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After the US Supreme Court’s June 2018 ruling on Trump’s travel ban, we’ll discuss how the new order impacts people from affected, Muslim-majority countries. We also talk about what’s different about the new ban and how to fight it. We begin with the story of a woman who was in flight to the US when President Trump signed his first travel ban.
Special thanks to the Stanford Storytelling Project and State of the Human podcast Managing Producer, Jake Warga.
Featuring:
- Nisrin Abdelrahman, Stanford PhD student in Anthropology
- Zahra Billoo, Civil Rights Attorney and Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Music:
- “Low Light Switch”, Blue Dot Sessions
- “Long Transfer 2006 Rework”, Phour Trakk
- “RSPN”, Blank Kytt
Credits:
- Host: Salima Hamirani
- Producers: Anita Johnson, Monica Lopez, Salima Hamirani
- Contributing Producers: Nisrin Abdelrahman, Helvia Taina, An-Li Herring, Eileen William, Marie Choi, R.J. Lozada
- Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
- Audience Engagement Director/Web Editor: Sabine Blaizin
- Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker
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