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Yasmine Mohammed

Yasmine Mohammed

Canadian instructor and human rights activist

Sep 2, 2026

24:15
Where do you stand on the word Islamophobia, and how do we fight against prejudice or hatred of Muslims while preserving the right, and in some cases a social duty, to at least have the right to critique Islam?
24:38
Yeah, no, I absolutely agree with everything that you said.
24:41
And in fact, the term Islamophobia was created by Islamists.
24:46
So those are political Muslims.
24:47
So people like the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic regime of Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, Al-Qaeda.
24:53
This is to give you an idea of the kinds of people I'm referring to when I say Islamists.
25:01
They are the ones who came up with this term.

35 MINS LATER

60:15
Even those that are against Bill 21 are not necessarily in favor of or support- the hijab, but you have the right to be a Muslim, you have the right to wear the hijab, even if you disagree with Islam or the hijab.
22:34
It, it is, but before we get to that, uh, I'd love, and I think our audience once I read them that, that tweet, uh, w- would love some details if you're willing to share them.
22:46
Yeah, sure.
22:46
I'll, I'll try to be as concise as possible, but essentially I was born and raised in Vancouver.
22:52
My mom is from Cairo, Egypt.
22:53
My dad is from Gaza.
22:55
The two of them met, uh, uh, in university in Egypt, got married, moved to San Francisco, had my sister, uh, then moved to Vancouver and had my brother and I, and then their marriage fell apart.
23:06
So my dad moved to Montreal.

12 MINS LATER

35:12
Yeah
1:35
I was like, I'm not going
1:35
to break my mom's stuff.
1:37
Like, what the – and I look at my mom and she's just like got her face looking down on the carpet.
1:44
She's not even – I was shocked because if my brother walked into my room and started breaking my Barbies, you know, I'd be enraged.
1:52
But she wasn't moving.
1:55
And that was sort of like – The moment I understood that this guy is in charge now and that my mom is just a submissive, you know, I don't know.
2:06
I don't know what happened to her.

7 MINS LATER

9:07
Yes,

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