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The Rubin Report

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🗓️ 6 August 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, the founder of Ideas Beyond Borders, about his journey from Iraq to the United States; his appreciation for American values; his work in promoting freedom and liberal ideals in the Middle East; his disappointment with some Americans who take their freedoms for granted; the current situation in Iraq and the potential for progress in the region; the decline of the secular humanist movement; why capitalism and coexistence are key to progress and how the separation of religion from the state is important; his concern about the polarization and dehumanization in American politics and the potential for further division and conflict; and much more.

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0:00.0	I'm Dave Rubin and we are on location here at the local studios in Miami and I am joined
0:13.0	by the founder of Ideas Beyond Borders, but more importantly, a brand new American and
0:20.2	my old friend, Faisal Said al-Mutarr, it is good to see you, my man.
0:25.0	Thank you so much for having me again, that's been a journey.
0:28.1	Faisal, we were just discussing, well first off, you've been on this show, you know, there's
0:33.2	the Jordan Peterson like 15 times, there's the Gad Sad, probably 14 times, the Douglas
0:39.2	Murray, probably about 14 times.
0:41.7	You're close.
0:42.7	I'm close here.
0:43.7	You're a top five or for sure?
0:44.7	Let's make it 72, son, that was a virgin joke.
0:48.8	That was a virgin joke.
0:49.8	That's why maybe that will make me closer to heaven, yeah.
0:53.0	It is, every time I sit down with you, it's just an absolute joy because you come from
0:58.3	a place in the world, you come from Iraq, well, you know what, give everybody the one minute
1:01.9	recap on your, on your, can you do it in a minute, the life story, because then we'll get
1:05.0	it to all the other stuff, but I think it sets up such a beautiful story that you're now,
1:08.5	what do you say one year American?
1:10.4	2019, it's been four years, you're a citizen for four years, yeah, but then I've been treating
1:16.8	you like a brand new citizen.
1:17.8	Well, let's give it that way, yeah, introduce me next time to the best barbecue in town.
1:24.0	Give it, give everybody like the one minute story that gets you to, so I was born in Babylon
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