Why 'Xaenab' and not 'Zainab'?

[muqawwee123]

Re: Why ‘Xaenab’ and not ‘Zainab’?

@Ess_Emm

Xaenab us just trying too hard to be “kewl”.

Mogahed might be mujahid, but in Egyptian Arabic they don’t say “jeem” as the “j” sound. They turn it into a “gaaf” sound. So the word “jummah” they pronounce it as “goomah”. So Yasmin Mogahed is spelling her name in English how it’s pronounced in Arabic for her.

Now this is interesting