This podcast is an opportunity for you to join me in conversation with people you won't hear from anywhere else. Freethinkers from the Middle East whose stories are not heard because they are silenced in oppressive societies-- or because free societies deem their stories to be politically incorrect. Here they are encouraged to share their experiences and insights with a community of podcast listeners who get to engage with them in conversation, not just listen passively. From the young American girl who, at 14, was forced to marry an older man in Iraq, to the young Gazan man who was imprisoned by Hamas for protesting, you will hear from all sorts of inspiring people from restrictive cult-like backgrounds- religious, political, and otherwise- who have fought and who have overcome. They are the unsung heroes. The warriors hidden in the shadows. Come meet them on the Yasmine Mohammed Podcast.