DEENTOUR 01 - Pilot (Growing Up Black and Muslim in America)

We start this critical first episode off by talking about the stigma of being muslim black males in the West and what came with that. We talk about struggles we may have had, how we dealt with them, and tell stories that we believe our audience can relate to.Keeping our theme of the episode that Allah (SWT) is always with us was vital because that connection is of the utmost importance to us and talking/dealing with these things.We also spoke about our transitions in school, difficulties we notice today, being humble and grateful, and our connections with people vs. Allah.To keep it short and simple, here is the timeline for this episode...Introduction and Growing up Black and Muslim in america0:00-7:00Terrorist Jokes7:10-10:23Being Identified as Muslim10:24-10:58Greek Restaurant Story10:59-12:27Transition from school in Middle East to America12:28-15:58Praying in school15:59-17:00Are we happy with our skin?17:01-17:57Fitting In17:58-19:02Why are we here?19:03-21:44Difficulties Today21:45-24:35Is therapy good?24:36-25:31Connections with people vs. Allah25:32-27:49Being Grateful and Humble27:50-30:30Publicizing what we go through30:31-33:38Family Values and understanding what’s good for you33:39-38:38Do we like problems?38:39-41:10Trust in Allah and living as a Muslim Today41:10-44:29Outro44:30-end