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Welcome to the moth podcast. I'm Kate Tellers your host for this week

Sometimes faith or a belief in some higher power can help people to accept things they can't fully explain

religious teachings and rituals guide those who believe in them through difficult moments

especially moments of loss

But what happens when customs are questioned and traditions are at odds with the expectations of modern life?

This week we hear two stories from storytellers who confronted the dichotomy of old and new head-on

Our first storyteller this week is Iman Ahmed

Iman told this at a showcase in New York City where the theme of the night was across the divide

Here's Iman live at the moth

So I'm standing in the parking lot of a mosque in Long Island and I'm watching my mom debate

taking one or two blood pressure pills

She cranes her neck down the street looking for a hearse

But it doesn't show

She takes both the pills

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