WE FINALLY GOT A FEMALE GUEST!
Welcome Sanaa Asim, a British-Pakistani Muslimah who has a Masters in German and Arabic from the University of Oxford and is currently doing her post-grad in Digital Engineering at the University of the Arts, London. She also is really into Japanese culture. Like seriously.
The conversation centred around Sanaa's identity as a British-Pakistani Muslimah, what it was like living and working in Japan as a Muslim, what got her into Japanese culture in the first place as well as fashion (think Harajuku).
Unfortunately the video got corrupted, but the audio is fine and dandy! Enjoy!
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https://instagram.com/glumgrrl/How Mos found her ➔
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4yg0GoJh8She's really quite famous ➔
https://twitter.com/TokyoFashion/status/1162808318340956160DISCLAIMER
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TOPICS DISCUSSED
Sanaa's intro to Japanese vs Mos's intro to Japanese Culture
Yorushika, Hatsune Miku, Japanese Music
How and why she learned Japanese, JLPT, Kanji
Sanaa interning in Tokyo, what was it like living there as a Muslim?
MOS BURGER - we're serious, it exists!
Osaka Da'wah Centre and their innovative approaches to Da'wah
Being Muslim in the UK vs Japan vs Botswana, Halaal food
Having to explain Islam - more on Islam in Botswana
Being a minority within a minority, ijtihaad (making ones' own judgments)
Diversity and Homogeneity, cultural differences, changing and avoiding people
Coping with people's attrition
Why study German AND Arabic? Learning a language is never time lost
Sanaa's advice, where to find her
Fashion and Islam, navigating identity, wearing the Hijab
Search for Beauty in Islam
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