
The first part of my interview with Chris Blauvelt. We talk about his multinational upbringing and the range of projects he pursued in his 20s from working at Intel, becoming a teacher, directing an Arabic language institute, and helping produce a film that made it to Sundance 2010. Some links from the show: Islam and the Cultural Imperative, an essay by Umar Faruq Abdullah: https://www.theoasisinitiative.org/islam-the-cultural-imperative Fawakih Institute: https://fawakih.org/ Bilal's Stand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnSiSqBUy9E&ab_channel=ProducerBurlayToukam