HeyJaredDon't Call Me A Khawaga!
Don’t Call Me Khawaga is a podcast for Arab Gen X womennavigating identity, aging, relationships, and ambition — without a neatnarrative.
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I Was Never Alone. So Why Was I Lonely? (opens the original)
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In the Season 1 finale of Don’t Call Me Khawaga , Heba explores loneliness, connection, and belonging—and the realization that some of the loneliest moments of her life happened when she wasn’t alone at all. From marriage and people-pleasing to self-abandonment and Cairo, this is a conversation about the difference between being surrounded by people and truly feeling connected. Maybe loneliness isn’t the absence of other people. Maybe it’s the absence of ourselves.
I'm So Sick of All the Trends: When everything becomes content (opens the original)
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Everyone online is suddenly: a healer, a nervous system expert, a manifestation coach, or hosting a retreat in Bali. Meanwhile, Heba has been doing yoga, therapy, healing work and self-development for over 20 years… and still occasionally spirals because someone looked at her strangely at the Gezirah Club. A funny, honest, very Gen X episode about wellness culture, internet performance, and why nothing feels authentic anymore.
Trying to Live to 100 - Miserably ... (opens the original)
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Somewhere along the way, wellness stopped being about feeling good… and started feeling like a full-time job. In this episode, Heba talks about longevity culture, optimization obsession, calorie tracking, cold plunges, body fat percentages, Blue zones, Bryan Johnson, and why everyone suddenly seems terrified of bread. What happened to moderation? And why does everyone trying to live forever look so exhausted?
The Oldest Mom in the Pickup Line (opens the original)
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Becoming a mother at 40 turned me into a full-time age investigator. In this episode: school pickup insecurity, Golden Girls trauma, reverse aging propaganda, reading glasses denial and the completely normal habit of calculating how old I’ll be at every major milestone in my children’s lives.
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