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Ep. 079 - Saaleh Baseer - An Ivy League/Madrassa Fusion

Sultans and Sneakers

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The Importance of Bengali Heritage

Jeongyir Naga was born and raised in Bengal, one of the main cities of the Mughal Empire. He is third generation Muslim in America; his grandparents came in the 60s. Jeongyir: I think that having studied so many texts intellectually, I was maybe aching for something to string it all together historically. "I'm willing to have more generosity with our tradition and our past historically"

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