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Growing Up Between Two Cultures

Growing Up Between Two Cultures

FromIntelligence Squared


Growing Up Between Two Cultures

FromIntelligence Squared

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Television and radio broadcaster Aasmah Mir speaks about her recent memoir A Pebble In The Throat, which looks at the interwoven narratives found between the experiences of her own childhood growing up in Glasgow in Scotland and that of her parents raised in Pakistan. Joining her to discuss the book is Iranian-American novelist Dina Nayeri, author of the The Ungrateful Refugee.  
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Released:
Sep 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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