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Hey, Shortwaveers, Ritoo Chatterjee here with former Shortwave in Turned Russia, AReady.

Hey, Rasha.

Hey, Ritoo, I'm so excited to talk with you.

Me too.

So, I hear you have something fun and musical for us today.

I do.

I got the idea for this episode a while ago.

I had come home one day and I found my parents loudly playing old Arabic songs while they

were cooking.

Kind of songs that they used to play on cassettes in the car when I was little.

Oh, you know, coming from a culture where old songs are still just as loved and enjoyed.

For me, old Hindi and Bangla songs, it looks so much nostalgia even today.

Me too.

They're really special.

And I haven't heard, you know, these Arabic songs in years and years.

But after just a few seconds of listening to them, the tune and all the lyrics just came

full-loading back to me and I found myself singing along without even realizing that I

remembered that song.

Have you ever had that feeling?

Oh, absolutely.

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