Daniel and constructor Kareem Ayas discuss the first theme Kareem ever attempted, constructing as a non-native speaker, the overlaps between puzzles and plays, working on 25 puzzles at a time, the best kinds of revealers, the intense labor behind creating an Orca-winning tournament puzzle, promoting Arab culture and identity, Puzzles for Palestine, making midis for the Times, clues as Trojan horses, handling rejection, and much, much more.