Rabi A Short Story Of Adnan's Stereotypes

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Rabia knows an amazing person, Adnan, could not commit murder. Rabia even tells Koenig “he was like the community’s golden child.” Everyone knew of Adnan’s greatness and him as someone to one day do something big. When Koenig interviews Rabia, Rabia describes Adnan’s greatness in detail with excitement: “He was an honor roll student, volunteer EMT. He was on the football team. He was a star runner on the track team. He was the homecoming king. He led prayers at the mosque. Everybody knew Adnan to be somebody who was going to do something really big.” Rabia exaggerated and Koenig clarifies point-by-point everything that Rabia exaggerated. For example, “Adnan was an EMT, but he didn't volunteer. He was paid for it.” Rabia said that Adnan was a volunteer EMT, and Koenig corrects it by saying Adnan was an EMT, but not a volunteer, he was paid for it. Obviously, Rabia’s personal agenda is to prove Adnan’s innocence. She admits this in the beginning of her podcast when she says: “I also happen to be someone who is connected to the case on a very deep and personal level. I’ve known Adnan since he was 13, and he is my younger brother’s best friend.

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