Arabs in Media interviews Najwa, born in the US to parents who emigrated from Iraq, and who shares her experiences of growing during those wars and 9/11 being in the background of her development and adulthood.

Surprise, Najwa is my sister, and also just got back from a trip to the Arab world, and shares the joy and warmth that came from a full-circle experience of going from one extreme of xenophobia to cultural welcoming, and the surprising comments she got from non-Arabs who joined her on the trip about the nature of Arabs compared to their impressions from the media.

Najwa and I had some overlap with our experiences growing up. Listen in on how some of our experiences shaped us then, and now.

Plus some of the latest news with Palestine and Gaza, and a new Shout Out segment that calls attention to some positive people or things going on that you should hear about.

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So much news has happened such a short period of time, that we've got a short and sweet Arabs in Media, with a Soap Opera-style recap of the news starting from the Biden Trump debate to today's foreign war criminal addressing the US Congress. Special surprise appearances from Nikki Haley, God and George Clooney.

The Arabs in Media Substack also had something to say about Biden dropping out of the race.

https://arabsinmedia.substack.com/p/joe-biden-accessory-to-palestinian

We end the super-short podcast with a helpful tip to the new Democratic nominee on how to NOT ring the BS Buzzer among the people who left the party in the last 9 months, if the DNC is actually listening.

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I was working on another episode when tonight's debate between Biden and Trump was set to air. I wasn't going to watch it, but then the texts started. "Just horrible." "We are doomed." "It hurts." "What an embarrassment."

So I tuned in, and, yup. So we're going to break down some of the media headlines post-debate, and some analysis of the two or so minutes that Biden and Trump incoherently talked about Israel, Gaza and Hamas, including Trump calling Biden "a Palestinian, but a very weak one." Huh?

So as a total departure from the regular Arabs in Media podcast, don't mind my hysterical laughter. It was a relief-valve from months of horror. But at the end - a few words and a prediction about Biden.

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