Daily: THE GREAT BRITISH MUSLIM – Sarfraz Manzoor on how to bridge a chasm in the UK

<p>Journalist, filmmaker and author <strong>Sarfraz Manzoor</strong> grew up in two worlds, a son of working-class Pakistani immigrants who told him he’d never be accepted by the white English – yet he immersed himself in Western pop culture and built a life in it. By 2016 he’d become anxious that the multicultural Britain that made him was falling apart. He talks to Alex Andreou about his powerful new book <em>THEY: What Muslims and Non-Muslims Get Wrong About Each Other, </em>and how to dispel the fears that divide us.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“I was expected to have an arranged marriage and stay in Luton. I didn’t end up doing either of those things”</em></li><li><em>“I don’t want my kids to feel relaxed with their white mum’s heritage but uncomfortable with their Muslim dad’s heritage.”</em></li><li><em>“In 2016 I got really low. I thought, this doesn’t feel like the country I want to live in.”&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>“If dating apps existed, I might have married someone that didn’t mean my family boycotted my wedding”</em></li><li><em>“I might not live like a working class Muslim now, but it will never stop being part of me”</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Intern: Nat Amos. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Sarfraz-Manzoor/They--What-Muslims-and-Non-Muslims-Get-Wrong-About-Each-Other/25681127" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Sarfraz-Manzoor/They--What-Muslims-and-Non-Muslims-Get-Wrong-About-Each-Other/25681127</a></p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>