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Episode 22: The Third-Act Nuke Apr 27, 2017

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Ahmed reveals his nerdy side in this special video game themed episode. In Level 1, Ahmed talks to his cousins, siblings Nyle and Basim (of the Kominas!) Usmani, about how video games bring them together and why killing brown folks in Call of Duty makes them feel nauseous. In Level 2, Ahmed calls up Rami Ismail, co-founder of Dutch indie game studio Vlambeer, to get an insider's take on the cultural insensitivity of first-person shooter games set in the Middle East and how being Muslim affects the way he designs his games. Level 3 is not in the podcast at all — IT'S AN ESSAY. Ahmed writes about playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for the first time. Read it at bzfd.it/2pF5ox5. Follow Ahmed at @radbrowndads, Follow Nyle at @RBDTheNZA, Follow Basim at @BasiRoti, Follow Rami Ismail at @tha_rami and find his games at ridiculousfishing.com and nuclearthrone.com. Follow the show: @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast, Subscribe to our newsletter buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething/newsletter, Read the essay bzfd.it/2pF5ox5 Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething, Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lost In The Sauce — Part 2 Apr 23, 2017

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Ahmed talks with Arnesa Buljusmic-Kustura—an analyst, organizer, and author of Letters from Diaspora: Stories of War and its Aftermath—about drinking culture in Bosnian Muslim communities. They talk about that one uncle who would always let you try his beer, the double standard for men and women who drink, and Alcoholism and PTSD. Plus, all of the social pressure to drink or not drink as you get older. Follow Ahmed at @radbrowndads, Follow Arnesa at @Rrrrnessa, You can pick up a copy of Letters from Diaspora: Stories of War and its Aftermath at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AK7OZOY, Follow the show at @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast, Subscribe to our newsletter buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething/newsletter, Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething, Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 21: Lost In The Sauce Apr 20, 2017

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"Muslims don't drink" — how many times have you heard that before? In the first of a series of episodes about intoxicants, Ahmed invites Barnard Professor of Religion, Najam Haider, to provide some context about the role of alcohol in Islam. They talk about intoxicated Sufi mystics, coffee addiction, and why tiramisu can tear a relationship apart. And be sure to stay tuned for more episodes on American Muslims' relationship to alcohol and weed! Follow Ahmed at @radbrowndads Follow the show at @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast, Subscribe to our newsletter buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething/newsletter, Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething, Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 20: In Conclusion... Apr 13, 2017

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Colonialism! Hip-hop! Appropriation! It's a bit of all of the above in this episode. Ahmed talks to Mona Haydar about the video for her song Hijabi, what it means for a Syrian-American to rap, and dealing with microaggressions. Then, Ahmed plays a game of "Did the English Steal This Word From Your People?" with real-life meme, college freshman, and artist of bitterness Kiren Rizvi. Follow Mona @mona_haydar Follow Kiren @gothistani Follow Ahmed at @radbrowndads Watch Mona's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOX9O_kVPeo Learn why Kiren is so bitter here: https://twitter.com/gothistani/status/692686175602151424?lang=en Play "Did The English Steal This Word" yourself here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ahmedaliakbar/jungli Follow the show at @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast, Subscribe to our newsletter buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething/newsletter, Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething, Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Find the audience survey at survey.panoply.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 19: Do Better Apr 06, 2017

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Do you ever wish you could reimagine badly-written Muslim characters on TV and in movies? This week, Ahmed and BuzzFeed's Abid Anwar come up with some corrective fan fiction for an episode of a beloved 90s sitcom with a problematic character. Then, BuzzFeed UK writer and DJ Khaled expert Gena-mour Barrett joins Ahmed to discuss their favorite Asahd memes. Follow Ahmed at @radbrowndads. Follow Abid at @Abid_ism. Follow Gena at @SmileGena. And read about how she lived according to DJ Khaled's Snapchat for a day at buzzfeed.com/genamourbarrett/i-never-want-to-eat-an-apple-again. Follow the show at @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast, Subscribe to our newsletter buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething/newsletter, Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething, Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Find the audience survey at survey.panoply.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 18: Wallah Bros And A Staff Gorilla Mar 30, 2017

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Arabic is a part of pretty much every Muslim's life, whether it's in the salaams they share with their family, in their name, or it's the language they speak at home. In this episode, Ahmed talks with Kamelya Omayma Youssef and Amy D. about what it's like to grow up Arab versus growing up non-Arab, and the different ways of learning the language—from the Qur'an to "lughat al-Net" (language of the internet). And, they talk about how the sacred-sounding "wallahi" (I swear to god) came to be used to describe a certain type of young, Arab guy known as the "wallah bro." Then, Reeda Saleem and Ahmed talk about people messing up their names, and this weird thing that's been happening online where people mispronounce the hell out of of Arabic phrases. A staff gorilla. Follow Ahmed at @radbrowndads. Follow the show at @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast, Subscribe to our newsletter buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething/newsletter, Find more Arabic mispronunciations at buzzfeed.com/ahmedaliakbar/a-staff-gorilla, Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething, Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 17: What About The Revolution, Baby? Mar 23, 2017

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Remember the Arab Spring? Bassem Youssef does! Ahmed talks to "Egypt's Jon Stewart" to see what lessons Americans can learn from his time in revolution. They talk about the Trump administration's electronics ban, the differences between American and Arab humor, and representation of women and people of color in media. Then, Ahmed collects your terrible pick-up lines from last week and reads them out loud to BuzzFeed's Zainab Shah. Spoiler alert: She does not like them very much. Follow Ahmed at @radbrowndads. Follow Bassem @BYoussef. Follow the show at @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast, Subscribe to our newsletter buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething/newsletter, Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething, Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 16: Of Minder And Meeting People Mar 16, 2017

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Ahmed talks to three attractive, intelligent, and charming guests about the SINGLE life. Sara Farizan, Hady Barry, and Ahmed Hozain discuss Minder, dating, and how tedious it is to text people. Then, Ahmed calls up his dad to ask about his relationship history. Plus: Everyone plays a special, dating-themed edition of Halal or Not. Follow Ahmed Ali Akbar at @radbrowndads. Follow Sara @SaraFarizan. Listen to Hady's podcast "Love in the Age of Minder" here. Follow the show at @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. And, subscribe to our NEW newsletter! Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 15: What Did We Miss? Mar 09, 2017

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Ahmed talks with BuzzFeed News' legal genius Nabiha Syed about what to do if a Customs and Border Protection officer asks for your phone—and other ways to legally resist at the border. Plus, Nabiha gives us advice about talking to white men and mixing patterns. Then, a conversation with Bim Adewunmi about Mahershala Ali's historic Oscar win, and what it means for a black man and member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community to be the first Muslim actor to win an Academy Award. Follow Ahmed @RadBrownDads, Follow Nabiha @@nabihasyed, Follow Bim @bimadew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Banned Together — Part 3 Feb 02, 2017

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For the third episode in our Banned Together series, we sit down to process what it feels like to be a Muslim in America right now, or to hold a passport from one of the countries targeted by the President's immigration and travel ban. Ahmed talks with Moustafa Bayoumi, an author and associate professor of English at Brooklyn College, and Elamin Abdelmahmoud, News Curation Editor at BuzzFeed. They talk about the history of the Asian Exclusion Act, the Quebec mosque shooting, and family abroad. Plus: Moustafa does a dramatic reading of the powerful/woke/badass/brilliant NY Taxi Worker Alliance statement on the #MuslimBan. Follow Ahmed at @radbrowndads, Follow Moustafa at @BayoumiMoustafa, Follow Elamin at @elamin88, Follow the show at @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast, Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething, Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com, Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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