24 year old Hamza Farooq from Miami is our guest today. Born and raised in the U.S., Hamza brings us a purely Pakistani American perspective.

Timestamps of Conversation
1:28 – Introduction
2:00 – Hamza discusses his time going to a Catholic high school
6:18 – Growing up in Miami, and the Pakistani demographics of the U.S.
10:03 – Hurricanes and weather related disasters in the U.S.
18:44 – Hamza’s connection to Pakistan
25:20 – Hamza shares the importance of knowing Urdu even when being born and raised abroad
28:00 – Issues with Pakistani American crowds in the U.S.
37:21 – Impact of 9/11 and gun violence

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