Balancing Religion and Culture in a Secular Society: A Conversation with Shahira Qudrat

Send us a textIn this episode, I sit down with Shahira Qudrat to discuss her lifelong spiritual journey and the challenge of reconciling her Afghan cultural upbringing with her American identity. As a young Afghan-American woman, Shahira found herself caught between two cultures—balancing the traditional religious values of her family with the modern, secular expectations of American society. Shahira also opens up about navigating difficult life experiences like an early marriage, d...