BEYOND WORDS LIVE - MEET HADAYAI

Domestic violence knows no age, race, gender, sexual orientation, etc - including no culture is immune from domestic violence occurring in their relationships as well. The guest today also has her own show on BTR, but comes to my show to talk more about her story and how it relates in the Muslim Community. In fact, she states that "any association with feminism is alienating in Muslim cultural circles ... and... confidence from women has been slow in coming." We hope to help demonstrate the need of understand cultural struggles when trying to help those victimized by domestic violence situations to seek help. Please join us while Hadayai talks about her mission to enact upon her, simple and huge, vision: "Give Muslim women the tools to change their climate by changing themselves" stemming out of her own experience with domestic violence and her compelling need to fill a need to help others in similar situations. Her goal through the program she founded in Georgia (here in the United States) in 1997 is to "end the silence about domestic violence and to help abused Muslim women and children with shelter, food, and clothing, as well as teach them strategies for self sufficiency - how to be confident in speech, mannerisms, and body language." Come prepared to understand additional dimensions of struggles found in those encountering domestic violence.