Dan Tavana--Being White means you don't often face exclusionary rituals
As this project was underway, I found out that Dan was moving back to DC. He’d wrapped up the non-dissertation portion of his PhD at Princeton and was...
White Adjacent
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Leaning heavily on personal experiences and groundbreaking research by Neda Magbouleh, your host, David Shams tries to weave a narrative of why it's not easy for halfies/Iranian-Americans to describe where they fit into society. In each episode, he interviews a different halfie in an effort to break down that complexity. Or at times, add to it.
Grace Maral Burnett--My first bilingual experience was English and Azerbaijani Turkish.
I met Grace...ahem...Maral the first summer after I moved to DC. We realized we had a unique connection. Like my father, her mom immigrated here from ...
Shirin Wertime--My Dad is an Iranian by marriage
I first ran into Shirin in early August 2019. She attended a community based social hour I had planned. If I’m honest, I made the same mistake that s...
Suzy Ziaii--My family was a petri dish
I remember when I first met Suzy. We had gathered for a volunteer training with the National Iranian American Council. If I’m honest, I don’t remember...
Jamal Abdi--It's more than a novelty
I’ve know Jamal basically since I moved to DC. He was my boss when I interned at the National Iranian American Council. We played soccer together in a...
Sarah Oliai--Gormeh Sabzi and Duckhunter
Sarah and I have had these sorts of conversations almost since we first met. And out of any of the other Iranian-Americans I’ve interviewed, we have t...
Dan Tavana--Being White means you don't often face exclusionary rituals
As this project was underway, I found out that Dan was moving back to DC. He’d wrapped up the non-dissertation portion of his PhD at Princeton and was...
Grace Maral Burnett--My first bilingual experience was English and Azerbaijani Turkish.
I met Grace...ahem...Maral the first summer after I moved to DC. We realized we had a unique connection. Like my father, her mom immigrated here from ...
Shirin Wertime--My Dad is an Iranian by marriage
I first ran into Shirin in early August 2019. She attended a community based social hour I had planned. If I’m honest, I made the same mistake that s...
Suzy Ziaii--My family was a petri dish
I remember when I first met Suzy. We had gathered for a volunteer training with the National Iranian American Council. If I’m honest, I don’t remember...