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Listening to Kashmir Through a Kashmiri Filmmaker
Episode 328
In this episode of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan speaks with Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh, Director of Saffron Kingdom, about growing up in Kashmi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
A Daughter 's Search for Truth
Episode 326
In this powerful conversation, journalist and author Karin Jensen takes us inside the real-life story behind her memoir The Strength of Water. Her mo…
5 months ago
Jokes That Go There: Lana Salah on Comedy Without Apology
In this deeply human and sharply funny conversation, Palestinian American comedian Lana Salah joins Saadia in the studio for an unfiltered exploratio…
5 months, 1 week ago
Flipping the Thanksgiving Script — Immigrant Style
Episode 328
Thanksgiving is marketed as a serene celebration of gratitude, family, and food, but Saadia’s immigrant household tells a different story. In this ex…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Who Needs a Time Machine? I Changed Countries
Episode 327
What does it mean to belong in America without proving your worth? Why are immigrants still expected to be extraordinary just to be seen as enough? A…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Reproductive Care, Eugenics And the Myth of Too Many People
Episode 329
What if the story you’ve been told about “overpopulation” is a lie? Historian Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo, author of Fighting for Control: Power, Reprodu…
6 months ago
The Quiet After Snowfall
Episode 328
Award-winning novelist Shobha Rao joins Saadia Khan to talk about the stories that define and defy us. In this wide-ranging conversation, Shobha refl…
6 months, 1 week ago
What We Are Called: The Language That Keeps Immigrants Out
Episode 327
Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter, Hyphenly; it's our no-fluff love letter with hot takes, heartfelt stories, and all the feels of living i…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Grief, Memory And the Art of Enough
Episode 326
Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter, Hyphenly; it's our no-fluff love letter with hot takes, heartfelt stories, and all the feels of living i…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Why We Don’t Act And How to Change That
Episode 325
Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter, Hyphenly; it's our no-fluff love letter with hot takes, heartfelt stories, and all the feels of living i…
6 months, 4 weeks ago