00:00 – This video is not sponsored by Pirelli

00:13 – Is more power more better?

01:30 – The problem with wanting power at any cost

09:39 – Does representation change anything? Discussing Mo Salah, Zidane, Riz Ahmed, Sadek Hamid, Abbas Zahedi and Hamja Ahsan

22:49 – Why do people still believe in representation?

27:22 – How to stay in check: Removing veils and slowing down

31:05 – Good examples

31:36 – Amatullah: how a group of young Muslim women organising soup kitchens turned an islamophobic city council into allies

33:56 – Rabiah Mali and the Rabbani Project: how a bunch of friends are sensibilising Muslims to the environment where big charities have failed

38:17 – Rumi’s Cave

40:00 – What can we do? Preventing harm and correcting people: techniquesIdeas about alternative ways of giving zakat

45:16 - Recap

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William is a Sociology Researcher at the University of Warwick working on Muslim experiences in Europe and North America.Javayria works in Higher Education and has a History degree from SOAS in South Asian History

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