00:00to break down those misconceptions if i find one scottish arson online and let them see that hey
00:07okay alana wears the job but she still has same sense of humor yeah she still loves the same food
00:13she loves desserts she loves to wear pink you know like i really feel passionate when i became musla
00:20in november 2023 i remember that night i sat down um my husband and we just like sat down and said
00:32gosh you've got quite a big responsibility now you know of course i haven't even announced that
00:39i'm muslim online so i have to try and navigate this gosh how how do i do this and look now i'm
00:46muslim overnight but you can't become a muslim overnight this is lifestyle changes that you
00:53have to make over time you cannot rush these so i was in this limbo period where i'm not wearing a
00:59hijab and i'm i started making islamic content to the extent i do now yet at that time i was in this
01:08like day like what do i do but for me my social media there are times where i make like specific
01:16islamic context so for example i'm really passionate about breaking down the stereotypes
01:22about the hijab so when i was not a muslim i had all these stereotypes about hijab you know and this
01:31i must say comes from my environment like she said when we're young and we grew up i grew up in scotland
01:38there's not too much positive uh media about islam about muslims there's a lot of misconceptions
01:48so i feel very passionate that to break down those misconceptions if i find one scottish person online
01:56and let them see that hey okay alana wears the jab but she still has same sense of humor yeah she still
02:03loves the same food she loves desserts she loves to wear pink you know like i really feel passionate
02:10about breaking down both stereotypes so i love to make videos about that but i feel like as a whole
02:16i always keep in the back of my mind this big responsibility that i have as a muslima online
02:23like i understood straight away that is a huge responsibility so yes my content developed over
02:31time but it's in a way now but you can see yes she's muslim but she still travels yeah you know she
02:38still goes out with her friends does things with her husband you know that i try to kind of bridge that
02:45gap between not yet muslims and muslims just by showing you still have a life you know like i'm not
02:53just suddenly can smile get be happy alhamdulillah so this you know just seeing a happy muslima online i feel
03:02like that's more than enough to try and break down these stereotypes and it's something that i feel
03:06absolutely passionate
03:08about that
03:08so
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