The Story with Nesma El Shazly

When the tests came back normal, Engy was still in pain.  In this emotional and eye-opening episode of The Story Podcast , Angie shares how years of exhaustion, unexplained pain, and emotional struggle led to her diagnosis with Fibromyalgia and PCOS — two silent conditions that many women endure in silence. 🎙️ From denial to acceptance, and from isolation to building a support group for others lik...

In this powerful episode of The Story Podcast , Nesama sits down with MennaAllah Raafat – a leukemia survivor with a story of resilience, self-discovery, and deep emotional strength.  Mennaallah opens up about how she first noticed signs of the illness through sudden weight loss, how she processed her emotions by allowing herself to fully feel them, and how she chose specific people to confide in...

  لولي أكرم شخصية شجاعة وواضحة مع نفسها والناس في الحياة، ست قررت تمشي ورا إحساسها اللي جالها وهي عندها 20 سنة أنها تتبنى طفل وعملت ده بعد تجربة زواج وبنت انجبتها قررت تنفذ احساسها ...  Loly Akram is a courageous and transparent person, both with herself and others in life. A woman who decided to follow the feeling she had at the age of 20—to adopt a child. She made this decision after experiencin...

   نهال قصي شخصية قدرت ترجع بني ادمة بروح جديدة بعد معاناة من ادمان الادوية والاكتئاب ووفاة والدتها ومرضها بالاهتمام الزايد من الناس  Nihal Kosay is a character who managed to become a new person with a renewed spirit after suffering from prescription drug addiction, depression, the loss of her mother, and illness, due to excessive attention from people.  

 معاناة خلقت قوة وابداع بداخل علاء ياسين، تغلب على مرضه وهو طفل واستثمر جلوسه في المنزل لوقت طويل الى ابداع وصبر في تعليم التصوير والكتابة جعلت هي عمله في الوقت الحالي    Struggles have created strength and creativity within Alaa Yassin. He overcame his illness as a child and used his long time at home to develop creativity and patience in learning photography and writing, which have now become hi...

المحنة كانت جزء كبير من حياة علي وعقيل مظهر ووفاة والدهم غيرت صفات كتير في شخصياتهم، واصبحت العاطفة جزء كبير من حياتهم واظهار المشاعر  The hardship was a significant part of Ali and Akeel Mazhar's lives, and their father's passing changed many traits in their personalities. Emotion became a major part of their lives, and they started expressing their feelings more.

  دينا فاضل انسانه اكتشفت نفسها داخل اكتر من عالم ما بين الرسم وعلم الطاقة والروحانيات مع والدتها، وتحاول تعافر مع الحياة ومع ابنتها في تعبهم، ودائما ترى ان الله توجيه للانسان احسن     Deena Fadel is a person who has discovered herself in multiple worlds, between painting, energy healing, and spirituality with her mother. She strives to persevere through life and with her daughter in their struggl...

أحمد قدري مصور و مخرج قرر يأخذ التصوير هواية وتوثيق لأحداث في حياته مهمه، وليس مجرد مهنة والده شكل شخصيته وهو حياته تعلم منه المحاربة والسيرة الطيبة، ونعرف منه كيف استطاع يكون رحيم قلب مع والده وتعبه .   Ahmed Kadry, a photographer, and a director who decided to embrace photography as a passion and a way to document significant events in his life, rather than just a profession. His father played a...

A challenge with oneself, coupled with transparency, as someone who needs to grow and work on themselves. Facing daily ghosts he battles to become a better person. Having endured bullying and harshness, he emerged as someone who helps others improve mentally. تحدي مع النفس وشفافيه في نفس الوقت أنه شخص محتاج يتطور ويشتغل على نفسه .. أشباح يوميا بيصارعها عشان يكون أفضل شخص، متنمر وقسوة اتعرض ليها ول...

Sometimes it takes a heart to stop and work again to be able to see life clearly. This is a story of rebirth, a story of courage to re live despite the fear of living, this is the story of Yara Mazen, the creator of JDV, sharing her story for the first time with Nesma El Shazly. 

Trail After trail, would you give up? or would you be patient and find the wisdom? Choosing our stories to inspire faith in the journey. What waits at the side of faith? It is acceptance.  Stay Kind  Stay inspired  Love alwys  JDV 

Here comes the 9th story of faith. Mona El Banna at the height of her career she got a surprise that not only changed her life's story but hoe she perceives herself as well.  But what makes these stories special is the fact that the story tellers got the message loud and clear and used it to catalyze change and transformation. 

This is quite a story, where Omar turned his life changing quite frankly traumatizing accident into a story of transformation and faith.  Brace yourself for this one, Omar shares with Nesma all the details of his accident. It is  almost unbelievable.  Omar we hold you on a pedestal, as you are the example of courage and bravery.  Thank you for making JDV's The story the place where you open u...

After his stance after winning supporting his fellow brothers and sisters in Palestine, which was met by a backlash from the swimming community, but rather warm embrace from the social media community, his popularity increased over night, leaving us all at the question what is Haridii's story?  Join us this episode as Nesma El Shazly uncovers Haridiis story of faith and transformation.  Conte...

Every person has a story that becomes a turning point, we always have a choice to find ourselves through them or loose ourselves more.  In this Podcast we tell the stories worth spreading, Stories of faith and transformation. Stories that would inspire reflections, new realizations, ultimately causing a ripple effect of inspiration to dig deeper...  Nesma El Shazly is a natural confidant, so who e...

Another episode of survival with little steps of resilience and faith, tune in to watch Abdoul tell Nesma El Shazly, his story, with details about what he remembers from his accident and all his lessons that came out from walking through challenges with a smile on his face.  We would learn that maybe through it all maybe we should take it with a little bit of humor.  Abdoul it was a pleasure heari...

Every person has a story, but some stories to be given their worth should be told by two, two people in love and in struggle.  This episode would leave you understanding the meaning of faith. As this first season is about.  Faith that surpasses, loss, grief and heartbreak.  Listen Gently and find comfort in the fact that life goes on.  We extend our gratefulness for each story that we are allowed...

In this story we discover some hidden stories from the rising star and comedian Mohamed Moula. Moula has underwent a physical transformation and it is the first time he opens up about it, heck its the first time he opens up in general.  Is easy being a comedian, is the decision to transform easy, was it mandatory and how it feels now. This is a true story of vulnerability.  Everyone has a story, i...

Our second story that Nesma El Shazly takes us through, is a story of stubbornness, a story of persistence and a story of an ongoing fight for a life that is worth living.  It is the story of Omar Shaarawy. A pragmatic, matter of fact human, that is faced with mountains only to learn that with the right mindset one can truly conquer anything.  Make space and time for this episode and dive into the...

Some Stories are meant to be told, because they can inspire some, they can comfort others, or they could stir other emotions up. What we know for sure is that The stories we choose to share are meant to make you feel something.  Shosha Aboulkheir an exquisite Egyptian designer with a heart of gold and a soul made of light. Listen up to her story and get ready for inspiration! she is something else...