On our third stop, host Ahmed Ali Akbar and producer Shirin Barghi take the M Train to Flatbush, Brooklyn to dine on dhalpuri, buss-up-shot and doubles, before washing it all down with some sorrel.
Along the way, they talk to Johnny Ali and Kerrie Bissoon of the famed Ali’s Roti and fashion designer Nzinga Knight of Brooklyn Brewed Sorrel about the dialogue Trinidadian cuisine creates between Indian and African cultures and why the roti shop is as much an icon of NYC Muslim culture as is the halal cart. Tune in to find out how Black, Desi, Carribbean, and Muslim cultures co-exist and break bread within their homes and their diaspora.
For more information on Nzinga’s Brooklyn Brewed Sorrel, visit https://nzingaknight.com/products/brooklyn-brewed-sorrel. And follow Ali’s Roti Shop here: https://www.instagram.com/alisrotishop/?hl=en.
•M Train is hosted and produced by @radbrowndads, produced by @Shebe86, edited by @MBasilRahim, and executive produced by @sacharmathias. This episode featured music composed by Myra Al-Rahim and from Freesound.
•SSSS is on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething, and on Patreon at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.
•This miniseries was made with the generous help of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts Building Bridges Program. You can learn about their mission here: https://www.ddcf.org/what-we-fund/building-bridges.
•M Train is a new six-part miniseries from See Something, Say Something and BRIC Radio, in which we take you to different New York City neighborhoods to uncover the stories of American Muslims that can be found on and off the subway line. For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio and follow us on twitter @BRICTV.
