Reasoning with Mustapha

Sewwandi grew up during Sri Lanka's civil war — a childhood where armed checkpoints and searched school bags were simply part of getting to school. In this conversation, she and Mustapha talk about what it means to survive upheaval, hold onto faith through it, and carry an identity shaped by more than one world. 

This is a conversation about resilience without turning it into spectacle — about the quiet, everyday ways faith and identity get built under pressure, and what carries forward long after the circumstances change.

What is Reasoning with Mustapha?

Reasoning with Mustapha is a space for honest conversations about the things that actually matter — history, faith, culture, science, and the personal experiences that don't always make it into the mainstream conversation. Hosted by Mustapha, who grew up in Morocco and has spent years in the Bay Area — a journey between cultures that sparked a deep curiosity about people and the questions that don't have clear-cut answers. No claims to having it all figured out. Just genuine curiosity, one conversation at a time.