Meme Squad

See Something Say Something

Ahmed Ali Akbar

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 550 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2016

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Happy New Year! On this mini episode, Ahmed invites a real-life meme into the studio. You've probably seen Daniya Sayed's hilarious photo from prom on your Tumblr or Twitter dashboard. Ahmed talks to Daniya about her rise to virality, how memes can change perceptions of Muslims, and why she's so SHOOK to be in the studio.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey guys, I'm Amadol Yukber and this is See Something Say Something, the BuzzFeed podcast where we drink chai, tell stories, and talk about being Muslim in America.
0:08.4	This is our first short, a little mini episode.
0:11.2	You guys know that I'm obsessed with Muslim memes.
0:14.0	I mean, I'm obsessed with memes generally, but I have a special connection to Muslim memes because I post them all the time on BuzzFeed.
0:20.1	So I couldn't pass up a chance to talk to a real life meme.
0:23.6	If you see something, you better, you better say something.
0:31.6	Nothing at all, nothing at all.
0:36.6	Danya Say it, welcome to the studio
0:41.0	Thank you for having me
0:42.8	I put Danya in a post in like 2015
0:45.1	Like literally a photo of you
0:47.2	Right? Yeah, a legit photo
0:49.1	Of you doing like a point into the sky
0:51.9	We'll describe the meme later
0:53.3	We'll go into the aesthetics of We'll describe the meme later.
0:56.1	We'll go into the aesthetics of the meme.
0:57.3	Yeah, very important.
0:58.7	The memes are all about aesthetics.
1:01.7	Daniel, when you're not a meme, what do you do?
1:07.2	Well, I'm a full-time student at University of North Florida.
1:09.1	So, yeah, I'm from Florida.
1:10.2	Pretty embarrassing.
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