Rightnowish Presents Ritually Podcast: 'A Feminist Call to Prayer'
b'Hey Rightnowish listeners, today we\\u2019ve got a special bonus episode to share with you. It\\u2019s from our friends at Ritually, a new podcast, from Brazen Media hosted by London-based journalist Nelufar Hedayat. She\\u2019s reported about all sorts of things \\u2014\\xa0human trafficking, the war in Afghanistan (where she was born), the climate crisis and more.\\nNow, she\\u2019s looking inward, and trying to answer some big questions that came up for her during the early days of the pandemic. What does spirituality look like, when you think of yourself as a secular person?\\xa0What role do rituals play in our fast-paced world? And how can we use them to help make our lives feel calmer, richer, and more balanced?\\xa0\\nIn her podcast, Nelufar tries out new spiritual or wellness rituals\\xa0to find out if practicing them can actually make us feel better. In this episode, she\\xa0digs into a ritual that\\u2019s at the centre of her religion: the daily call to\\xa0prayer.\\xa0But as a progressive Muslim woman, she struggles with patriarchal interpretations of Islam, and the constraints of organized religion. So with the help of feminist spiritual practitioner, Nelufar tries following a new version of the call to prayer. And it\\u2019s different \\u2014 radical, actually! \\u2014 because it\\u2019s in a woman\\u2019s voice.'