Growing up in a “sweary” household, Nadiya Hussain learns how to drop F-bombs -- in private, of course -- from the best. But the day she swears in front of her dad, she learns a lesson that will stick with her for decades.

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Rapper Muhammad “Mvstermind” Austin finds out his partner is pregnant, and decides to prepare himself for fatherhood with a new routine. The routine grounds him, until its power is tested one morning.

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Welcome to the second season of Tell Them, I Am. Celebrate Ramadan 2021 with host Misha Euceph as she features stories from 22 special guests, including Enes Kanter, Halima Aden, Yuna, Malala Yousafzai and Zakir Hussain.

The voices are all Muslim, the stories are universal.

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Akbar Ahmed is an academic, poet, former diplomat, and all-around renaissance man. In Tell Them, I Am’s final story of the season, Ahmed recounts how a single train ride when he was 4 years old changed his life’s direction forever.

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G. Willow Wilson is a novelist and comic book writer, known for her run on the Ms. Marvel series. When 9/11 happened, the world seemed chaotic to say the least — but Willow found that sometimes all you need is a little Neil Gaiman to put you back on track.

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Munazza Alam is a Harvard-educated astrophysicist. When she was in college, her dad’s complicated liver replacement opened her eyes to how the universe can feel so full and so empty at the same time.

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Layla Shaikley is a tech entrepreneur and Instagram influencer. When she was young, she discovered two things. One: that how you dress holds more meaning than you think. And two: that you can definitely use this to your advantage.

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Mercedes Iman Diamond has been participating — and dominating — drag competitions and performances since she was 21. She speaks about how a stage became her safe place.

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Omar Offendum is a rapper and poet. When he was 15 years old, his affinity for Arabic poetry came to life while reciting a piece during Nizar Qabbani’s memorial at Georgetown University in 1998.

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Maz Jobrani is, and apparently has always been, a comedian and actor. As a kid, he was a natural performer, but had a habit of stifling that part of himself.

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