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Ramy Youssef

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

You know, especially at this point, too. My dad's really funny about this stuff. He just is like, I'm seven years old. Like, who cares?

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

You know, especially at this point, too. My dad's really funny about this stuff. He just is like, I'm seven years old. Like, who cares?

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

My grandparents never lived with us. I mean, this is trying to kind of create something that's more emblematic of that generational thing than my actual grandfather, who was quite different and was also, you know, my grandfather is really interesting because he grew up in a village. He was one of two people who could read.

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

My grandparents never lived with us. I mean, this is trying to kind of create something that's more emblematic of that generational thing than my actual grandfather, who was quite different and was also, you know, my grandfather is really interesting because he grew up in a village. He was one of two people who could read.

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

My grandparents never lived with us. I mean, this is trying to kind of create something that's more emblematic of that generational thing than my actual grandfather, who was quite different and was also, you know, my grandfather is really interesting because he grew up in a village. He was one of two people who could read.

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

And then he took that and became one of the only ones there, again, who went to college and then actually became an interpreter there. For the United Nations, he interpreted between Arabic and French and English for, you know, over 20 years. So he's kind of this totally different mold, I think, of that, Jen, because he was such a... It is so much more impressive.

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

And then he took that and became one of the only ones there, again, who went to college and then actually became an interpreter there. For the United Nations, he interpreted between Arabic and French and English for, you know, over 20 years. So he's kind of this totally different mold, I think, of that, Jen, because he was such a... It is so much more impressive.

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

And then he took that and became one of the only ones there, again, who went to college and then actually became an interpreter there. For the United Nations, he interpreted between Arabic and French and English for, you know, over 20 years. So he's kind of this totally different mold, I think, of that, Jen, because he was such a... It is so much more impressive.

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

Sometimes people will say to me, oh, dude, you were just like a kid in New Jersey and now you have this whole Hollywood thing. And I go, man, in terms of arcs within my family, that's not really. It's like, yeah, I should have. Of course I have to look at what what came before me. I mean, he he set the bar.

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

Sometimes people will say to me, oh, dude, you were just like a kid in New Jersey and now you have this whole Hollywood thing. And I go, man, in terms of arcs within my family, that's not really. It's like, yeah, I should have. Of course I have to look at what what came before me. I mean, he he set the bar.

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

Sometimes people will say to me, oh, dude, you were just like a kid in New Jersey and now you have this whole Hollywood thing. And I go, man, in terms of arcs within my family, that's not really. It's like, yeah, I should have. Of course I have to look at what what came before me. I mean, he he set the bar.

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

Oh, hello, neighbors. You're afraid of us near you. But the only blood we want is to bleed red, white, and blue. I know you think we're scary, but I swear to you, we're fun. We will prove to you our love. We will be number one, number one. So what made you think you should turn part of this into a musical?

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

Oh, hello, neighbors. You're afraid of us near you. But the only blood we want is to bleed red, white, and blue. I know you think we're scary, but I swear to you, we're fun. We will prove to you our love. We will be number one, number one. So what made you think you should turn part of this into a musical?

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

Oh, hello, neighbors. You're afraid of us near you. But the only blood we want is to bleed red, white, and blue. I know you think we're scary, but I swear to you, we're fun. We will prove to you our love. We will be number one, number one. So what made you think you should turn part of this into a musical?

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

So, yeah, that song comes out of the earlier clip that you played where he kind of proclaims out of peak anxiety to his family that they're going to erase their identity. And then he bursts the door open and starts singing this proclamation to the neighborhood. Yeah.

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

So, yeah, that song comes out of the earlier clip that you played where he kind of proclaims out of peak anxiety to his family that they're going to erase their identity. And then he bursts the door open and starts singing this proclamation to the neighborhood. Yeah.

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

So, yeah, that song comes out of the earlier clip that you played where he kind of proclaims out of peak anxiety to his family that they're going to erase their identity. And then he bursts the door open and starts singing this proclamation to the neighborhood. Yeah.

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

And, you know, I felt this it's either going to be we're making something depressing or something so insane that you have to laugh at this depressing subtext. And so it had to be the latter. And that's where music just started to feel like such a fun extension.

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

And, you know, I felt this it's either going to be we're making something depressing or something so insane that you have to laugh at this depressing subtext. And so it had to be the latter. And that's where music just started to feel like such a fun extension.

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

And, you know, I felt this it's either going to be we're making something depressing or something so insane that you have to laugh at this depressing subtext. And so it had to be the latter. And that's where music just started to feel like such a fun extension.