A Girl Who Looks Like Me with Susan Muaddi Darraj
Leave a reviewOn this week’s episode, we bring you a whodunnit shaped story seed! 12 year old Sulaf collaborates with author Susan Muaddi Darraj (author of the debut middle grade series FARAH ROCKS) on a story starring a young Arab-American girl, who looks like Sulaf, and who finds herself at the center of a mystery at the theatre where she works. Join our host Betsy Bird as she follows Sulaf and Susan on their all-access backstage tour of the Riverside Theatre at the landmark Riverside Church in NYC where they discover all its nooks and crannies that can inspire a mystery story. They also talk about their great love of Agatha Christie mysteries and how meaningful it is— as Arab Americans—to read a story about a character that you can relate to and that looks like you.
© Betsy Bird, Ultraviolet Audio, Kayla Fedeson, Anjali Sakhrani, Literary Safari, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Andrew VanWyngarden, Ania Grzesik, James Boo, Sandhya Nankani, Matt Boynton | 00:31:42
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Episode One: Introducing The Story Seeds Podcast!
This is an Episodic show. You can listen to it in any order, but episode one is always a great place to start.
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On this week’s episode, we bring you a whodunnit shaped story seed! 12 year old Sulaf collaborates with author Susan Muaddi Darraj (author of the debut middle grade series FARAH ROCKS) on a story starring a young Arab-American girl, who looks like Sulaf, and who finds herself at the center of a mystery at the theatre where she works. Join our host Betsy Bird as she follows Sulaf and Susan on their all-access backstage tour of the Riverside Theatre at the landmark Riverside Church in NYC where they discover all its nooks and crannies that can inspire a mystery story. They also talk about their great love of Agatha Christie mysteries and how meaningful it is— as Arab Americans—to read a story about a character that you can relate to and that looks like you.
© Betsy Bird, Ultraviolet Audio, Kayla Fedeson, Anjali Sakhrani, Literary Safari, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Andrew VanWyngarden, Ania Grzesik, James Boo, Sandhya Nankani, Matt Boynton | Status: Active, 29 episodes | Kind: Episodic | Episode URL
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