Episode 057: Sooraya Qadir (feat. Khaliden Nas)
CEREBRO
Connor Goldsmith
4.8 • 815 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2021
⏱️ 268 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 57 of CEREBRO, Connor and Middle East researcher Dr. Khaliden Nas celebrate Sooraya Qadir, the devoted Dust! Introduced in Grant Morrison's New X-Men, Afghan refugee Sooraya became a fan favorite, a breakout of the Academy X student class, and recently played a memorable role in Si Spurrier and Bob Quinn's Way of X.
The CEREBRO character file on Dust begins at 1:02:43.
(Content Advisory: Sooraya's story includes racism, Islamophobia, and attempted sex trafficking. This episode also discusses the aftermath of 9/11 and the 21st century wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.)
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| 0:00.0 | Well, here's the thing with Theraya. |
| 0:02.1 | I'm not sure that you're ever in a place where you're really 100% like, we're fine. |
| 0:07.0 | Like, I feel like there's always, there's always going to be an issue or two where you're like, ooh. |
| 0:13.5 | X-Men, X-Men. |
| 0:16.8 | In the 21st century, people mutants led by Magneto aimed to destroy the world. |
| 0:25.6 | Only hope is X-Men. |
| 0:31.6 | Welcome to Cerebro, the X-Men podcast, where a homo and his friends dig deep into the history of homo superior. |
| 0:38.5 | I'm your host, Connor Goldsmith. |
| 0:40.7 | And with me today is Dr. Khalid Anas, a researcher studying constructions of Arab identity, |
| 0:46.3 | particularly with regard to gender, sexuality, belonging, and representations in mass media. |
| 0:51.8 | Khalid is joining us from the future live via satellite from Dubai, where it is |
| 0:58.1 | tomorrow as we're recording this. How are you? Hello. Yes, I am. I'd like everyone to imagine me in |
| 1:04.9 | white silk walking across the sand dunes living my R&B music fantasy, music video 90s fantasy. You know, just that's the vibe. |
| 1:14.3 | I feel like recording the Dust episode with a guest who is literally in the Persian Gulf is a serve, |
| 1:22.1 | honestly. Like when you were like, oh, I'm going to be in Dubai. It's like, frankly, that's a stunt. |
| 1:26.8 | And I love that. I have to do it so, you know, I have going to be in Dubai, is that okay? I was like, frankly, that's a stunt. And I love that. |
| 1:27.9 | I had to do it so. |
| 1:29.1 | You know, I had to do it on it. |
| 1:30.9 | I know you're originally from Bahrain. |
| 1:33.4 | Are you visiting family, though, in Dubai? |
| 1:35.1 | Do you have family there? |
| 1:36.3 | Yeah, I'm visiting family in Dubai. |
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