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Ramy Youssef

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Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

We must always be cheerful. We will never stick out. We, from today, have no culture. When people see our family, they won't think Arab. They will think they are happy. They are perfect. We are number one happy family USA.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

We must always be cheerful. We will never stick out. We, from today, have no culture. When people see our family, they won't think Arab. They will think they are happy. They are perfect. We are number one happy family USA.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

It's really, it's really great to be back after many years. I really appreciate it. And yeah, you know, it was, you know, it was this idea of really tapping into how, you know, it's almost kind of it is really funny. And it's it's so cool that it gets to be funny.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

It's really, it's really great to be back after many years. I really appreciate it. And yeah, you know, it was, you know, it was this idea of really tapping into how, you know, it's almost kind of it is really funny. And it's it's so cool that it gets to be funny.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

It's really, it's really great to be back after many years. I really appreciate it. And yeah, you know, it was, you know, it was this idea of really tapping into how, you know, it's almost kind of it is really funny. And it's it's so cool that it gets to be funny.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

But it's obviously there's the other part of it that's really sad, which is, hey, maybe if I try to erase as much of myself, I'll be able to fit in. And I think that's the idea that I'm obsessed with – there's obviously all the conversations about overt racism, Islamophobia, all these things on the outside.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

But it's obviously there's the other part of it that's really sad, which is, hey, maybe if I try to erase as much of myself, I'll be able to fit in. And I think that's the idea that I'm obsessed with – there's obviously all the conversations about overt racism, Islamophobia, all these things on the outside.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

But it's obviously there's the other part of it that's really sad, which is, hey, maybe if I try to erase as much of myself, I'll be able to fit in. And I think that's the idea that I'm obsessed with – there's obviously all the conversations about overt racism, Islamophobia, all these things on the outside.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

The parts that I always tend to hone in on is, well, what is the person doing to themselves amidst all that pressure?

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

The parts that I always tend to hone in on is, well, what is the person doing to themselves amidst all that pressure?

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

The parts that I always tend to hone in on is, well, what is the person doing to themselves amidst all that pressure?

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

Yeah, I mean, I don't know that it was exactly hit the erase button, but it really was, OK, you know, because it's such a sad, terrible thing. And we were just near, you know, the site of death of so many people who, you know, innocent people died. So there's that piece where you're just as sad as everyone else, but then it turns towards you and who you are.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

Yeah, I mean, I don't know that it was exactly hit the erase button, but it really was, OK, you know, because it's such a sad, terrible thing. And we were just near, you know, the site of death of so many people who, you know, innocent people died. So there's that piece where you're just as sad as everyone else, but then it turns towards you and who you are.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

Yeah, I mean, I don't know that it was exactly hit the erase button, but it really was, OK, you know, because it's such a sad, terrible thing. And we were just near, you know, the site of death of so many people who, you know, innocent people died. So there's that piece where you're just as sad as everyone else, but then it turns towards you and who you are.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

And so you kind of go, okay, we should be quiet or something. It's incredibly confusing. It's incredibly disorienting. And I think within my family, we were always proud of who we were and why. where we come from. And at the same time, you kind of don't want to rock the boat. And I think my father was very pragmatic about it all.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

And so you kind of go, okay, we should be quiet or something. It's incredibly confusing. It's incredibly disorienting. And I think within my family, we were always proud of who we were and why. where we come from. And at the same time, you kind of don't want to rock the boat. And I think my father was very pragmatic about it all.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

And so you kind of go, okay, we should be quiet or something. It's incredibly confusing. It's incredibly disorienting. And I think within my family, we were always proud of who we were and why. where we come from. And at the same time, you kind of don't want to rock the boat. And I think my father was very pragmatic about it all.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

And I remember him kind of being like, you know, my family is really well read. They really, you know, I grew up with books all over the house. And my dad was just like, yeah, Japanese people went through a lot after Pearl Harbor happened. He was already kind of saying almost there was this feeling of this might be our turn right now. And, you know, that was at the time.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

And I remember him kind of being like, you know, my family is really well read. They really, you know, I grew up with books all over the house. And my dad was just like, yeah, Japanese people went through a lot after Pearl Harbor happened. He was already kind of saying almost there was this feeling of this might be our turn right now. And, you know, that was at the time.

Fresh Air
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life

And I remember him kind of being like, you know, my family is really well read. They really, you know, I grew up with books all over the house. And my dad was just like, yeah, Japanese people went through a lot after Pearl Harbor happened. He was already kind of saying almost there was this feeling of this might be our turn right now. And, you know, that was at the time.