Ask A Muslim brings together new friends and neighbors
KUOW’s Ask A series is three years old now. The conversations we host bridge cultural, political and philosophical divides. As you might imagine, people are often nervous before the discussions begin.
Afterward, more often than not, they’ve become “fast friends” as they sit down to enjoy a meal together.
At our most recent “Ask A Muslim” event, we asked the participants to share their takeaways. We heard from Chema Jamel Oh, Rob Barefoot, Kareem Moulana and Christine Boymatov.
This “Ask A Muslim” event took place on April 28 at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound in Redmond, Washington. To learn more about KUOW’s Ask A series, or how to host an event of your own, go to ask.kuow.org.
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Lisa Wang
Product Manager, Digital Products
Lisa Wang came to KUOW as a result of a serendipitous “driveway” moment in 2016. One morning, after hearing half of a KUOW story on Chinook Jargon while driving in her car, Lisa went searching for the rest and visited KUOW.org for the first time. While there, she clicked from story to story, then webpage to webpage until she eventually found herself looking at KUOW’s jobs page. One job application later and the rest was history. As KUOW's Product Manager, Digital Products, Lisa drives digital product strategy for KUOW.org, the KUOW stream, and the KUOW app. Lisa boomerang-ed back to KUOW after working as a jill-of-all-trades Operations Manager at Snopes.com, serving as the site's Product Owner throughout multiple major news events in 2020 and 2021. Previously, Lisa was KUOW's first Events Manager, connecting KUOW directly to audiences live and in-person. Lisa loves to collaborate and works closely with every team at KUOW to make our digital products shine. In her spare time, Lisa enjoys singing in choir with The Esoterics, listening to Hidden Brain, and playing a ridiculous number of board games.
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John O'Brien
Producer
John O’Brien is a KUOW newsroom producer. He works with the Morning Edition and All Things Considered teams to schedule, record, and edit interviews and stories on a variety of topics, from politics and public health to arts and culture. He learned to make radio in 2006 as an intern on KUOW’s The Conversation and is a former host of KUOW's Speakers Forum.
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