{"id":2556,"date":"2017-11-27T19:50:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T19:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/11\/27\/the-unedited-storycorps-interview-monna-sabouri-and-asmaa-elamrousy\/"},"modified":"2017-11-27T19:50:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T19:50:07","slug":"the-unedited-storycorps-interview-monna-sabouri-and-asmaa-elamrousy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/11\/27\/the-unedited-storycorps-interview-monna-sabouri-and-asmaa-elamrousy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unedited StoryCorps Interview: Monna Sabouri and Asmaa Elamrousy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know that the\u00a0stories\u00a0you hear from us on NPR<\/a>\u00a0and our\u00a0podcast<\/a>\u00a0are excerpts of interviews pulled from the StoryCorps Archive? Participants visit one of our\u00a0recording locations<\/a>\u00a0with a friend or family member to record a 40-minute interview with the help of a trained StoryCorps Facilitator, or record a conversation using the\u00a0StoryCorps App<\/a>. We\u2019re sharing this unedited interview from the StoryCorps Archive with you in its original form.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In April 2017, Asmaa Elamrousy interviewed her friend, Monna Sabouri, about her experiences as an Iranian-American actress and some of the obstacles she\u2019s had to face in her career. This conversation was recorded by StoryCorps in New York City in partnership with the\u00a0Muslim American Leadership Alliance<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monna talks about growing up in New York and visiting family in Iran every summer. She describes how awesome it was to be raised in two different cultures, as it showed her two sides of a story.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Asmaa asks Monna about her experiences as an actress, she lets out a big sigh. Monna tells her about her first audition, which was for the role of \u201cdaughter of terrorist\u201d, and talks about some of the disappointment she’s experienced when it comes to the types of roles that\u00a0have been\u00a0available to her, \u201cbecause I know that not all Muslims are terrorists, we all know this, but white writers in a room somewhere writing for a show think this to be true about Muslims, so they write it\u2026 It\u2019s always caricatures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

About 23 minutes into their conversation, though, she tells Asmaa about a recent casting that called for an \u201cEast Indian.\u201d Instead of playing her in a stereotypical way, she went into her audition with an Italian American New York accent, saying, \u201cYeah, you know \u2014 we could also be from Queens!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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