Yassmin: "I Became Public Enemy #1"

The Women

EpisodeJan 28, 202039m

Yassmin: "I Became Public Enemy #1"

The Women

EpisodeJan 28, 202039m

Yassmin Abdel-Magied (@Yassmin_a) is a Sudanese Australian engineer-turned-writer. She recently published her first novel, You Must Be Layla, after a tumultuous year when, as she describes, became "the most hated Muslim woman in Australia." She talks to Rose Reid about starting over, and why she left race cars & oil rigs to begin writing, speaking, and doing Tedx Talks about unconscious bias. Join in the conversation, or find more @TheWomenPod.- Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to The Women! Fresh Episodes drop in Fall of 2021! On every episode, host Rose Reid follows one woman’s extraordinary journey. Unfiltered highbrow and lowbrow conversations with women you already know, and women you should know. Includes epiphanies, some sing-alongs, occasional crying, and a few games. (And to the trolls, yes this is a progressive show, K?!) BYOB :)

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