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389 - Making Super Potent Small Pieces + Tackling Larger Projects (Even with a Day Job) with Malaka Gharib

Creative Pep Talk

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Is There a Line Between Storytelling and Just the Events as They Were?

There's a parallel where you're watching Hala become something she isn't. And it seems like it kind of comes to a head of acceptance for both sides. As I go tell my own stories, I'm always trying to figure out what the line is between storytelling and just the events as they happened. The times that I looked at her with pity or through stereotypical Western lenses of a woman in the Arab world were like a complete reversal and shock for me.

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