This episode is simply a bridge, a pause, a moment to reflect on where we've been and where we are going. It is an intimate look behind the writers of Rep, Noor Tagouri and Zaron Burnett. These are recorded meeting sessions reflecting on intentions and how they hope to carry us into the second half of season 1 of Rep. Welcome to The Interlude. 

Transcripts are available at ays.media/rep. Follow on Instagram: @noor and @ays or Twitter @ntagouri and @Zaron3

This episode is simply a bridge, a pause, a moment to reflect on where we've been and where we are going. It is an intimate look behind the writers of Rep, Noor Tagouri and Zaron Burnett. These are recorded meeting sessions reflecting on intentions and how they hope to carry us into the second half of season 1 of Rep. Welcome to The Interlude.  Transcripts are available at ays.media/rep. Follow on Instagram: @noor and @ays or Twitter @ntagouri and @Zaron3

It’s 1985, Back to The Future is about to become a blockbuster hit. The movie’s villains? The Libyans. 

It’s 1986 and the U.S. conducts an airstrike on “The Libyans” in a failed attempt to kill then-dictator Muammar Gaddafi. An unconfirmed number of civilians are killed, instead identified as “collateral damage”. Among them, five family members of award-winning journalist Noor Tagouri.

Almost 40 years later, Noor Tagouri investigates how misrepresentation in media affects our culture and society. Using Her great uncle’s archival footage of the coverage of the 1986 bombing as an entry point, Noor follows this thread outside Her own story and community to present a thoughtful examination of the concept of Objectivity, our relationship with Truth, and how they exist within the dynamic of Politics, Pop Culture, and Public Opinion. 

Rep is A Story About the Stories We Tell.

Storytellers Include:

Bella Hadid
Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam
Hasan Minhaj
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
May Calamawy
Ilyasah Shabazz
Huma Abedin
Mike Shinoda
20+ Experts, Academics, and Historians 

It’s 1985, Back to The Future is about to become a blockbuster hit. The movie’s villains? The Libyans. 
It’s 1986 and the U.S. conducts an airstrike on “The Libyans” in a failed attempt to kill then-dictator Muammar Gaddafi. An unconfirmed number of civilians are killed, instead identified as “collateral damage”. Among them, five family members of award-winning journalist Noor Tagouri.
Almost 40 years later, Noor Tagouri investigates how misrepresentation in media affects our culture and society. Using Her great uncle’s archival footage of the coverage of the 1986 bombing as an entry point, Noor follows this thread outside Her own story and community to present a thoughtful examination of the concept of Objectivity, our relationship with Truth, and how they exist within the dynamic of Politics, Pop Culture, and Public Opinion. 
Rep is A Story About the Stories We Tell.
Storytellers Include:
Bella Hadid Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam Hasan Minhaj Congresswoman Ilhan Omar May Calamawy Ilyasah Shabazz Huma Abedin Mike Shinoda 20+ Experts, Academics, and Historians

Rep: A Story About the Stories We Tell

6. Interlude (Bonus)

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“Vanished” is how we started the Rep journey, and “Alive” is how we start again.

In our final chapter, Rep comes ALIVE in a surprising connection Noor makes during an event at Harvard University.

This is the story of how our stories lead to revolutions.

Story Guides include: Barbara Rosewicz, Dr. James Zogby, Jerry Seib, Tagouri family, Elyazgi family, and the ancestors. 

Transcripts are available at ays.media/rep

Follow on Instagram: @noor and @ays or Twitter @ntagouri and @Zaron3

“Vanished” is how we started the Rep journey, and “Alive” is how we start again.
In our final chapter, Rep comes ALIVE in a surprising connection Noor makes during an event at Harvard University.
This is the story of how our stories lead to revolutions.
Story Guides include: Barbara Rosewicz, Dr. James Zogby, Jerry Seib, Tagouri family, Elyazgi family, and the ancestors. 
Transcripts are available at ays.media/rep
Follow on Instagram: @noor and @ays or Twitter @ntagouri and @Zaron3

11. Alive

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Politics, Pop Culture, and Public Opinion. We call them the 3Ps; and they are at play in the stories that define our world and shape our beliefs.

Featuring an exclusive interview with Bella Hadid, we consider how Public Opinion affects the lives of Palestinian people, as well as the rest of us. To examine how Public Opinion determines what we think and feel, we focus on Palestine, not as an issue, but as a people.

Story Guides include: Bella Hadid, Aymann Ismail, Dr. James Zogby, Nadine Naber, Peter Beinart, and Dalia Mogahed.

Transcripts are available at ays.media/rep.

Follow on Instagram: @noor and @ays or Twitter @ntagouri and @Zaron3

Politics, Pop Culture, and Public Opinion. We call them the 3Ps; and they are at play in the stories that define our world and shape our beliefs.
Featuring an exclusive interview with Bella Hadid, we consider how Public Opinion affects the lives of Palestinian people, as well as the rest of us. To examine how Public Opinion determines what we think and feel, we focus on Palestine, not as an issue, but as a people.
Story Guides include: Bella Hadid, Aymann Ismail, Dr. James Zogby, Nadine Naber, Peter Beinart, and Dalia Mogahed.
Transcripts are available at ays.media/rep.
Follow on Instagram: @noor and @ays or Twitter @ntagouri and @Zaron3

10. 3Ps: Public Opinion

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What do musicians Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam and Yuna, actor May Calamawy, and filmmaker Minhal Baig all have in common?

They are proof of what revolutionary representation can look like. These story guides have used their art forms to search for the deepest parts of themselves and connect their stories to the rest of the world.

They show us what it can look like when we work to shift culture. 

Welcome to the next P we are examining within the relationship between Politics, Pop Culture, and Public Opinion. 

Transcripts are available at ays.media/rep. Follow on Instagram: @noor and @ays or Twitter @ntagouri and @Zaron3

What do musicians Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam and Yuna, actor May Calamawy, and filmmaker Minhal Baig all have in common?
They are proof of what revolutionary representation can look like. These story guides have used their art forms to search for the deepest parts of themselves and connect their stories to the rest of the world.
They show us what it can look like when we work to shift culture. 
Welcome to the next P we are examining within the relationship between Politics, Pop Culture, and Public Opinion. 
Transcripts are available at ays.media/rep. Follow on Instagram: @noor and @ays or Twitter @ntagouri and @Zaron3

9. 3Ps: Pop Culture

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