Hey there, I'm Amidall Yuckber, and this is See Something, Say Something, the BuzzFeed podcast where we drink tea, tell stories, and talk about big life questions.

Before we start the show off, I have to give shout-outs to the Caminas, who provided our theme song, and let's be honest, inspiration for the name of the show.

If you see something, you better, you better say something.

Nothing at all, nothing at all.

I'm your host, Amidall Yuckper.

I'm a writer at BuzzFeed, and I've written about a lot of stuff for the website,

but even before I came here, I've been thinking about American Muslims.

I'm obsessed with, like, how to capture this beautiful, complicated,

sometimes crazy community I've grown up in,

but every time I write about Muslims I feel this

incredibly heavy burden of representation I think about you know will what I'm

writing confirm stereotypes about Muslims or battle them you know can writing

even break stereotypes is that our role have I included other types of

Muslim identities besides my own.

And so on this show, I want to remove that burden of representation.

This is a show where we talk about our personal experiences

and not for Muslims or on behalf of all Muslims like we are so often asked to do.

Like me, for instance, I'm the son of two Pakistani immigrants.

I grew up in Michigan, go blue.

I think jies for social gatherings and coffee is a solitary thing.

I don't pray too often, but every Friday I try to head up to the mosque near our office

for Friday prayers

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