Ayman Ismail

This is the one shot.

This is the only shot that I get.

So in that context, it has to happen now.

And if you're going to ask me how important is it that they get that connection, I'm going to tell you it's everything.

It's not just their lives in the balance.

It's their kids' lives.

And the idea that I'm going to be the weakest link in this generations-long connection to Islam and

you know, to family in Egypt, like the coolest place somebody could be from.

I mean, I'm just saying.

Like that to me, I feel like I gotta do everything.

I gotta do everything for that.

So I have two brothers.

Both of them have two kids.

neither of them are even considering Islamic school as an option.

Like for them, it's not even a priority.

So like my brother, for example, he makes a lot more money than me.

He's one of those guys who like all he wants to do is make money to pass down money to his kids.

So that way his kids don't have to experience what we experience as kids with like being strapped all the time.

Like if he was having the conversation with you right now, he would talk about...

Our parents' choice to put us in Islamic school is the dumbest thing possible.