A soft light between languages

Intro: You Felt That Too

 For the ones born in translation and tired of apologizing for it.

Between Worlds

For the ones who’ve always been too much for one box… and finally stopped trying.

In this episode of Siraj, I get real about the not-so-fun olympics of identity and belonging, especially when you’ve got more than one culture on your résumé. I talk about the pressure to shrink, to soften and to translate! We get into double consciousness and the emotional tax of constantly editing yourself just to get a seat at the table. And yes, as promised, we’re talking names.There’s sarcasm, there’s softness, and a quiet refusal to shrink.Because honestly? I’m not here to be easy to explain. I’m here to be real.

The Right to Belong

Not broken. Redesign in progress

Not broken. Just misread. I share how being a certified outsider turned from ache… into a redesign.

Certifed Outsider

 For the ones who were trained to erase themselves, lesson by lesson.

A meditation on the identities we lose, soften, or bury in the process of becoming “acceptable.”

The Curriculum of Erasure

When your language grows slower than your life

An intimate reflection on hesitation, identity, and the silent grief of becoming someone new...

The Silent Grief

Siraj is my lantern.A space I built for those of us who live in-between worlds, too much for one box, too little for another.It’s a podcast of whispered truths, cultural knots, and the kind of stories you only tell a close friend at 2 a.m.Here, I speak about identity, exile, belonging, and the strange beauty of carrying many selves at once. It’s soft, sassy, sometimes funny, always soul-deep.If you’ve ever felt misread, misplaced, or misunderstood, Siraj was made for you.

Siraj Between Worlds

All Episodes

Intro: You Felt That Too

1. Between Worlds

2. The Right to Belong

3. Certifed Outsider

4. The Curriculum of Erasure

5. The Silent Grief