Her Journey | Redefining Strength | Doaa Shayea

Her Journey | Redefining Strength with Doaa Shayea n this episode of Her Journey, we sit down with Doaa Shayea — Muslim para-powerlifter, wheelchair user, disability-rights advocate, public speaker and Commonwealth Games athlete representing England. 🤍 Doaa takes us through her journey from wheelchair racing to para-powerlifting, the challenges of navigating a changing relationship with her body, and what it meant to discover strength in a completely different way. We speak about faith, resilience, identity, representation and redefining what strength really means — both physically and spiritually. Doaa also shares why representation has become such an important part of her journey, particularly for young Muslim girls and women with disabilities, and the importance of being able to see someone who reminds you that perhaps there is a place for you too. This conversation is a reminder that strength isn’t always about what we can physically carry or achieve. Sometimes it is about starting again, changing direction, learning to see ourselves differently and trusting Allah through the journey. May Allah put barakah in Doaa’s journey and allow her story to reach the hearts that need to hear it. Ameen.