The Zainab Salbi Project Season 1, Episode 4: Looking for Hope in Iraq

Fearless Muslims in Minnesota

Muslim women who are wearing the headscarves are becoming the targets of attacks and threats to their lives and safety. Zainab goes to Minneapolis, Minnesota to understand why they are taking the headscarf on, the meaning of Islam in their lives, and how they are fighting back with their voice and actions.

13 min

Third Gender Revolution

Zainab shows how India is breaking new ground for third gender/transgender community and explores how the third gender has gone from a marginalized community in Indian culture to mainstream.

Renegade Female Monks

Thailand's renegade female monks endure arson, threats and resistance to emerge as religious leaders. Zainab takes a journey inside the lives of these female monks, one who gave up her life as a mother, scholar and TV personality, to be ordained.

Radicalization of Youth

Seeing its youth radicalized, and joining Islamic State, Zainab goes to France and meets with family members and young people to find out why so many young people are being seduced into joining the Islamic State.

Journalists in Danger

Zainab travels to Mexico to meet with brave female journalists who have survived violent attacks and are risking their lives working under constant threat, to find out why Mexico is one of the most dangerous places on earth for journalists.