Ep 2: Journey with Cancer

Oct 9

Qatar in Quotes' second guest is Shahryar Rana, a student at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar. Rana shares with us his touching story of having and recovering from cancer in high school. While painful, he also demonstrates how “battling” and “surviving” cancer is not what it is made out to be; a lot of the time recovery doesn't mean fighting off diseases in a militaristic sense, but rather watching TV and just waiting. His story is one of hope. Now a medical student, Rana hopes to become a pediatric oncologist and treat similar cases.

Follow this episode's guest, Shahryar Rana on Instagram @shahryarrana96.

Episode Credits

Producer and Host: Natasha Das

Sound Editor: Kayan Khraisheh, Syed Ali Ahsan

Sound Designer: Syed Ali Ahsan

Sound Recordist: Natasha Das

Project Manager: Arya Mainali

Marketing Photographer: Kim Makhlouf

Artwork: Farah AlSharif, Regina Hossfeldt Gonzalez, Ria Sayadi

Executive Producer: Spencer Striker, PhD

Music and Sound Effects: Courtesy of Epidemic Sound

About the Qatar in Quotes Podcast

The newly launched Qatar in Quotes podcast features the stories of many people living in Qatar. It is produced by Northwestern University in Qatar students in a class called Digital Podcast Production, designed and taught by Digital Media Design Professor, Spencer Striker, PhD.

If you have an interesting story to tell and want to featured on an episode, please contact us via our social media channels.