whenever we can. Yeah, absolutely.
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I think we talked about the blogs.
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I think we may have made reference to it at the event.
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And Abdullah, I know we've pretty much finished on the
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event. The last thing that I would like
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to say is that it was an amazing conversation or a series of
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conversations. There are things that I wish we
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could have done slightly differently, if I'm really
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honest with you. So on a personal level, in terms
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of the actual content, I wish we'd made it at least I feel
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like I wish I made it more clear why we are talking about so many
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like a variety of things all in one day on on, on, on the
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without the something you know what we need.
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But really for those, when you watch it online, the idea is, is
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we're trying to link the resilience that we need to show
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as what we need today in the world around us with celebrating
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their life of middle, what we need and how they tie in
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together. That's in terms of content for
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me, in terms of like other things like logistics, there's
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definitely areas we can improve at Hamdallah.
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We've had some good feedback from members of the community,
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from friends and family, and they are areas which inshallah
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we will definitely bear in mind for the future.
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This is our first event, so have mercy hot and also go easy
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inshallah. But definitely inshallah we've
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taken it all on board and if and when we plan the next event, I
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think these are all things for us to bear in mind.
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Sharla, I echo every single word.
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And I just want to say if they give us for any shortcomings,
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yeah, on the day, if there were any, do let us know to share
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your feedback. And I do also want to say that I
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wish we made some of the segments interactive.
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With the audience. And I think this is something,
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inshallah we should consider. I think we were considering it
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right. We, we.
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We. We.
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We were, but to say the truth, we didn't really fight for it.
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No, no, we set up like I set up find A.
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Plan, but we didn't push. For it because we I think it was
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just time, bro and logistically like because it seemed like a
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cinema, yeah like a handheld mic to get it into the middle of row
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row J, it's seat #22 and there's no like breaks in the middle of
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this proper long. So anyway.
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But I'm the learning for the future, isn't it?
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Yep. So yeah, what's our plan for
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this year with the brand as a general?
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So we talked about merchandise, we talked about blogs and the
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next event is Charlotte. What else?
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What's the plan with production? Landing on the moon Moon easy on
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mosque when you have say the. 1st man on the moon.
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Imam Ali, have you seen that video?
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It's in like Lebanon. Like there's a, they just get
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some random guy on the street and they, and they ask him, no,
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like you're saying it as satire. There's literally like a video
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of a guy like they just catch a Lebanese youth like on the on
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the street. And they asked him like, who's
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the first person on the moon? And he says Imam Ali Ali Salaam.
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And he says it like, like he's got no doubt in his mind.
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Honestly. So yeah, what's the plan with
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production this year? What?
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Are you telling me? Come on man, you tell me.
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You tell me, you said. I'll tell you.
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I'll spill the beans. Go on.
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Well, you add to it. OK, I'm sure you don't.
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I do know. What do you know?
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You. Didn't spill many beans.
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Charla is not rumors. I think it's confirmed and it's
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in the pipeline now. Yeah, there is works going in
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and we are, God willing, inshallah, starting sisters of
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the method of podcasts. Absolutely.
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That's correct indeed. So we want to do a similar style
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conversation to what we have right now that myself and said
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Ali has and we have found a couple of sisters who we have.
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We've seen some of their work in the community.
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They do some incredible work with youth and we feel that they
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fit the right boxes. And, you know, those boxes
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include like working with youth, understanding youth issues,
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working with communities, understanding the nature of
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scholars, issues that affect I think, our Western communities.
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And look like although it's a female podcast, it doesn't mean
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that this is a male podcast. I have to clarify that firstly.
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So, you know, you can watch both in Sharma, but it doesn't mean
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the men can watch the sisters. Yeah.
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But what I think we also should say is it's a podcast for
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females discussing all issues rather than females discussing
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female issues that. Makes sense?
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So a lot of the time we subconsciously talk about things
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from the perspective of men and we don't really have.
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A few more perspective, not just that, you know, also to add, I
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think one of the important reasons that we said, you know,
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we have to have a sisters podcast is that guests, there
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are so much guests who are sisters who can bring so much
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value to the conversation, but they're more suited for our
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sisters podcast because we're just a bunch of brothers and not
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everyone's comfortable. Exactly.
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Yeah. And also like we, we don't have
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the network that of course, the sisters that have themselves
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there are amazing, amazing sisters who have come on our
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podcast, but there are so many more who would benefit from a
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more frequent sisters podcast. So I think that's a good idea,
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inshallah. So guys, if that's something you
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want to see more of, then let us know or not more of if something
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you're looking forward to seeing, let us know what you
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want to hear on that podcast, like ideas that you want to
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hear, topics, suggestions, and basically how you'd like to see
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it work. If there's changes that you'd
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make for that podcast, which would be different to this one,
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then let us know inshallah. But we also have another
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production coming. So we have this, we have the
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sisters one. Recently we had jump our nights
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which became extinct last year which talk to us.
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Yeah, obviously we always had a plan to have another show after
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Jump Our nights, Jump Our Nights.
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The reason why it ended was that because had a specific purpose
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and specific objectives and it's meant to be like some sort of
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like a, like a crash course. So like it wasn't abrupt in my
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mind, that was planned. That's how it was always
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supposed to be. Rumours say you got cancelled.
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Like the whole point of it was it was supposed to be a crash
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course and something that someone can watch to to learn
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from beginning to end. And I feel like it kind of
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achieved the objectives that it was there for like summarize,
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there's theology, like 3 episode series and and all of that.
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And it's, it's done. It's there like people can still
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benefit from it in the future, Inshallah.
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And and that was John my Knights.
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But moving forward, the plan is to have like more detailed
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series where we're like speaking about specific, like philosophy
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of prayer, for example, or speaking about more like deeper
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historical topics, like the significance of the Sephora.
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How do they come about things like that, right?
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So I feel like this kind of series is going to be a it's
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gonna have bursts. So it won't be like a weekly
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thing like Jamar Nights where it was coming out every Friday, but
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there will be a burst of like 10 episodes about a specific topic
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in detail, Inshallah. And obviously it's it's not it's
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it's in like it's in the works for it to be in still a few
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months. Yeah, it's still a few months
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away. But yeah, inshallah, that's the
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plan. I also really wanted to have AQ
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and a series about Jamar Nights just in case anyone had any
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further questions because obviously it was my first time
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ever doing a production like that.
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So there were a lot of episodes at the beginning specifically
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where there was a lot of content that there was a lot of concepts
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that weren't completely explored in the way that I would have
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liked them to be. So I'm sure that people do have
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questions. So if if anything we can do like
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a like AQ and a series, obviously let us know what you
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think about that in the comments.
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If you think it's needed, I personally do want to do it.
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So like, you know, we will try and get your ideas for questions
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that you think need to be answered about John Knights and
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we can do that prior to moving on to our next series so that
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there can be some closure if if someone feels like some things
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haven't been addressed properly. Charlotte.
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Yeah. But yeah, that's the plan in it.
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Obviously, like, you know, I always said, even in my last
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episode of Jamar Knights that, you know, I'm always going to be
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here after Maghrib is like it's too part of my life now to, you
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know, to try and, you know, turn back.
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So, you know, once you make, you've made the step in you're,
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you're in like that's that's after Maghrib because once
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you're in after Maghrib is a is. A beautiful It's a beautiful
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this. Yeah.
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You know, we've worked really hard and hopefully we're getting
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to a point now where the project is independent.
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When I say that, I don't just mean in terms of like
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sustainability and financially, which of course is our goal.
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Also in terms of like autonomy with production.
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So being able to be autonomous on what we talk about, who comes
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on the podcast, how we choose to produce a release, footage and
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content, our styles, the way we adapt and evolve to like trends.
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These are things that we want to have control over, but at the
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same time, we consistently seek that like guidance, support,
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advice from scholars, from friends, from community leaders,
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and then more than anyone, I think from viewers because you
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know that that's our guiding light.
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So like to keep doing these things.
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So of course you as have heard, we're in a new studio, we've
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invested in merchandise, we are bringing new team members on
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board, We're trying to start new productions.
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All of these things cost money, to be really frank.
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And because of that, we are seeking support and we're not
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asking for like massive contributions at the moment.
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This is just to sustain and allow us to help to grow.
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And that is through anything you can do.
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So if you have a brand and you wanna do work with us, get in
18:07
touch and shout along. We can see how to work together
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if you are a student or if you are a young professional and
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you're able to spare a few pounds a month, 510-2050,
18:16
whatever it is, pounds a month help us grow because that goes
18:19
into our studio cost, into our production, our, our, our
18:23
equipment costs. And maybe you're just a generous
18:27
member of the community and you have a sum of money that you'd
18:29
like to support us with. It will go a long, long way.
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Everything, and I'm sure you guys can vouch everything that
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we make is reinvested since he he goes back into new stuff and
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just being able to bring more high quality conversations to
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your screen or your your car speakers or wherever you're.
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Listening and the whole purpose I think of, you know, trying to
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be also financially independent. Sharla, we we will reach, we
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will, we will reach that. And Sharla with the permission
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of a lost follow at Sharla. But the whole idea is that it's
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not just to sustain ourselves. Yeah, to produce more high
19:04
quality content, not just one offs or not just every other
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week. No, no, there should be like a
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continuous. Yeah, yeah, we're committed.
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I know so much. I don't share too much because
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there's still some hidden plans. We have a lot behind the scenes
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but there is so much vision like we want to achieve in aftermath
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and take not just the Muslim media in general, no Shia media.
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We want to represent the added Bates Alayhi Salaam the way they
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deserve. We can't do this for free in all
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honesty. Of course, and there's so many
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areas that need to be covered, right?
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When you're, when you're looking at after Maghrib as a, as a
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general podcast, we have so many different conversations, like
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ranging from so many different topics, right?
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And there are like areas that we, we could have, for example,
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a new show for like for example, we're talking about the sisters
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podcast. That's something that's been
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sought off the people want that, right?
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Yeah. And we're only able to do that
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with the with the resources to be able to put that in.
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We can have many more other shows as well that are like
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covering other areas of of of necessity.
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Like for example, if if you need a show for like, for example, a
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financial advice or careers advice, right?
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There's so many people in our communities that are amazing at
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being able to kind of give advice on these things and these
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are areas that aren't covered right And as as the with the.
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Platform that we have and the people that are already into
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watching Aftermath, like there's so much more value that we can
20:30
offer and so much more vision. As you mentioned that Seid,
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Mustafa and the whole team literally has so much vision,
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but we just need the resources. So you heard that brothers and
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sisters, if you support our work and you want to join the
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journey, head over to aftermath.com/donate and make
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the intention to contribute on a monthly basis.
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It will really, really go a long way.
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And if you can't, you know, make a monthly commitment 1 of
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donations, no matter how big or how small, or buy some of our
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merch bodies online, the future will be on the store.
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Yeah, absolutely. So before we wrap up, I want to
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talk a bit about the plans for the Aftermarket podcast, our
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Thursday show and what we have planned.
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So look, in terms of the coming months, we have, of course,
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we're, you know, we're fast approaching shot bond, if not
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already by the time this airs. But we want to talk about how to
21:27
connect with our last bond to Highland.
21:28
Yeah, the Bay, the Holy Quran in these coming weeks, especially
21:31
between now and even fitter and ways in which we can get close
21:35
to our last. So we have some amazing guests
21:37
lined up. I know next week's conversation
21:39
is going to be amazing. We have a great, great guest
21:41
lined up and I'm looking forward to that.
21:44
We also want to talk about how to develop that relationship
21:48
with the Holy Quran between now and the end of Shah Al Maban
21:51
specifically. Of course, these are the days,
21:53
the nights that are on. But in terms of production,
21:57
we've spoken a lot. And I know I've like driven you
21:59
crazy, say, about how we need to do more research, how we need to
22:03
bring higher substance, higher quality conversations to
22:07
people's screens, How us as hosts need to be like 10 out of
22:11
10. And we both know that we're not
22:15
at our levels of like peak. Do you know what I mean?
22:18
At least I feel like I'm much a lot.
22:20
You're amazing. But I'm saying, no, I'm serious,
22:23
bro. But like, there's ways in which
22:25
I know I can improve, for example.
22:26
And I feel like that would help mould a weekly conversation.
22:31
Of course you get me. Because we've got so many guests
22:33
who've got so many talents like different areas of expertise,
22:37
but we need to help navigate that conversation so.
22:40
I've said, you know, now you're sharing it for everyone to
22:43
listen to. I I think something we've been
22:45
discussing, me and you behind the scenes, that how do we take
22:48
the quality of conversation up? Yeah.
22:50
How do we enrich and bring more value into the episodes that we
22:53
record? Yeah.
22:54
And I and I think this, this, this comes mainly down to us
22:58
both. Yeah, you're right, Ahmed.
22:59
I think we do have to invest in ourselves a little more in terms
23:02
of how much benefit and research and you know, points that we
23:06
raise, discussion points that we select, that we think are
23:09
beneficial for the episode. I think that's a lot.
23:12
That's a lot of things I need to work on.
23:13
Myself and guys like we, honest to God, we, we welcome that
23:16
feedback. So if there's areas where you
23:18
think said or I can improve as hosts, then let us know because
23:22
you know, we, we want to be more, we want to be better
23:25
hosts. Ultimately, you know, I think
23:26
we've, I hope we've gained a lot of experience and we've improved
23:30
our hope since the beginning. But like you know when we when
23:33
we look back on that the 1st 50 episodes, Akbar Akridge hard
23:37
when I see them. If I go back to the first 10
23:40
episodes, yeah, yeah, that's not me.
23:42
Yeah, yeah. But I was like.
23:44
Changed. Throughout those Mashallah.
23:46
Like that, I said. Mashallah.
23:48
I think though, credit to yourselves.
23:49
I think you guys have done like an amazing job.
23:52
I think like when you're talking about getting more like getting
23:56
more depth and more specific in yeah, in the things that you're
23:58
you're speaking about, that's just kind of like your natural
24:02
next step along the way. Of course, I feel like what you
24:05
guys have done already so far, like in in the episodes that
24:08
have been available have already been very beneficial, have
24:12
already been very like useful to a lot of the viewers.
24:14
So I don't think you guys should like beat yourselves up or
24:17
think. Like no, no, not at all.
24:18
Not, I mean, like, it's not that, it's, it's the fact that
24:21
we know we have an audience. If they started listening at the
24:24
age of, yeah, let's say 20 years old or 19 years old, Yeah, Yeah.
24:27
By now they're in the mid, early, mid 20s, one hundred.
24:30
Their lives have changed. Their ambitions have changed.
24:32
Their experiences have changed, their views on the world, their
24:34
ideologies have changed. Yeah.
24:36
Likewise, ours have as well. Yeah.
24:38
So I think it's only natural for us to continue that journey and
24:42
level up. And.
24:43
Bring our audience up as well. Not that they need it, I'm sure.
24:47
You know, we learn from the people, but the fact that we
24:49
have like such a plethora of guests that we haven't even had
24:52
the opportunity to bring on Alanos.
24:54
Like we have so many people who we are waiting for the right
24:59
moment to invite on so many comments.
25:02
Like literally, you guys know the topic list that we have.
25:04
Yeah, we have like probably 25 topics which we're trying to
25:08
think how can we discuss between now and the end of Lambaban,
25:11
which is humanly impossible. We can't.
25:13
So it's difficult, but you know, we're trying to get there
25:16
inshallah. And I just want people to know
25:17
at home that that is our need to to just keep improving feasible
25:21
in law, no agenda, no, no like hidden intentions, but just to
25:25
keep improving. Can I just add to that as well
25:27
as that, I think we decided between ourselves and this is
25:30
something we will implement in Shah Al Ahmed during the month
25:34
of Mahatma Safar. If if I really hope everyone is
25:37
watching and listening to those episodes during those sorrowful
25:40
months. There was a theme, yes.
25:42
And we were chasing, you know, because it's easy to come and
25:45
talk about Imam Hussein every time.
25:47
It was easy to talk about Karbala and everything, right.
25:49
But the benefit is we were what we were trying to look for was
25:53
where was God in those moments, right?
25:56
Yeah. So the theme was, well, what is
25:58
the topic of Imam Hussein? And that was a question we tried
26:01
to ask in every single topic of discussion we had over the two
26:05
months. And something we and Ahmed had
26:07
discussed now is that from next week until the end of Ramadan,
26:12
we're going to go on a journey together.
26:15
And that journey is finding neness to Allah, Subhanahu
26:19
Watahala. So inshallah that with every
26:22
episode that comes out between now and the holy month of
26:27
Ramadan, until the final week before I eat, let's say,
26:33
inshallah we have understood God, why we worship him, why
26:36
he's worthy of worship. You know, there's so much things
26:39
where as Shia, I'll be honest, we understand that a little bit
26:42
fully, right? I still believe there are a lot
26:46
of Shia. We need to get closer to Allah.
26:48
Yeah, of course, of course. I think if I.
26:51
Speak about myself, yeah, this is number one.
26:53
And this is something I've learned on the podcast.
26:56
And I've always said after Mahreb has like really change
26:59
wired us. Yes, yeah.
27:01
And I want everyone to be on that, on that same train.
27:03
Yeah. I.
27:03
Agree. Obviously I'm a big advocate for
27:05
not like not separating like with with Al Bates and of course
27:09
we if we were to understand Al Bates truly yeah properly the.
27:14
God is with them everywhere. Yeah, yeah, of course.
27:16
So yeah, inshallah we increase in our mallif of albeit as well
27:20
this is as well as Allah. This is why I said when I said,
27:23
when I said it's easy to speak about Imam Hussein.
27:25
Yeah, well, it's. Easy to.
27:26
Speak about Karbala. Yeah, it's difficult to
27:28
understand and articulate. Yeah, when I lost.
27:31
Yeah, well, that we emit, we emit God from those
27:34
conversations. Yeah, to be honest, like we'll
27:35
talk about the tragedy of our father Abbas, for example.
27:38
I listen and then we will just keep it as the storyline.
27:41
And by the way, this was the advice I got from, if you
27:43
remember an episode we had, it was like, you know what the 10
27:46
days of Muharram Moon do Aza. Well, the real work starts after
27:51
Ashura. Have you understanding your
27:53
faith? You know, there was a video I
27:56
saw of one of he was speaking in Farsi and he mentioned that
28:00
there was one of the. Smart how you understand Farsi
28:03
by the way he. Had he had subtitles?
28:06
Okay, fair enough. Yeah.
28:08
My Farsi is not that good yet. Okay, But he, he was mentioning,
28:11
he was saying that there was a Hadib, there was a speaker that
28:14
wanted a topic to speak about during Shahramadhan and he went
28:17
to one of the one of the Maraja at the time, I believe it was
28:21
Atul Araki Ali al Araki is, is my home.
28:25
Yeah. And he, he, he went to him and
28:27
he asked him, he said can you give me a topic that I can speak
28:30
about during Shahramadhan? And the Majid said to him, speak
28:33
about Allah. Allah is, is really oppressed on
28:36
these pulpits. No.
28:38
God. Very true, that is true.
28:40
Allah is very oppressed. On these pulpits.
28:42
No one speaks about him. We talk about every every top
28:46
Dick and Harry, but we don't talk about God.
28:48
Do you know what I mean? And we have that tendency,
28:50
unfortunately, like in our communities to do that, you
28:53
know, and, and, and credit to our amazing speakers.
28:56
They do a great job. Yeah, you know, they really do.
28:59
And we see sometimes some some some of our LMR released their
29:03
topic list for a month or like, you know, 10 nights in my home.
29:07
They're really stopping it and like sometimes it's great.
29:10
My humble opinion on night 8 of you know, harm, I don't want to
29:14
be hearing about recycling plastic cups.
29:17
Do you know what I mean? And that is my personal
29:18
preference. I'm not saying ecology and
29:20
climate change. That's.
29:21
Funny, that was actually recycling.
29:23
Giving an example. I genuinely don't know if that
29:25
was giving an example however things.
29:27
Do happen though, however. However, I'm going to be very
29:30
honest, this is my other opinion.
29:31
Shaharam Bhavan talk about these issues.
29:34
Maharam, I don't, I don't think it's relevant.
29:36
But like this is a month. And we've said before on
29:39
previous years that community and spirituality are our key
29:44
focuses. So like we'll talk about the way
29:47
our community interacts, the dynamics that make up the
29:49
fabric, the DNA of our community.
29:51
And then at the same time, we'll talk about the connection with
29:53
our last point, Ila and developing our relationship with
29:56
the Holy Quran and Matafa Diahluati Salam.
29:58
These are things that we we want to focus on.
30:01
So it will be a good inshallah, a good couple of months and
30:04
Inshallah Goodyear to come. Pray for us.
30:07
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30:52
note, but I would say I want the viewers and listeners to comment
30:57
and let us know what they feel about the set.
31:01
It's not finished. It's not entirely.
31:02
Completely. It's far, far.
31:04
Unfinished, but we don't want to delay the season, so hence why
31:08
we're here. And Sharla, you'll see us again
31:10
next week. Why No, no go?
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I didn't say. I didn't say.
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Yeah, All right, guys, We'll see you next week in Charlotte.
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Take care, look after yourselves and we'll see you soon as long
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