What's up cousins!!!
We're back with a brand new episode this week, featuring our long-time friend Adel T! He's no stranger to the podcast world, Adel T was one of the co-hosts of Loose Merto, a podcast focusing on different issues in the East African community. Though they may be on an indefinite hiatus, Adel graciously joined us as our special guest this week. We compared the differences between American and Canadian Hararis, how we've assimilated and who's more in tune with the Harari culture! We highlighted the several different events within the global Harari community and how the recent lack of these events has had an impact on networking and meeting amongst first-generation Hararis...aka we're trying to see everyone get married lol! We hope you enjoy this week's episode!
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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - Ainy Harun & Harun Family Medical Emergency
1:04 - Intro
3:45 - How the legendary Loose Merto Podcast started
7:37 - Cousin Connection origins
11:45 - The Trials of managing a podcast and what motivates us
19:11 - How is growing up in America different than Canada?
20:52 - Have First Gen Immigrants Assimilated too quickly?
29:19 - What is the current state of the culture?
30:52 - Has the loss of community events affected the Harari dating scene?
34:44 - Do we need Kubba (International Harari Community Event) anymore?
48:19 - Adel the Spoken Word artist
52:53 - Why we do what we do
1:04:03 - Outro