YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY: YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY EPISODE 16: Rami Ismail

YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY EPISODE 16: Rami Ismail

Mar 26, 2021

Welcome to a very special episode of YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY. After the re-announcement of the highly controversial game Six Days in Fallujah, I wanted to learn more about the issue and the stereotypical portrayal of Arabs and Muslims in video games and Western media. I got the chance to interview Rami Ismail and we talked about how the USA dictates the discourse, how it is impossible to make a game like this that isn’t political, Rami’s experience boarding airplanes and much more.

Time – Topic Discussed:

0:00 - Intro

3:47 - The conversation around Six Days in Fallujah

10:20 - The influence of the USA on the world

19:13 - The issue with Six Days in Fallujah

29:55 - Apolitical wars

31:38 - Minorities in the USA

34:05 - The Current State of Muslim Representation in Video Games and other forms of media in 2021

40:46 - Ms. Marvel and other shows

45:01 - Two different views of the world

46:41 - Growing up bi-racial

52:34 - Rami’s experiences at the airport