Don't Call Me A Khawaga!

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.

What is Don't Call Me A Khawaga!?

Don’t Call Me Khawaga is a podcast for Arab Gen X women navigating identity, aging, relationships, and ambition — without a neat narrative.

If you grew up between East & West, between cultures…
Between expectations and reinvention…
Between being told to stay quiet and now being told to brand yourself…

Hosted by Heba Shunbo, this podcast blends sharp humor, cultural commentary, and raw honesty about midlife, marriage, motherhood, career pivots, friendship, regret, ambition, and finding yourself at 40, 45, 50 and beyond.. This show is for you.

We talk about:
- Being in midlife without a neat narrative
- Relationships that didn’t work — even when you tried your best
- Identity confusion when you’ve lived in more than one world
- Aging without pretending it’s either tragic or magical
- And the strange loneliness of being capable, strong… and still unsure

This isn’t self-help.
It’s self-awareness — with humor.