Defining Diego is the story of one Guatemalan adoptee and his mother, a reporter who documented their journey from his earliest steps, as they try to understand how international adoption boomed and busted, and what it all means for families like theirs, with feet in two worlds. When Laurie Stern set out to adopt a baby from Guatemala in 1999, she thought the process would be pretty straightforward. Lots of people were doing it. But the adoption was held up just as she went to Guatemala to g ...
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Kity and Tamer sit down with Zahra Noorbakhsh for an incredibly personal and shocking conversation about what life was like after 9/11 for her hijab wearing mother and Iranian family. Zahra is a feminist Muslim and Iranian-American comedian. Her one woman show, “All Atheists are Muslim” was directed by W. Kamau Bell, dubbed a highlight of the NYC Fringe festival by New Yorker magazine. She is a contributor to The NY Times featured anthology, “Love Inshallah: The secret lives of American Muslim Women” and we think you’re going to fall in love with her.
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Kity and Tamer sit down with Zahra Noorbakhsh for an incredibly personal and shocking conversation about what life was like after 9/11 for her hijab wearing mother and Iranian family. Zahra is a feminist Muslim and Iranian-American comedian. Her one woman show, “All Atheists are Muslim” was directed by W. Kamau Bell, dubbed a highlight of the NYC Fringe festival by New Yorker magazine. She is a contributor to The NY Times featured anthology, “Love Inshallah: The secret lives of American Muslim Women” and we think you’re going to fall in love with her.
Video versions of They Tried to Bury Us: https://tinyurl.com/y8kxzelg
Podcast Website: https://www.comedypopupla.com/tamer
Follow us:
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Video versions of They Tried to Bury Us: https://tinyurl.com/y8kxzelg
Podcast Website: https://www.comedypopupla.com/tamer
Follow us:
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