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See Something Say Something

Ahmed Ali Akbar

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 550 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2016

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

On the new BuzzFeed podcast, Ahmed Ali Akbar will gather folks together to get personal about what it feels like to be Muslim in America right now. In this preview, Ahmed talks about why it's so hard for Muslims to represent themselves, and plays a game of "Halal or Not." The first episode drops October 28.

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0:00.0	Hey, Abu.
0:08.0	Yes, sir.
0:09.0	How are you?
0:10.0	Al-Aqa-a-a-a-a-slam.
0:12.0	How are you?
0:13.0	I'm good. How are you?
0:14.0	Can I call you Abu this whole time?
0:17.0	Is that okay?
0:18.0	It's your decision. You are the person in charge.
0:28.9	Hey there, I'm Amadale Yuckper, and I'm the host of the new BuzzFeed podcast, See Something, Say Something. Every week, I gather a group of really smart, funny people.
0:34.4	We have some jai, tell stories, and think about big life questions. Like, what did it
0:40.1	really mean when your family sat around talking about gyms? Why did we do that? Or complaining about
0:46.2	the kind of language that people used to describe Muslims and media, like moderate Muslim. What is a
0:53.1	moderate Muslim? Or even geeking out about the new Ms. Marvel and how
0:58.1	it's so badass that so many young girls have a Pakistani Muslim as their superhero.
1:04.5	This is a show where we talk about our personal experiences and not for Muslims or on behalf of
1:10.4	all Muslims like we are so often
1:12.4	asked to do. Like me, I'm the son of two Pakistani immigrants and have been writing about
1:16.5	American Muslims for the past few years at BuzzFeed and elsewhere. And as a Muslim myself, I want
1:22.5	to talk about the burden of representation that Muslims feel right now. Each week we'll be talking about a different topic, like fandom.
1:30.3	I remember the telly was on and I was like, I am 34 years old in a few weeks and I'm making
1:34.5	a costume like a child and I was like, I'm here for it. I love it. I love fandom.
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