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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Politics, Washington, News, Obama, Wnyc, President, Lizza, Barack, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2016

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

What is the place of Islam in American culture at a time when Donald Trump attracts voters by demanding that the country ban Muslim immigration? Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss assimilation and religious belief in our post-9/11 democracy.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about

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politics. It's Thursday, June 16th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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Several years ago, Ayad Akhtar debuted his play, disgraced, which centers on the subject of Muslim American identity post 9-11.

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This year, it is the most produced play in the country.

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Here's a scene from the Lincoln Center production.

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So what's it like for you?

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What?

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Airport security.

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I mean, you hear stories.

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I wouldn't know. We We got right to the chase.

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