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ramy youssef on art's real world impact, girlhood in 2023, and christmas music's emotional charge

“‘We’re Feeling This Whole Destruction of Spirit’ Amid the Israel-Hamas war, Ramy Youssef and Hiam Abbass reflect on a landmark Ramy episode.”

"How much art and how many jokes and how many creative things have we explored in this country, in America, around gun violence, and we still cannot make even the smallest dent in the gun lobby? We can’t even get …