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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 [email protected]. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 [email protected]. 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

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 [email protected]. 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

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 [email protected]. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 [email protected]. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 [email protected]. 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

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

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 [email protected], Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can the courts overturn President Trump's executive order? This episode, Ahmed talks with law professor Muneer Ahmad, who filed a lawsuit over the weekend challenging the immigration and travel ban. They talk about the details of the lawsuit, why a federal judge issued a stay to halt deportations, and what the legal path forward is for overturning the ban. Follow Ahmed at @radbrowndads, Follow the show at @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast, Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething, Email us at [email protected], Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Annnd we're back! The previous episode (our live show) was supposed to be the end of Season 1. Then, President Trump issued an executive order blocking refugees, immigrants and travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries: Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. We have to talk about this, and we'll be posting a few short episodes to keep you up-to-date this week. First up, Ahmed talks with Zahra Billoo and Ramzi Kassem about what to do if you or someone you know is detained at an airport—whether you're an immigrant, visa holder, or a Muslim citizen. Billoo is a civil rights lawyer and community organizer who leads the California chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Follow her at @ZahraBilloo. Kassem is a professor of Law at CUNY School of Law, where he directs the CLEAR project, which stands for "creating law enforcement accountability and responsibility." Follow his work at @CUNY_CLEAR. Here's the infographic Ahmed mentions: CLEAR's Guidance on the Executive Order. Follow Ahmed at @radbrowndads. Follow the show at @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething Email us at [email protected]. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices