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Ayser Salman

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Ayser Salman was born in Iraq before it became a curiosity, and moved to America as a toddler. She is a writer and Emmy nominated producer/editor for companies like Universal Pictures, Miramax Films, Disney, FX and Netflix.

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The Wrong End of the Table: A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit in
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“best protection under a democracy is to actually participate in it.”
― Ayser Salman, The Wrong End of the Table: A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit in

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“To put it plainly, our stories should not be of Muslims who happen to live in America: they should be of Americans who happen to come from Muslim backgrounds.”
― Ayser Salman, The Wrong End of the Table: A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit in

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