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Ramy Youssef

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

And then now it's kind of like, so when does the turn end exactly? What's what's going on? Yeah. You know?

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

And then now it's kind of like, so when does the turn end exactly? What's what's going on? Yeah. You know?

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

And then now it's kind of like, so when does the turn end exactly? What's what's going on? Yeah. You know?

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

Yeah, I mean, I grew up in New Jersey, and there was this burgeoning emo rock scene, and I was so jealous of my friends who had the straight hair and wore the tight pants, and I had this curly fro, and I tried to hide it with a hat. I was always wearing hats, and even in my older age, it's such a holdover from being a kid and trying to just stuff it under a hat. But, you know...

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

Yeah, I mean, I grew up in New Jersey, and there was this burgeoning emo rock scene, and I was so jealous of my friends who had the straight hair and wore the tight pants, and I had this curly fro, and I tried to hide it with a hat. I was always wearing hats, and even in my older age, it's such a holdover from being a kid and trying to just stuff it under a hat. But, you know...

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

Yeah, I mean, I grew up in New Jersey, and there was this burgeoning emo rock scene, and I was so jealous of my friends who had the straight hair and wore the tight pants, and I had this curly fro, and I tried to hide it with a hat. I was always wearing hats, and even in my older age, it's such a holdover from being a kid and trying to just stuff it under a hat. But, you know...

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

The beauty of this series for me has been that I think everyone code switches, you know, and I think we leaned into this animated style where the family literally looks different when they're inside the house and when they're outside the house. And I think to an extent, everybody does that, you know, and what becomes...

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

The beauty of this series for me has been that I think everyone code switches, you know, and I think we leaned into this animated style where the family literally looks different when they're inside the house and when they're outside the house. And I think to an extent, everybody does that, you know, and what becomes...

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

The beauty of this series for me has been that I think everyone code switches, you know, and I think we leaned into this animated style where the family literally looks different when they're inside the house and when they're outside the house. And I think to an extent, everybody does that, you know, and what becomes...

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

You know, the larger pressure cooker is that there is this performance that this family is literally doing for the FBI agent who moves in across the street. But at that core underneath all of it, I think this is what everybody does. And I think it's certainly what kids do. And so in so many ways, it really feels like this quintessential just middle school experience.

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

You know, the larger pressure cooker is that there is this performance that this family is literally doing for the FBI agent who moves in across the street. But at that core underneath all of it, I think this is what everybody does. And I think it's certainly what kids do. And so in so many ways, it really feels like this quintessential just middle school experience.

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

You know, the larger pressure cooker is that there is this performance that this family is literally doing for the FBI agent who moves in across the street. But at that core underneath all of it, I think this is what everybody does. And I think it's certainly what kids do. And so in so many ways, it really feels like this quintessential just middle school experience.

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

But you add on to it, you know, the creation of Homeland Security.

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

But you add on to it, you know, the creation of Homeland Security.

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

But you add on to it, you know, the creation of Homeland Security.

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

It's yeah, it's very much OK. Is Courtney the popular girl talking about me behind my back? And are the phones tapped? You know, and usually people just have to deal with the Courtney part. And now this kid has has both of them. And that's where the series lives.

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

It's yeah, it's very much OK. Is Courtney the popular girl talking about me behind my back? And are the phones tapped? You know, and usually people just have to deal with the Courtney part. And now this kid has has both of them. And that's where the series lives.

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

It's yeah, it's very much OK. Is Courtney the popular girl talking about me behind my back? And are the phones tapped? You know, and usually people just have to deal with the Courtney part. And now this kid has has both of them. And that's where the series lives.

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

Well, you know what it was? It was my sister Reem. She was a producer on the animated show with me and she had pulled up all these videos when I was a kid because I was struggling really finding these voices. I've never done this kind of acting before. And when I was a kid, I used to make these videos and I'd do them sometimes when my parents were sleeping.

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

Well, you know what it was? It was my sister Reem. She was a producer on the animated show with me and she had pulled up all these videos when I was a kid because I was struggling really finding these voices. I've never done this kind of acting before. And when I was a kid, I used to make these videos and I'd do them sometimes when my parents were sleeping.