Writing About Asian & Muslim American Neighborhoods
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Listen this week for stories about Asian & Muslim American neighborhoods in New York City by our 2018 - 2019 Open City Fellows. Writers Mohamad Saleh, Maryam Mir, Syma Mohammed, Hannah Bae, Astha Rajvanshi, and Nora Salem read from pieces that you can find on Open City: on racial tensions in Bay Ridge, a Syrian baker in Brooklyn passionate for baking Baklava; a personal essay on foster care as an Asian American child, and much more.
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