Welcome to the reflect, a podcast of The.Ismaili, featuring a unique introspection in each episode. What’s got you preoccupied these days or What thought are you in the process of working through? These are the questions our speakers respond to in each short episode of the reflect. To subscribe to this series, look for "the reflect", now available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, & Google Podcast. Tell us what you think of the reflect podcast: http://bit.ly/thereflect
Episodes
Jun 22, 2020
Jun 22, 2020
12 min
In this episode, Dr. Ashnoor Nagji reflects on how delivering babies and working in refugee camps luminates how language literally levers our lives
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Dr. Ashnoor Nagji
Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC and IWTP Graduate
Jun 22, 2020
Jun 22, 2020
10 min
In this episode, Dr. Ashnoor Nagji reflects on how delivering babies and working in refugee camps luminates how language literally levers our lives
Presenter Details
Dr. Ashnoor Nagji
Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC and IWTP Graduate
Jun 19, 2020
Jun 19, 2020
7 min
In this episode, Latif Nurani reflects on prayer and spiritual life when traditional places of worship are closed.
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Latif Nurani
Father, husband, educator, and lawyer
Jun 15, 2020
Jun 15, 2020
7 min
In this episode, Allahbakhsh Jaffery reflects on checking the blind spot as a metaphor to discuss the importance of looking at the past.
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Allahbakhsh Jaffery
IWTP Graduate and Business student, majoring in Accounting at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Jun 15, 2020
Jun 15, 2020
8 min
In this episode, Allahbakhsh Jaffery reflects on checking the blind spot as a metaphor to discuss the importance of looking at the past.
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Allahbakhsh Jaffery
IWTP Graduate and Business student, majoring in Accounting at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Jun 12, 2020
Jun 12, 2020
8 min
In this episode, Dr. Karim Damji reflects on the joy and fulfilment that can be experienced through serving others.
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Dr. Karim F. Damji
Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta
Jun 8, 2020
Jun 8, 2020
8 min
In this episode, Dr. Taslim Alani-Verjee reflects on social justice within Islam. She explores what role we play as individuals and as a humanity in making this world a better place.
Presenter Details
Dr. Taslim Alani-Verjee
Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Director of Silm Centre for Mental Health
Jun 8, 2020
Jun 8, 2020
7 min
In this episode, Dr. Taslim Alani-Verjee reflects on social justice within Islam. She explores what role we play as individuals and as a humanity in making this world a better place.
Presenter Details
Dr. Taslim Alani-Verjee
Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Director of Silm Centre for Mental Health
Jun 4, 2020
Jun 4, 2020
8 min
In this episode, Fawziah Bhatia reflects on Rumi's quote "What hurts you blesses you. Darkness is your candle."
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Fawziah Bhatia
Certified Organizational Coach and Lifelong Learner
Jun 1, 2020
Jun 1, 2020
9 min
“Physical” and “Social” Distancing are at the heart of isolation amid Covid-19—with a huge loss of the contact that drives secular & faith-based communities. Yet isolation has also given birth to the very idea of community, from Islam and Christianity to civil rights movements. In this episode Dr. Sajoo asks, can we recognize the gift wrapped in the pandemic’s curse?
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Dr. Amyn B. Sajoo
Scholar-in-Residence, Simon Fraser University Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Vancouver, Canada