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Dr. Ali Shehata

Your Identity. Your Journey. Your Community. Real talk about identity, faith, relationships, doubts, and navigating life for Muslim teens.

Who are you?

Mar 19, 2026

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10 min read

Who are you?

Revisiting the Question After the Transformation

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
The Escape that Became the Destination

Mar 17, 2026

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12 min read

The Escape that Became the Destination

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
What You’ve Been Building

Mar 16, 2026

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9 min read

What You’ve Been Building

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
The First Day of the Rest of your Life

Mar 15, 2026

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11 min read

The First Day of the Rest of your Life

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
What a Bowl of Milk Can Teach You about Taqwa

Mar 14, 2026

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12 min read

What a Bowl of Milk Can Teach You about Taqwa

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
The Tree you Plant Today

Mar 14, 2026

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11 min read

The Tree you Plant Today

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
The Empty Hall

Mar 12, 2026

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10 min read

The Empty Hall

Sincerity to Allah

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
How I was Saved without Knowing that I was Drowning

Mar 11, 2026

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11 min read

How I was Saved without Knowing that I was Drowning

Reflections on the Ummah that Carried You Here

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
Why? The Question that Changes Everything

Mar 10, 2026

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9 min read

Why? The Question that Changes Everything

The Concept of Khilafah in Your Personal Life

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
Week 3 Recap

Mar 9, 2026

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7 min read

Week 3 Recap

There is no refuge from Allah, except in Him

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
The message I get more than any other

Mar 8, 2026

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9 min read

The message I get more than any other

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
How Allah Saved Me from a Life that Ended in Despair

Mar 7, 2026

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10 min read

How Allah Saved Me from a Life that Ended in Despair

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
I am so angry! Why did this have to happen to me?

Mar 6, 2026

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9 min read

I am so angry! Why did this have to happen to me?

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
What I Tell Muslim Patients who are Ashamed to be Depressed

Mar 5, 2026

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7 min read

What I Tell Muslim Patients who are Ashamed to be Depressed

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
How I was able to Come Back from Prayer, and a Heart, that Felt Dead

Mar 4, 2026

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8 min read

How I was able to Come Back from Prayer, and a Heart, that Felt Dead

Understanding Spiritual Dryness and Just How Normal it Is

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
Understanding Ibrahim's Request for Reassurance

Mar 3, 2026

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8 min read

Understanding Ibrahim's Request for Reassurance

The Powerful Realization that Doubt is Inevitable, and Often the Gateway to Stronger Faith

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
Week 2 Recap: Which Relationship Changed you Most?

Mar 2, 2026

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4 min read

Week 2 Recap: Which Relationship Changed you Most?

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
When I couldn’t forgive—and what finally changed

Mar 1, 2026

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10 min read

When I couldn’t forgive—and what finally changed

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
The Loneliest Year of my Life—and What a Persian Space Traveler Taught Me about Belonging

Feb 28, 2026

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8 min read

The Loneliest Year of my Life—and What a Persian Space Traveler Taught Me about Belonging

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
The Relationship He Stayed in Too Long—and What Finally Made Him Leave

Feb 27, 2026

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5 min read

The Relationship He Stayed in Too Long—and What Finally Made Him Leave

Understanding Toxic Relationships and When It's Time to Walk Away

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
Help! I Can't Stop Thinking About Someone!

Feb 26, 2026

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9 min read

Help! I Can't Stop Thinking About Someone!

The conversation no one had with me about attraction

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
I walked away from my best friends—and it saved my life

Feb 25, 2026

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10 min read

I walked away from my best friends—and it saved my life

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
How my Best Friend Became my Muslim Brother—and Saved my Faith

Feb 24, 2026

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6 min read

How my Best Friend Became my Muslim Brother—and Saved my Faith

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
Week 1 in Review

Feb 23, 2026

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3 min read

Week 1 in Review

Which night affected you most?

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
What I Discovered About My Name

Feb 22, 2026

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6 min read

What I Discovered About My Name

Names Go Deeper than Just the Surface

Dr. Ali Shehata
Dr. Ali Shehata
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