Red Chador
A chador garment worn by some Muslim women is usually black. Not Anida Yoeu Ali's. Her chador is red and sparkly.
As a performance artist, Anida created the glittery chador to embody her Muslim identity and confront Islamophobia. The Red Chador invited reactions of curiosity, spectacle, fear, respect, anger and gratitude from strangers on the streets of Paris, Seattle, DC, and Palestine.
In this episode, we explore Anida’s identity inside and outside The Red Chador, the public’s response, and what she did after this garment mysteriously disappeared during her travels in Tel Aviv.
Related links:
Video of The Red Chador in Seattle after the 2016 presidential election
A performance of the rainbow of chadors
The Blue Suit is produced by KUOW in Seattle. Our host, writer, and creator is Shin Yu Pai. Whitney Henry-Lester produced this episode. Jim Gates is our editor. Tomo Nakayama wrote our theme music. Additional music in this episode by coldbrew.
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Shin Yu Pai
Host, Ten Thousand Things
Shin Yu Pai is the current Civic Poet for The City of Seattle (2023-24) and host of KUOW's podcast Ten Thousand Things (formerly The Blue Suit). She is an award-winning writer and visual artist based in Seattle.
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Whitney Henry-Lester
Podcast Producer
Whitney is a podcast producer at KUOW. She helped develop some of KUOW's first podcasts, including How's Your Day? and Second Wave.
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Jim Gates
Senior Editor
As Senior Editor Jim heads up the development of podcasts for KUOW’s AudioShop and helps guide reporters and producers through their stories. He helped develop KUOW’s daily news podcast Seattle Now and currently oversees THE WILD with Chris Morgan and Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai.
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