10 episodes

This is a podcast about life in America as an American-Afghan. I openly talk about my own life, topics related to the dual culture, American lifestyle, Afghan family life, taboo topics that Afghans don’t discuss but need to start, interviews with notable Afghans doing great things and much more. Please subscribe and leave a comment on Apple a Podcast, it would mean the world to me! Is there a topic you think is important? Let me know! Stay in touch with me and follow me on Instagram: @realamericanafghan

TRUTH TALK: With The Real American Afghan Arzo Yusuf

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 14 Ratings

This is a podcast about life in America as an American-Afghan. I openly talk about my own life, topics related to the dual culture, American lifestyle, Afghan family life, taboo topics that Afghans don’t discuss but need to start, interviews with notable Afghans doing great things and much more. Please subscribe and leave a comment on Apple a Podcast, it would mean the world to me! Is there a topic you think is important? Let me know! Stay in touch with me and follow me on Instagram: @realamericanafghan

    #10 Interview with Afghan Female Lawyer, Spojmie Nasiri

    #10 Interview with Afghan Female Lawyer, Spojmie Nasiri

    She’s a refugee from Afghanistan that grew up in America while balancing her Afghan heritage and blossoming in the American culture. Her success story is inspiring, commitment to civic duty admirable and advice for other young Afghans is important to hear. This enjoyable interview is one to share with the family.

    • 28 min
    #9 Afghans Assimilating To Western Culture

    #9 Afghans Assimilating To Western Culture

    Assimilation is a tough one for Afghans. So many think that if they assimilate it means they are giving up their heritage. That’s not the case at all. Italian Americans, Irish Americans, Japanese Americans etc. celebrate their culture while maintaining their American pride. We can be 2 things at once and have the best of both worlds! This episode talks about this topic at length.

    • 39 min
    #8 An Afghan Girl’s Coming Out Story

    #8 An Afghan Girl’s Coming Out Story

    Twin sisters, Zahra and Fatima Aziz share their personal story and feelings about Zahra’s courageous coming out journey of facing her loved ones with the reality that she’s a lesbian and how it affected Fatima and their family. To connect with Zarah Jan her email is: zahra1flower@gmail and her IG: zahra1flower

    • 39 min
    #7 I Almost Cancelled This Podcast

    #7 I Almost Cancelled This Podcast

    Glad to be back! Glad I didn’t cancel this podcast! I talk about why I took an extended break and why I almost gave up on the Afghan community, again. I also talk a little about life in the last 6 months: the global pandemic, protests, riots, stress, how we are going to get through this crazy time!

    • 25 min
    #6: Afghan Guilt

    #6: Afghan Guilt

    This episode covers how, culturally, Afghans have a constant sense of guilt and how this guilt is unhealthy, limiting and keeping you away from your full potential.

    • 24 min
    #5: Dating

    #5: Dating

    This episode addresses being Afghan and dating in America, how our families handle that, how they should, having more than one bf/gf and virginity. I go out on a limb in this episode and openly share of my own personal experiences in an effort to help others feel more comfortable.

    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
14 Ratings

14 Ratings

Zohra American Afghan ,

Fatima and Zahra Saved My life

Hi, I am Fatima Zohra, raised with many siblings whom all disowned me then just recently after I saw Zahra courage I too spoke up and now my family is slowly involving me in their lives! With that being said, I would like to thank THE, Fatima and Zahra) (before reading this please know my entire life growing up Afghan American in USA since I was few months old baby, shipped off 3 times over seas to arranged marriages that I broke off each time, I thought that I was the only lesbian Afghan on earth or in USA the only one that’s public but boy I was wrong.

(These days I actually identify as Genddr bender gender fluid/non binary because I found out last year that my mom was pregnant with twins they had not enough USA visas so they tried doing illegal abortion, I was born and twins body was absorbed into mine.

Yes very weird and ironic I am a twin and my first and middle name is the same as these twins!

It’s insane how these coincidences scared off one of the twins and thought that I’m someone who’s either pranking them or something but I’m NOT, 🥺 I’m genuinely a real person and I have real feelings and sadly currently I found out I really care about one of the twins I just don’t know which one it was)

Miss Arzoo, is she ever coming back by the way?? 😔🙏❤️ thanks, now let’s officially start, thank
You for reading. I want to thank Miss Arzoo Jan first of all. Without her, I probably never would have known what I know now, and somehow it all makes sense. Ok.

I’m an Afghan person from Southern California. I came across an article by an Afghan lesbian in 2019 I saw it and it was written a while back ago.

It touched my heart and hit home, that writer was non other than Zahra Jan! I saw her number there! I was in shock. I contacted her stating something like idk if this will get to you in time but just like a message in a bottle I’ll send it and hope someday someone opens it.

Sure enough I got a response not too long later 😊 Ohhhh God. At the time a psychotic roommate was living in my home in New York, I had just moved from Cali for only a year or less. I was abused by said person in every way possible.

She held me hostage at one point, so my only hope out was Zahra Jan and her conversations. They helped me escape. Ofcourse this was years ago, before I state how we stopped talking etc it turns out that today I just found out that I was not talking to 1 person.

That I was talking to two, twins too for that matter! Wow right. Well, I’m ecstatic now because I just found out I might have cancer so I’m headed to surgery this month and I see this podcast out of no wherr and I took it as a sign that I need to contact the twins and thank them.

It’s a long story how, but they saved my life literally from hostage, to becoming a world traveler and president of a nonprofit called Afghan Lives Matter. That’s how far I came.

That’s how the twins impacted my life and helped me. By the way it seems that I was chatting with Fatima, as I recall later finding out that (not a twin but a “sister was being protective and was screening me first to see if I was worth chatting with Zahra Jan.

Anyhow I could swear that 1 day I would hear a voice so mysterious, deep and captivating (fatima) going back n fourth between
I like you no I don’t like you cause im supposed to be with a guy etc not
A woman.

To hearing this other charming, a bold and cheerful voice kinda like out there extrovert vs introvert for example. Ahhhh all this time I thought I was only talking to Zahra. And that she is bipolar for being so hot and cold to me, turns out it was a whole diff person.

Im sorry this is possibly intimate details but I hope you all understand I will delete this long message the moment I get a hold of either one of the twins, as im told I might be dying, it’s big deal enough for me to take a chance and write this here hoping She comes and writes to me .

. (you know who
You are) I’ve tried for years getting a hold of you, and finally now I see your not just 1… well, I just wish you could tell me, which one of you was the one who told me a very important statement one that could save my life once again..

ava bear lin omar ,

Truth takers 5 stars

This is one of the only podcasts That I have downloaded. So refreshing to hear and see the perspective of a Afghan/American woman. Thank you for your fearlessness. Thank you for not watering it down to please others. Everyone please support this podcast and “Sexy Boss Babe” as that revenue allows Arzo to bring us this great content.

Fabnori ,

Living the lie of dual live

I loved your topic about the duality in some Afghan’s live & how this duality changes their outlook towards their families. I am glad that you confirmed the shock parents go through when finding about their child’s hidden lifestyle or secrets.

My favorite was the part where most Afghan guys living in the western societies have all the fun with other women & then want to have a virgin wife! This is so wrong.

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