Wimmin's Hour, yesterday. Opera producer Wasfi Kani in conversation with Janet Daley.
Kani: “I grew up in London’s East End, very poor. We were your typical Muslim family. You know, parents on at you, ’You will work hard, you will come top of the class...’ 'Yeah yeah OK Mum, I’ll come top of the class,' so... dah-de-dah... you work hard and you come top of the class and…”
Appreciative murmurs all round, another five minutes' conversation, then:
Daley: “Muslim families remind me so much of Jewish families including my own… you know, parents driving the kids to study hard and succeed…”
Kani: “Hey, wait! How can you SAY that? You can’t GENERALISE about ‘typical Muslim families’… “
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