Immigrantly Media

Immigrantly Media A forward thinking media startup that aims to explore America, the immigrant experience and unique perspectives through immersive storytelling

09/03/2026

Most detainees at Guantánamo were never captured on a battlefield. They were sold.
After 9/11, the U.S. dropped leaflets over Afghanistan offering roughly $5,000 — 20 years’ wages for many — for turning in “foreign terrorists.” Around 20,000 Arabs in the country stood out from the local population. Afghanistan was fractured, run by rival warlords, with nowhere safe to hide.

The military’s own 2004 records show it: over 90% of detainees weren’t captured by U.S. forces in combat. They were handed over by hungry villagers, warlords, and Pakistani border police chasing a bounty.

Clip from this week’s episode with Shayana Kadidal, Senior Managing Attorney of Center For Constitutional Rights. Link in bio.

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09/01/2026

Muslim detainees were not the first ones to go there. Black Haitians were. In 1991 Aristide was overthrown, his supporters were being gunned down, and people fled Haiti on rafts and makeshift boats. Bush the elder didn’t want them reaching Florida, so they were intercepted at sea and brought to Guantánamo. Around 13,000 were held there. About 200 tested positive for HIV, and Clinton, elected in the middle of it, refused to bring them to the United States. Eleven years before the first orange jumpsuit.

Clip from this week’s episode with Shayana Kadidal, Senior Managing Attorney of Center For Constitutional Rights. Link in bio.

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08/25/2026

The Belong On Your Own Terms app was created for you and only you. Personalise your experience and see the results you want to see in yourself.

Learn more at the link in our bio.

08/25/2026

We’re talking about investing… 💸

This week Saadia Khan sits down with Erika Lucas , founder of StitchCrew and VEST Her . Born in Mexico, Erika now sits in rooms that decide who gets funded in America. In this episode, she tells Saadia exactly what investors are saying, when the founders are out of the room.

Erika and Saadia don’t just talk about how to pitch better, but they talk more about who is on the other side of the table and why they keep writing checks to people who look like them. 

What Investors Say After Founders leave the Room with Erika Lucas is out now. 

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08/20/2026

250 years on, and yet it can feel like not much has changed.

As America marks its 250th year, we’re hearing plenty of stories of celebration, pride and flattery. Saadia Khan takes a deeper look at the history of this country through a different lens: an immigrant’s reading of America, and what happens when that history hits differently from the outside looking in.

I Memorized the Civil War. Gettysburg Made Me Feel It is out now. Link in bio.

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08/19/2026

Yes, podcasting is a real job… right? 👀

It’s time for another Feed Drop, and this week, we’re passing the mic to Muhammad Bilal Lakhani and Ambreen Ali, hosts of Pehchaan—a podcast exploring the Pakistani American experience through the stories of the people living it.

For this week’s episode, Bilal and Ambreen sit down with Noorain Khan , the first Muslim American to serve as National Board president of the Girl Scouts. Now Chief Innovation Officer at the Ford Foundation, Noorain reflects on the journey that brought her here—and the identity she’s carried along the way.

Feed Drop: Did You Know the Girl Scouts Was Led by a Pakistani American? Meet Noorain Khan is out now. Link in bio.

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08/11/2026

Question 74 of the U.S. Citizenship Test asks: “Name one cause of the Civil War.” What would your answer be? 💭

In this week’s solo episode, Saadia · The Whole Story reflects on a visit to the Gettysburg Museum—and an exhibit that stopped her in her tracks.

As America marks its 250th year, we’re hearing plenty of stories of celebration and flattery. This is a different kind of story: an immigrant’s reading of American history, and what happens when that history hits differently when you’re looking from the outside in.

I Memorized the Civil War. Gettysburg Made Me Feel It is out now. Link in bio 🔗

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08/10/2026

You don’t need to change who you are to belong. 💛

Belong on Your Own Terms helps you break free from labels, challenge expectations, and confidently show up as your whole self.

✨ Reflect. Reclaim. Belong.

Your identity. Your story. Your terms.

Learn more at the link in our bio! 🔗

Identity

08/06/2026

“The irony is that with a blockade of earth, sea and land, the way through the blockade is through the cloud.” 

This week on Immigrantly, Saadia · The Whole Story is joined by Mara Kronenfeld , CEO of UNRWA USA National Committee Inc. , a Jewish American and the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor.

In this episode, Mara reflects on her journey from California to a Fulbright year in Damascus, where the friendships she built in Yarmouk refugee camp profoundly reshaped her understanding of the Arab world. She also explains the origins and purpose of UNRWA, why it was initially designed to become obsolete over time, and addresses the claim that the agency “institutionalizes refugeehood.”

UNRWA USA CEO Mara Kronenfeld on Gaza, Genocide, and Jewish Identity is out now. Link in bio

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08/04/2026

This week on Immigrantly, Saadia is joined by Mara Kronenfeld , CEO of UNRWA USA National Committee Inc. , a Jewish American and the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor.

Mara reflects on her journey from California to a Fulbright year in Damascus, where friendships formed in Yarmouk refugee camp transformed her understanding of the Arab world.

She also explains what UNRWA is, why it was originally intended to become obsolete, and responds directly to the claim that the agency “institutionalizes refugeehood.”

🎧 UNRWA USA CEO Mara Kronenfeld on Gaza, Genocide, and Jewish Identity is out now. Link in bio

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