“I feel like one of the things that is central to American life is the religious experience, and I think that the experience of being Muslim in America is as valid and as important a perspective on the religious experience of America as evangelical Christianity or Judaism - whatever it may be.” ThinkingFeelsMayImportantAmericaLife IsReligiousChristianityPerspectiveJudaismEvangelicalAmerican LifeReligious Experience Author:Ayad Akhtar
“I'm a storyteller. I feel like the issue of discourse is an important one because there's a lot of political and ideological discourse that goes around, and we relate to that on an intellectual level.” FeelsImportantPoliticalLevelsIssuesIntellectualRelateDiscourseStorytellerIdeological Author:Ayad Akhtar
“Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it means to be human.” HumansMeanHas BeensImportantUnderstandingInquiryWhat It Means To Be Human Author:Ayad Akhtar
“I consider myself to have been formed by a lot of the locutions and aesthetics and principles of the Muslim way of life, and those are an important part of my childhood and my identity.” WayHas BeensImportantPrinciplesChildhoodIdentityAesthetics Author:Ayad Akhtar
