Azam Farooqui

Co-host of @TheFutureof5 & @BoxAnd1Pod Podcasts. Contributor @BtBScore Likes = Read/Review/Watch later

[Azam Farooqui @afarooqui21]

Over 3 seasons of The Future of we've had some amazing guests come on our podcast. Besides discussing their areas of expertise we also ask our guests about a book, a movie and/or a TV show they would recommend. For anyone looking for recommendations, here goes @futureof19
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[The Mirror @DailyMirror]

World-leading cardiac surgeon Asif Hasan was surrounded by the children who received the gift of life thanks to his unerring skills at the emotional climax of another memorable Pride of Britain ceremony. 🥹

Now 70 years old, Mr Hasan has just retired after 35 years of service at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, but just after receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award, he had an extra special surprise: a cast of patients who would not be alive without him. ❤️

[Azam Farooqui @afarooqui21]

woah!

[amit @amitisinvesting]

$TSLA

We just witnessed history folks.

[Azam Farooqui @afarooqui21]

@IbneKhan01 @Azhaar3818 Yeah hard to tell sometimes lol

[Azam Farooqui @afarooqui21]

@mkatchen Why do you think RSPs don't suffer from it? The same has savings in it too, albeit savings plan.

[Abier @abierkhatib]

A little outside my usual lane, but this needs to be said.

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Since Abdul’s interview with Ezra Klein, I’ve watched parts of our movement go after him. On Wednesday, protesters chanted “traitor” at Zohran. I know I’ll be attacked for saying this, but I can’t stay quiet anymore while we turn on two of the most powerful advocates for Palestine in US politics.

I think we’re missing the bigger picture.

Zohran and Abdul are not only reaching millions of Americans outside our bubble, they're changing the way those Americans see Arabs and Muslims.

For decades, Hollywood portrayed us as terrorists and religious extremists, a threat to the West. In Reel Bad Arabs, Jack Shaheen documented how Hollywood systematically depicted Arabs as villains across more than 900 films, and that was even before 9/11. I have no doubt that this dehumanization contributed enormously to the lack of empathy Palestinians received for decades.

Now look at Abdul and Zohran. They're putting Arabs and Muslims in the middle of American political life as competent, principled American politicians, talking about healthcare, housing and the things that affect Americans' daily lives, without abandoning Palestine. A perfect example of that is Abdul's interviews on Fox. If you haven't seen them, I urge you to watch them before passing any further judgment. He was so compelling and so eloquent that even Jesse Watters, the Fox host, said afterward: “I like him. I don’t want to like him. I like him for some stupid reason.”

And it's not just that. Zohran warned that Gaza was on the brink of genocide on October 13, 2023, and Abdul was calling it a genocide by October 21. Long before they became prominent political figures, they took enormous risks by challenging the boundaries of acceptable political discourse.

And look how much those boundaries have shifted since. Without a doubt, Zohran taking that stance and winning in New York home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel was one of the biggest drivers of the broader shift we’re seeing within the Democratic Party.

Kamala Harris, who many hate for denying and enabling the genocide in Gaza is now endorsing Abdul, who calls Gaza a genocide and wants to stop arms sales to Israel. If that isn't a win for the movement, what is? And yet instead of celebrating it, we're angry at Abdul for receiving her endorsement.

Abdul did all this while also acknowledging the Jewish trauma from the Holocaust in his interview with Ezra Klein. Isn't that exactly what we've always wished politicians would do: represent all their constituents, including Jewish people, while refusing to compromise their moral principles?

And that trauma is real for Jewish people. What we Palestinians hate is how Israel has used that trauma to justify our oppression and dispossession.

Just to clarify: I don’t agree with everything they both say either. In the Ezra Klein interview, I wish Abdul had talked more about Palestinian trauma and what happened in 1948 as people don't understand it in the same way we all understand the trauma of the Holocaust.
But why does the responsibility of explaining that fall solely on him? Yes, he could have done better, but so could we as a movement.

[Chris Camillo @ChrisCamillo]

Whether you’re an AI bull or bear be thrilled so many investors think you’re dead wrong. The gap between what AI believers and skeptics see has never been bigger. And current valuations leave plenty of room for either side to be spectacularly right or wrong. That’s where the opportunity is.

Stop getting pissed at people who disagree with you. If you’re right those people are the reason there’s still so much money to be made.

Anyway happy Friday everyone. life is good. Hook ’em

[Azam Farooqui @afarooqui21]

@NickSchmidt The future is socialism?

[Nick Schmidt @NickSchmidt]

Crypto is crashing because of OpenAIs progress this week in mathematics.

It should bottom now that their math is really bad

[Azam Farooqui @afarooqui21]

@FaheemAMHussain @cardiffuni Congrats

[Rob Silver @RobSilver]

Why would the Pope care if some dude from Anthropic walks out on him?

It’s the hubris - that ‘I’m a big tech bro so I have massive leverage over the POPE’ that’s amazing here

[tj @Talal916]

they’re rediscovering aloo keema from first principles

[Hassan @ftblhassan]

Slow news day @Telegraph?

[Azam Farooqui @afarooqui21]

@Mr_Derivatives Long ass X posts! No way he can give more time to his business then he's busy writing such long discourses every other day

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

New backup plan unlocked.

[nikki mccann ramírez @NikkiMcR]

The quote vs the headline is actually a tremendous example of why normal people resent and distrust corporate media.

[Azam Farooqui @afarooqui21]

Bateman now has 2 more home runs than Vlad at Rogers Center this year!

[kevinwilliams @kevvwill]

I love this game.

[Azam Farooqui @afarooqui21]

@AuthorGFAllen The Amur River by Colin Thubron, the book was good but his writing craft was what got me to order more of his books

[Azam Farooqui @afarooqui21]

@DanQayyum Nusrat, Alamgir and JJ for sure.