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A 1.5-generation Pakistani-American journalist checks in with her Twitter troll dad and writer/activist uncle to talk about current events, politics, social issues, South Asian culture, history, and American pop culture.
It’s family. It’s politics. It’s family politics.
It’s family. It’s politics. It’s family politics.
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Gjennomsnittlig lydlængde:
74 minutes
Gæsteinterviews
Engelsk
USA
12 episoder
siden 26. september 2021
episodic
NYESTE EPISODE 🔗
The Ashrafs finally convene to discuss the recent elections in Pakistan, and try to untangle what's happening—and has been happening in the last few years, and how things work. What's each player doing? Imran Khan, the PTI, the military Establishment, … You might even come away better equipped to u…
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"The South Asian mindset is only now starting to come out being colonized," says @iFaqeer halfway through this episode. And The Ashrafs launch into a discussion of the basics of the South Asian Origin Story. Was it a Partition or Independence? What exactly led to Pakistan coming into exis…
The current Pakistani government has rather suddenly decided to kick out a million unregistered Afghan Refugees. Discussing that situation brings The Ashrafs back to talking about South Asia, South Asian history, and inevitably words and their meanings.
Things you will hear mentioned include:
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As the war—or what you call it (and we do discuss that)—gets to the one-month mark, The Ashrafs discuss tuning out as a coping mechanism; more history (because Ashrafs—and see references below); and how all this is playing out in American politics and beyond. How and when will The Western Establish…
Where the Ashrafs introvert about why Pakistanis are emotional sbout Palestine? Why has Palestine been—and why is it still—such an emotive issue all over the globe? What's with the Hang Gliders? What's with all the propaganda? And please excuse Abbu's being ill. Any family "tootke" you ca…
With the events starting October 7, 2023, the Ashrafs finally wade into the Israel-Palestine issue, discussing the shape of the “Aqsa Flood” attacks; the possibility of genocide in “the world’s largest (open air) prison”; the history of Hamas; the South Asian angle; the social media noise; American…
The Ashrafs discuss the failed Republican “red wave” and the more successful other red wave of the 2022 midterm elections. Syjil talks about the dirtbag left, the paradox of intolerance, and what leftists need to do in order to gain more support. Bonus treat: the art of using portmanteaus of Urdu c…
We’re back! Someone tried to assassinate former Pakistani PM Imran Khan after he was ousted from power (by the army? the CIA? who knows!), and journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in Kenya. We discuss the reasons, theories, and implications. Program mentioned by Sabahat: https://youtu.be/m9SkTRMiDuU
Reading from the Equal Justice Initiative’s Lynching Report, Syjil talks to her dad and uncle about the end of slavery and the Reconstruction era in the United States. Link to the report: https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/
In the wake of Rev. Desmond Tutu’s passing, Farasat and Sabahat recollect their memories of growing up in West Africa during the anti-apartheid movement. Plus, it’s the 14th anniversary of the assassination of former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto, during which Syjil and Farasat got stuck amidst the a…
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