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Culture Mocktail
Welcome to Culture Mocktail, where we unfold and embrace what it means to be a cultural misfit in society. A cultural misfit is someone who doesn’t fit within the walls of just one culture. We’re your hosts, and fave besties, Nour and Aisha. In this season, we unpack cultural identity across many di...
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change is scary, settling is scarier! with Lamaan
This week we spoke to life coach and host of the 'Cut the Crap' podcast, Lamaan (@lamaan), all about growth and change, in many of its forms. We discu...
wow, our menstrual cycles can tell us all of that?! with Zainab Alradhi
This week we spoke to Zainab Alradhi, founder of Niswa, about what it means to connect with our bodies through our menstrual cycles. We explored the i...
hey ego, chill - it's vulnerability's turn
This week we spoke all about vulnerability, self-protection and what it means to get honest, raw and unfiltered with both yourself and others. We ask...
does everyone deserve kindness? with Amal Kassir
This week we sat down with the incredible award winning poet, activist and, of course, cultural misfit, Amal Kassir. This conversation took us back to...
so you agree, you think you're really pretty?
This week we delve into the, sometimes awkward, topic of pretty privilege, because let's be real, it's a thing - or at least it has been for us! From...
is tradition overrated? with Amina Khalil
This week, we are beyond delighted to be joined by the incredible Amina Khalil, a wonderfully talented actress, cultural misfit and all-round star. In...
bad n boujie? or just bad?
We’re back and we're so excited about it! To kick of season two we speak about the, often uncomfortable, topic people like to keep quiet about: money....
So You Have A Side Hustle, Huh?
Just like that, we're at our final episode for season 1! We sat down to tell you guys about our journey into podcasting and answer some of the questio...
Cultural Success: Marriage & Money
This episode is a lil continuation of a 4am convo we had, you know, one of those late night DMC's with your best friend that lead to the question "wha...
Breaking Boundaries with Alaa Balkhy
This week we sat down with the inspiring entrepreneur, multidisciplinary creative, the Minna Minkum podcast host and a fellow cultural misfit, Alaa Ba...
Putting Celebs on Pedestals
Did you ever idolise celebs? Were your sources of inspiration, or your role models, celebrities? Well, this week we sat down to talk about our own exp...
Marriage Expiry Dates with Salman Shawaf
This week we're joined by Tiktok star and fellow cultural misfit, Salman Shawaf (@SalmanShawaf), who continues to embrace his cultural identity throug...
Returning to the Middle East
This week we reminisce about Aisha’s trip to visit Nour in Egypt last summer aka, her first trip back to the Middle East after 9 years. We toured the...
Navigating Discomfort and Uncertainty
As the summer comes to an end, its time for new chapters to begin. This week we sat down to discuss what it’s been like for us to navigate the discomf...
Learning to Resist Eurocentric Beauty Standards with Jazba Singh
This week we sat down with a fellow cultural misfit and an amazing actress, blogger, model, producer and presenter, Jazba Singh, otherwise known as Be...
Smiling Through Cultures with Markian Benhamou
This week we had the pleasure of sitting down with The Smile Squad's Markian Benhamou to talk about his experiences as a Third Culture Kid. Having a m...
Our Biggest Insecurities
You thought we were real before? Its about to get a whole lot realer! This week we sat down to speak about our biggest insecurities. Join us as we tal...
How to Not Give A Flip
This week we're talking all about how to not give a flip. We talk about our own (sometimes bumpy) journeys, living a more purposeful life and knowing...
Reflections of a Misfit
This week we found a card game on instagram by @CulturalMisfits that ask misfits alike some interesting questions about their experiences. Of course,...
Double Standards
This week we spoke about the ridiculous double standards, between men and women, that we see day in day out. From the "don't sit like that"'s to "3o2b...
We're Uni Grads!
Having just graduated after four incredible years at university, this week we sat down to speak about the biggest lessons we learned throughout it. We...
Unapologetic Cultural Identity With Rak-Su's Mustafa Rahimtulla
This week we sat down with our first ever guest, Rak-Su's Mustafa Rahimtulla, to talk about his experiences as an Egyptian born and raised in the UK....
Lessons We Have Learned From Our Grandparents
This week we sat down to talk about the lessons we have learned from our grandparents. This one goes out to all our lost loved ones, in celebration of...
OMG! You Wear the Hijab and You ...
In this episode, we delve into our experiences of wearing the hijab and coming to understand that it does not and should not limit you! We'd love to h...
Feeling Under Pressure!
In this episode we talk all things pressure; peer pressure, cultural pressure, societal pressure and even pressure from yourself! We'd love to hear wh...
Our Cultural Influences
In this episode we talk about our cultural influences and how they shaped us. We talk beauty, fashion, media, ideals and character traits in a jam-pa...
The Road to Embracing our Third Culture Kid-ness
In this episode we give you guys an introduction into who we are as we delve into our journeys of embracing our third culture kid-ness. We talk all th...