Episode 651: Josh Sabey, LDS filmmaker and Author, New Book Called “Ali: The Iraqi”.

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Richard Ostler

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🗓️ 3 June 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

My friend Josh Sabey (married father of two, noted documentary filmmaker) joins us to talk about his new book called “Ali, The Iraqi”. It is a story (both factual and fictional) of a 16 year old Iraqi exchange student named Ali moving to the United States and staying with Josh and his family. When Ali runs away from the program, it takes some Mormons, a Non-denominational Christian, and an Atheist to help Ali survive and reconnect with his Muslim faith. On the podcast, Josh shares stories from the book that show the sustaining power of love and faith—even across different religions. It’s a powerful story about reducing divineness, finding common ground, and loving/supporting each other. I encourage everyone to check out Josh’s book. Links: Josh's book is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948218844 As a bonus, here is an essay Josh recently had published in Wayfare Magazine: https://www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/god-and-onions Personal website is: https://www.joshuasabey.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:08.7	I have a guest on the podcast going to talk about his new book.
0:13.2	And I'll introduce that in a second, but I just want to welcome Josh Sabie to the podcast.
0:18.4	Welcome, Josh.
0:19.7	Thanks, Richard. Good to be here.
0:21.7	Josh is a documentary filmmaker and writer, and he's won various awards, including one of his
0:28.2	recent films, American Tragedy, won Best Documentary at the Boston Film Festival, and among the
0:34.1	top 20 most watched documentaries on Amazon,
0:39.3	Josh and his wife live in Idaho, and they have two boys.
0:43.3	And the book we're going to talk about is Ali the Iraqi.
0:47.7	And is that okay for an introduction?
0:51.5	Yeah, that's great.
0:52.9	Before we talk about your novel, just tell our listeners, your BYU literature graduate,
1:00.0	just tell our listeners a little bit because some people may be interested in that career,
1:04.0	our younger listeners and wondering how that work for you.
1:07.3	Do you want to tell a little bit your personal story?
1:09.1	I don't know if I talked to you at age
1:10.9	18. You said, this is what I'm doing. Be a filmmaker if it came later. And just any advice you
1:16.5	have for people thinking about that as a career, filmmaker and writer. Yeah. So I went to be
1:23.2	or you and graduated in English literature. I went into the job force sort of. I followed my wife
1:32.3	around. She went and got her master's and PhD. And I was writing some blogs. I wrote on a variety
1:38.2	of, I got published around different places, federalist. I tried to get published in New York Times and things like that.
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