# 4 Faiza Mukith - Employment lawyer (making it out of the hood, finding meaning)

Faiza Mukith - (Employment Lawyer)

·        1:00 – Cats, and trying to zoom when living next to a train station

·        1:48 – Lockdown life, working from home pitfalls

·        4:20 – Disconnecting from Social Media and the news, 

·        6:50 – Faiza’s role, fighting Islamophobia

·        9:15 – Doing a job that means something to you

·        10:16 – From the hood to becoming a lawyer (Faiza’s backstory)

·        15:00 – Simmons & Simmons Scholarship, 

·        17:40 – Diversity in law firms and social mobility

·        24:00 – “Making it” but knowing it’s not what you want

·        26:40 – The benefits of working in the corporate world

·        28:00 – The need for passion in your work 

·        31:30 – A chance meeting that changed the game

·        34:31 – The challenges of working with victims 

·        35:48 – The perks of working for individuals

·        37:00 – How to keep motivated in the face of injustice

·        38:00 – the difference between corporate clients and her new clients

·        39:00 – Dealing with Islamophobia as a Muslim

·        42:00 – The state of Islamophobia in the UK 

·        43:40 – Why speaking up is important

·        45:40 – Shifts in Society

·        47:20 – The Media, stealing the narrative

·        53:40 – Making change in society 

·        57:30 – A woman takes on an Islamophobe and wins

·        1:00 – The positives

·        1:03  - Social media vs real conversations, keyboard warriors

·        1:06 - Faiza calls Chris out for not buying her coffee