The woman behind the microphone

Assalamu alaikum. I'm Humera, and I host From Zakhm to Shifa, a podcast about moving from wound to healing as Muslim women.

I started this podcast because so many of us carry pain quietly: in our marriages, in our families, in our communities, and sometimes in our relationship with Allah. We are taught to be patient and to keep going. Too often, no one tells us that we are also allowed to heal.

I speak as a single Muslim mother raising two daughters, and as a woman who has had to find her own voice. Some episodes come from my own life. Many come from women who reached out and trusted me with their stories. Their names and details are always changed to protect their privacy.

Every episode holds two things together: honest, practical guidance for real life, and the mercy of the Quran and the Sunnah. My hope is that you leave each one feeling a little less alone, and a little more hopeful.

Humera