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See Something Say Something

Episode 52: Clapback But Make It Fashion

See Something Say Something

Ahmed Ali Akbar

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8550 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week we have two very different but equally exciting guests. First we speak with political fashion blogger Hoda Katebi about "sounding American," how the East was gay until  colonization, and her new book club. Then, we chat with Katie Couric, American journalist and host of new Nat Geo series "American Inside Out", about "The Muslim Next Door," her exploration into stereotyping, representation, and conflict in the American Muslim community.

Follow Hoda Katebi @hodakatebi and read her blog at www.joojooazad.com, join her book club @becauseweveread on Instagram and Twitter. Follow Katie Couric @katiecouric on Twitter and watch America Inside Out on the National Geographic channel and Hulu.

Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads. Follow the show @seesomething and watch our videos at facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, I'm Amid al-Yagber, and this is See Something, Say Something.

0:07.2

This week I'm going to be talking about Muslims in the media spotlight.

0:15.4

If you see something, you better, you better say something

0:21.6

Nothing at all

0:24.6

Nothing at all

0:26.6

So we have two guests with very different takes on this.

0:30.6

First we're going to be speaking with political fashion blogger

0:33.6

Houdakatabee about her experience going on the local news

0:36.6

being asked a bunch of uncomfortable questions and then turning it into a movement and a response to micro-aggressions. Then we're going to be talking to Katie Couric about her new mini doc series American Inside Out and her episode which focuses on American Muslims and how she tacked representing.

0:58.8

So Huda Katabee is a Chicago-based political fashion blogger behind the website, Juju Azad.

1:04.2

She's also the author and photographer of the book Tehran Street Style. Welcome, Huda.

1:09.0

Hi, thank you so much for having me. Um, so let's just, you know,

1:13.3

like rip the band-aid off. A lot of folks learned about you from this interview, this infamous

1:18.7

interview you did with WGN, uh, which is like a local Chicago station. You were brought on to

1:25.0

talk about your book, Tehrahan Street Style, but we're instead

1:28.0

asked about Iranian politics, nuclear weapons. Some of our viewers may say, we cannot trust Iran.

1:34.6

Mm-hmm. What are your thoughts? And why you don't sound American.

1:37.8

You are an Iranian American that grew up in Oklahoma. Yes.

1:42.7

How about it? We actually talked about it in an episode, an episode and we were all in awe of the way you handled

1:48.0

yourself.

1:48.6

So kudos to you.

1:50.3

Thank you.

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