Vietnam to The Land of The Riches- Interview with Thuy Anderson

I had the amazing opportunity to sit down and interview the most important person in my life, my
grandmother, Thuy. She was born in Vietnam and came to the United States or which she referred to as "The Land of the Riches" to seek better opportunities. In this interview she tells us her story of what it was like to come here and how she started a life for herself here in the U.S. To her snarky responses and a few good laughs, we really get to see the wonderful heart this women possesses.





In this first segment, Thuy gives us an introduction on who she is and how she came to the United States from Vietnam and briefly tells us what she was expecting and what were her first impressions once she arrived.

In this second segment, Thuy tells us about her life and the first couple of months of being here in the U.S and what were some of her experiences like.

                                          

In the final segment, Thuy shares with us how she handled tough times during her marriage to a Canadian man who betrayed her and explains how her parents raised her to know that she is equal to any man and how you should never let anyone walk all over you. She also tells us how she think her life would have been like if she did stay in Vietnam and shares with us her overall thoughts on living in the states and how she wouldn't trade it for anything and that being a mother and a grandmother is the greatest gift she could ever have. I am extremely thankful for this opportunity to sit down and chat with my amazing grandma.

InspireHerAction: My Interview w/ Gabriella Alvarez

"Enjoy the Little Things in Life"

Interview Segments (3mins )

1: Gabriella Alvarez 

2: Family Household + Schooling 

3: Our Mother 

4: College+ Career

5: Thoughts on the American Dream & Birth of Children

Our interviewee is my eldest sister Gabriella! Gabriella was kind enough to share and give us a glimpse into her life! It was a pleasure hearing my sister's prespective on motherhood. We cover the struggles of growing up in a single parent household.  How living in another country compared to Life in the United States.       Dealing with the passing of our mother.  Definition of & what it takes to attain the American Dream. Life as a Married Women & The Birth of her children.  

Gabriella Alvarez was born December 14th 1989. A mother of 2. Older Sister & someone I admire and respect. Gabriella embodies the progressive women. Gabriella is an accomplished Style/Image consultant, graduated scholar, wife & loving mother to Rome & Julius.   I am truly blessed to have had my sister in my life & now am an uncle to 2 babies. This project covered several topics that can seem like insurmountable obstacles. Remember, life is filled with up's & down's. Take time to appreciate your family.   The oral history is intended to ensure that memories, dreams fulfilled, dreams lost, & anything in between is kept relevant and documented.  Make the time to stop & appreciate all the good around you. Once my interview was completed I got the perspective I was seeking. Hearing these accounts from Gabriella remind me why chose her for this interview. I wanted to share and possibly inspire any mother's out there. 

Full of Laughter- Her Life, Her Story

Bruno Bower's digital oral history project

For this project I Interviewed my Grandmother she is 71 years old and she's had an amazing life so far. She's average height and has a colorful personality always willing to laugh at herself and share her story.

 Introduction

Who are you? Age?

Sand castles, the zoo and growing up in San Francisco in the 1950's

 Grandma shares some fond memories of growing up in the avenues of San Francisco.

Meeting Grandpa

I ask Grandma how she met Grandpa, a story I never heard before.

Vietnam

Grandma shares some memories from the Vietnam War.

Marriage 

Grandma talks about her marriage to Grandpa.

 

Massachusetts

  Grandma talks about living in Mass. with Grandpa the adjustment it was and she had to make.

 

Having Kids

I ask weather Grandma felt obligated to have children, she didn't.

 

Knitting

we Talk about how she picked up knitting, a passion of hers.  

Gardener Mass.

Where she lived while Married to Grandpa.

Travels and Vacations

Grandma talks about her Honeymoon to New York and traveling with her children.

 

Back to California without Grandpa

To finish off we talk about how she moved back to California. 

 

 

 



Chau Chu Lam: A Glimpse of My Life

Interviewed: My grandmother          By: Tiffanie Yu

Who am I?

I am a wife, mother and grandmother to five children. I grew up in a farming village in Taishan, China. I had four brothers and one little sister who passed away at an early age. My father passed away when I was young. Growing up it was extremely difficult due to the lack of resources I had as well as support. When I moved from Hong Kong to Chinatown, it was a huge difference that I wasn't ready for. I brought my three kids with me and started a new life here in America.

• Before this interview my grandmother didn't want her face as I was recording.
• I put subtitles in as well, because she doesn't know much English.

Oras Aljanabi- Interview

History 248- Women and The American Experience

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Benin Al Hakim 

Oral History Project

        Oras Aljanabi's Background:

    By: Benin Al Hakim

I had a fantastic time interviewing my mother Oras Aljanabi. Oras Aljanabi was born in Iraq on October 26, 1976. She is 40 years old, has four kids; two girls and two boys. It was very nice interviewing my mother because we grew a better bond together after hearing the experience she had as a young person. Oras Aljanabi has diabetes, back problems, and more health problems; I always saw her as strong for dealing with those problems, but seeing how much stronger she was as a young person had me admire her even more. She isn't only a strong person from the outside and towards people but within her self and she has a good heart.

     Oras Aljanabi's Journey:

  By: Benin Al Hakim

Oras Aljanabi was 17 years old when this experience happened, she was living in Iraq. At that time instead of living in the city Baghdad with her parents and siblings, she was living in the city Karbala with her grandmother. One day, there were terrorist who invaded Karbala from Iran and another country that wanted to steal from the government. They wanted to take money, jewelry, gold, weapons, and most likely girls. Everyone in Karbala tried saving themselves and their family members. There were bombing, gun shoots, and the main thing which was stealing girls. The terrorists would steal girls to rape them; most would rape them in front of their parents. After they’d rape girls, they’d kill them. Oras Aljanabi was trying to escape, but ended up staying to help a women who lost her baby. After getting her baby back, they escaped and survived through the war. Whenever the terrorists would try and look for more people to steal from and kill, everyone would leave the house and hide in another, and when they go to another house, everyone would go back to hide. When they escaped, the went to the mosque to sleepover with the rest of the survivors. That was the most safe place to be at. Knowing my mother had risked her life to save someone else is just amazing. I'm blessed to have such a strong and good hearted person as my mother.

                                                                          

Power is for Everybody: Liza Erpelo, interviewed by Bea Zamora

INTRODUCTION

Ms. Liza Marie Erpelo is an English professor and the coordinator of the Kababayan Learning Community (KLC) at Skyline College. In this interview, she talks about how she headed her way in becoming an English professor.  She also recalls how KLC started in 2003 and her experiences which motivate her in empowering her students.  As an instructor for 16 years, she shares her thoughts on how she wants to be remembered and what simply makes her feel proud.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Family background

2. Growing up in a Filipino family

3. Becoming a professor

4. Negative experience in the past and its influence now 

5. The start of the Kababayan Learning Community

6. Defining women empowerment

7. Empowering women as a coordinator

8. Greatest challenge women face today

9. Source of fulfillment 

10. How to she wants to be remembered  

SEGMENT 1: Family Background

Ms. Liza talks about her family and the places they have lived in since her father is in the military. She also shares when and how she moved in San Francisco.

Segment 2: Growing up in a Filipino family

Ms. Liza shares about her life growing up in a Filipino family especially since she is the oldest child. She, together with her two younger sisters, grew up around the Filipino community.

Segment 3: Becoming a professor

She talks about the people she met and the experience she had which influenced here to become an English professor.

Segment 4: Negative experience in the past and its influence now 

Ms. Liza speaks about how being rejected by other Filipinos influenced her in what she wanted for the Kababayan Learning Community and the Filipino Student Union

Segment 5: The start of the Kababayan Learning Community

Ms. Liza shares about the people she met who brought her to Skyline College and the history of the Kababayan Learning Community 

Segment 6: Defining women empowerment

Ms. Liza personally defines power and women empowerment

Segment 7:  Empowering women as a coordinator

 Ms. Liza talks about how she empowers women through her work as a coordinator and being an instructor. 

  

Segment 8:  Greatest challenge women face today

Ms. Liza shares what she thinks is the greatest challenge that she and the women face today and what we must do.

Segment 9: Source of fulfillment

Ms. Liza shares her experience with students that makes her feel proud as a professor. 

Segment 10: How to she wants to be remembered

Ms. Liza shares the reason behind why she wanted to become a teacher and how she wants to be remembered as one. 

CONCLUSION

With this inspiring figure who puts her students first and shows her love for the Filipino-American community, it is an honor for me to have conducted this interview and to share her story to everyone. May we all be inspired with her story to empower the people around us in any way we can.

Nicole Sato: My Obachan (Grandmother)

 

 

Who is Ono San?

Ono San is my grandmother, who lives in the United States but her childhood was spent in Japan.  The moment she was born, she did not breathe in the air of Japan, but rather she breathed in the air of the United States.  This means that she was born in the United States.  She lived in two different countries in her life which is something pretty amazing, since there were only boats available to travel across the ocean.  She loves to cook, sew, and arrange flowers.  Even though she loves her art, she loves her family even more.  Some of the words she says might not be clear, so I will be paraphrasing what she is says in order for you as viewers to get a better understanding of what she is trying to say.

 

Table of Contents

I.   Life in Japan with her parents

II.  Staying with relatives

III.  Living through World War 2 in Japan

IV.  Returning to America



I.  Life in Japan with her parents
Ono San was born in America, but when her mother got sick.  Life changed for their family because her whole family moved back to Japan.

 

 

 

II.  Staying with relatives

When Ono San's mother died, her sisters and her were sent off to relatives to live with them.  She and her oldest sister went to their uncle's house.  While, the middle sister went to another relatives house.  Living with relatives was different than living with her actual parents. 

 

 

 

 

III.  Living through World War 2 in Japan

Ono San lived through World War 2 but her point of view was from living in Japan.  She was scared during the war time because Japan was being attacked. 

 

 

 

 

IV.  Returning to America

People want to come to America but Ono San did not want to at first.  Her sister kept telling her how great it is and that their father is there, so she should come over.  She was eventually convinced and came back to America.

 

 

 

 

In Conclusion

 

Ever since I interviewed my grandmother, Ono San, I thought that it was an honor to be able to talk to her.  She lived through so much that I did not even know.  She cooked the most amazing food and yet she did not even get the opportunity to learn it from her mother rather she had to learn through books.  All these things that I learned about her made me appreciate her even more.  My eyes have opened up to see many new things because of her.  I want to spend all the time I can with her and learn everything she knows.  The connection I have with her is something I will continue to grow and cherish for the rest of my life.  Thank you Obachan and I love you.

One In A Million: Maria Therry

Contents:

1. Introduction and Family background

2. Daily Life

3. Plans, Goals and Career

4. Women in our Family 

5. Citizenship

My Grandma, also known as Grandma Wita to friends, family and acquaintances, is 88 years old and one of the most caring, sincere, creative and accepting people i know. She raised four children and kept a beautiful home. I hadn't known much of her history or background and this was a chance for me to get to know her on a more personal level as well as learn about the history of my Latino roots. I chose to name my project "One In A Million" because it expresses who she is as a person, as well as her experience with immigrating to the United States. 

            Introduction and family background

-Here my grandma introduces herself and her family.

                                Daily Life

-My Grandma has alway loved to learn new things so it doesn't surprise me that she loved school. She loved to volunteer at my cousins Elementary school when he was young.It was funny to see all the connection she had, like her godmother was the principal of her school!

                                                 

                                 Plans, Goals and Career

My Grandma talk about how her parents were not the type to force you to do anything so she had time to decide on a career and when she was ready they helped her get into a great school.
               



                                                Women in our family

Here i learned that my Great Great Grandma was an opera singer! I also had no idea that i had some French in me. My grandmother also talks about her mother, father and her community in the following clip.

Citizenship

-My Grandma talks about her experience with obtaining citizenship and how long it took her to receive it.

Jessica Lopez History Interview by Jacqueline Moreno

                                Interview of Jessica Lopez

Jessica Lopez is a counselor at Skyline College with the EOPS Program. Jessica was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. She is the oldest sibling of 3 and she came to the Los Angeles at 14 years old but was not very happy with the transition. Jessica had her family and friends in Mexico so for her coming to the US was an unwelcomed feeling, she had to leave everything she knew and loved behind in Mexico. Her parents wanted a better life for Jessica and her siblings as well to be reunited as a family since her Dad had lived in the US since she was a little girl. She didn't understand why her parents decided to become a family when they never were, it was always just Jessica, her Mom and younger siblings, the transition was confusing and mixed with a lot of emotions. When she came to the US she was determined to conquer the language, decided to work very hard for what she wanted in life now that this opportunity of living in the US arised. Jessica succeeded in everything she wanted and even more. She went to UC Berkeley as planned and graduated as promised herself. Jessica enjoys traveling which is her escape and stress reliever. Although Jessica lives in the US she still considers Mexico her home and always will. She stresses that no other place will be like Mexico and misses her family all the time. 

Rosaura Ruiz Templin- A rose from Costa Rica

who is Rosaura Ruiz Templin?

Rosaura Ruiz Templin (also known as Rosi Templin) is my aunt and also mother. Rosaura is one of eight children from Atensio Ruiz and Evila Juarez. Rosaura was born and raised in Costa Rica, her childhood was full of adventures and many lessons,which she loves to share with her children. Rosaura has always been a hard working person with big dreams and a big heart. She loves to help her family to reach their goals and is very proud of her nationality and culture. Rosaura came to live in  America at the age of 30, this was when she married her husband Steven Templin. Now she has 3 children, 2 girls and 1 boy, and although she live thousands of miles away from her family she loves to stay in touch with them and help them in anyway she can.

table of content

1. Introduction and Childhood 

2. Life in Costa Rica

3. Life in the U.S.A

4. Religion

5. Racism

6. Personal Values

Introduction and childhood

In this small clip, Rosaura introduces herself to the viewers, she talks about her interaction with her family and also about one of her favorite memory as a child with her family. she explains to her viewers that when she was little, family quality time was really important. Her parents used to own a bar which would keep them very busy during the weekends, and because of this reason her parents would take the kids out of school every Wednesday and take them to the beach. She expresses how excited this would make her as a child.  

Life in Costa Rica

In this Clip Rosaura talks about some of the challenges she had to face while living in Costa Rica. She talks about moving from Guanacaste to the city of San Jose with her family due to the fact that her older siblings could not attend a University in the Guanacaste of the lack of one near by. When the family moved to the city, they were not able to take any of their belongings with them. This forced them to start all. This also encoraged Rosaura to look for a job and work so she could help her family economically. This meant that she would have to go to work and study at the same time.  

Life in the U.S.A

Rosaura tells the story about how she came to be in America. She talks about the challenges she had to face while getting adjusted to her new country, this would be; leaving her family behind, language, and culture shock.   

Religion

In this video, Rosaura talks about the importance of religion for her and her family.

Racism

Rousaura talks about an experience regarding racism in her own birth country. She also talks about her belief regarding to racism.

values

Rosaura talks about the values that are important to her, and for her children to have.

Dinner with Deanna Devries by Lauren Ricciotti

Dinner with Deanna Devries by Lauren Ricciotti

       Deanna Devries has been a huge part of my life for the last eight years. She has not only been a mentor to me, but also an incredible friend. I chose to interview her because she is so interesting and well rounded. I have known her since she was in an all girl rock band and even when she owned her own art gallery. Deanna is an artist and a metal smith, but more importantly she is one of the most generous and kind hearted people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.

I. An Introduction to Deanna Devries
II. Her Life and her Art
III. Thoughts on Being a Woman
IV. How the Election Changed Her Life
V. What Does Being a Strong Woman Mean?

An Introduction to Deanna Devries

The most interesting thing to me about Deanna is that she has always been so worldly and interesting. Her parents are very conservative and live in Florida yet Deanna loves the big city art scene. She has travelled all over the world and experienced so much that I can only hope to hear about half of the life experience she has.

Her Life and Her Art

Deanna makes intricate designs using mostly cement and silver. She hand crafts everything from jewelry to baby rattles. Art has always been her main focus, having gone to MassArt, but she has had to have a variety of day jobs in order to support her pursuit of art. Deanna's business is titles Crftshw and in the future she hopes to open up a permanent little shop. I was lucky enough to catch Deanna after she did an art show in Fort Mason in San Francisco.

Thoughts on Being a Woman

I had never really been able to talk to Deanna about womanhood and since she has been an important woman in my life I really wanted to know what her experience has been like. I need strong women in my life, because the world is still not very kind to women. I also need strong openly gay women in my life to show me that there is a positive life that can be led.

How the Election Changed Her Life

This is the more serious part of the interview. This interview was conducted shortly after Donald Trump was elected president. In fact, Deanna was in Morocco during election day. Deanna has shown me so much sadness and anger about this that I felt it necessary to talk to her about. In this segment, Deanna talks about her family and how she will approach them about their actions.

What Does Being a Strong Woman Mean?

After completing this interview, I feel a sense of complete gratitude. I am so lucky to have been able to have such an honest an open conversation with someone I love and look up to.

Here is a video of Deanna playing drums in her band Wet and Reckless

In the Life of Yuk Man Kwan

- Jackey Liao

         I interviewed my mother because there is no woman in my life who deserves to have her story heard more than her. She has been there for me all my life and I love listening to her stories because it gives me a slice of how she was when she was my age. The questions I had for my mother are focused on how it was for her to move from China to America in her 20's and how that transition might have affected her. She has always been a woman of short words but to get an interview with her at all was really important to me and I appreciate her taking time out to sit down with me in front of a camera to tell her story.


Below is the full video. The parts have been segmented by links.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part One 

 

        Part one focuses on my mom coming to America from China and how it was like finding a job.

 

 

 

 



 

 Part Two

 

        Part two, we talk about how her life was in the workplace as an Asian American and how difficult it was trying to make a living. 

 

 

 

 

Part Three

 

        In part three we talk about how her life was trying to take care of her kids while balancing school and work.

 

 

 

Part Four

 

 

Part four, we close out the interview with her life right now and wisdom she would like to impart. 

 

 

 

 

 

Hye Ok's Journey to America

Hye Ok's  Journey to America
By: Linda Kim

My mom, Hye Ok, was born in South Korea, Chuncheon on the year of 1962. She spent most of her life in Korea till she met my dad. She got married at the age of 34 years old and that is when she decided to move to the United States in 1994. From being a piano teacher in Korea, she became a small business owner in San Francisco. She had no idea on how to run a business, but in order for her and my dad to get by to live in a foreign country like America, they tried their best to make ends meet. In a country, where she didn't speak the native language nor have any family or friends, she found to make it her home now. Although it was a big transition in her life, she somehow found a way to adjust to everything despite all the hardships she had to go through. Ever since I was little, I've seen her struggle, but she always managed to still put a smile on her face no matter what. So I've always been curious on why she decided to move to America and wondered what kind of environment she was brought up in.

Introduction:

1. How was life in Korea?

2. When you were a kid, who did you rely on the most?

3. What do you find the most difference between San Francisco and Korea?

4. Do you regret living in America?

5. If you never moved here, how do you think your life would have been different?

6.Was there anything you wanted to do besides playing the piano back then?

7. What's a special memory that you reminisce from Korea?

8. Was it a really difficult decision for you to make to come to America?

9. If you had a chance, would you want to move back to Korea and live there now?

10. In your opinion, do you like living here as a woman?

11. If you go to Korea now, what do you want to do the most?

12. What is your future plans that you look on forward on doing?

Conclusion:
Interviewing my mom was such a fun and an interesting experience. My mom is usually very camera shy and wouldn't ever let me take a picture of her, but in the video you can't even tell! I thought it would turn out to be a very short video since my mom's not the type to elaborate on things, but it turned out longer than I expected. I honestly wanted to just keep on going because we were both having so much fun. Overall, through this interview I got to see where my mom was coming from and find out how her life was before she even became my mom. I'm also pleased that I got to hear about what she wanted to do in the future so I could make it happen for her soon. My mom has always been my motivation to work hard and to become someone people can look up to. She sacrificed so much for me and I plan on doing the same as long as I can make her happy.

The Life of Belen

By: Yasmine Missaoui

I interviewed my friend Belen Parra. We used to go to high school together, and now we go to college together and we are really good friends. I think she has an interesting story and viewpoint on many things that relate to what we’re learning about in class. This interview focus's on Belens’s experience as a Mexican American woman living in the Bay Area.

Table of contents:
Part 1: Visiting Mexico/ Experience Growing up in the Bay Area
Part 2: Opinion on Gentrification 
Part 3: Comparing Mexico to Bay Area/ Immigration 
Part 4: Presidential Election / Racism

Part 1: Visiting Mexico/ Experience Growing up in the Bay Area


In this part of the interview Belen talks about her time visiting Mexico, and growing up in the U.S. and in the San Francisco Bay Area. Belen’s family is from Nayrait, country wise and her father is from Zacatecas, and her mother is from Ixtlan Deal Rio.

Part 2: Opinion on Gentrification

In this part of the Interview Belen talks about Gentrification in the Bay Area, and her opinion on what steps the city should take to solve this issue.

Part 3: Comparing Mexico to Bay Area/ Immigration 

In this part of the Interview Belen talks about her views on immigration, the american dream, and compares her life in the bay area to her trip visiting Nayrait.

Part 4: Presidential Election / Racism

In this part of the interview Belen shares her opinion the presidential election, specifically what Donald Trump says about Mexicans living in America, as well as if she has ever experienced racism in her life. 

Conclusion: 

I am really glad I chose her to be my interviewee for this project because even though we are friends, I never had the opportunity to ask her these types of questions before, so I am really glad I got to ask her these questions and get to know her better than I did before. I loved learning more about what it is like to be living life in her shoes and what she has to say about it.

Mercedes Coming To America

Mercedes Coming To America

By Mina Yazdani

Introduction:

As soon as we were assigned this Oral History Project I instantly thought of my mom, Mercedes Yazdani. She grew up in Caloocan, Philippines where the American dream was highly advertised which had struck her interest when she was very young. Not only did she want to move to America to chase that dream, but to also help provide for her family. She finished up college there and worked at an airline which allowed her the free trip to America, and she began the exploration of her independence as a Filipina immigrant. This quirky and strong minded woman has taught me everything I know today about being a woman and taking care of myself. I have heard her story numerous times, but what better way to celebrate her hardships and achievements by having it on record of her journey coming to America.

1. What was your thought process on why you moved to America?

2. Was America everything you imagined it to be?

3. Have you ever thought about moving back to the Philippines?

4. What kept you motivated to stay in America?

5. What was your life like before you moved?

6. Would you consider yourself an independent woman?

7. What have you instilled in me about being a woman?

8. What do you think your life would have been like if you never moved?

Conclusion:

It was a fun, yet tough interview to do with my mom. She was definitely camera shy, but it still didn't stop her from telling her story. I have heard some of these stories before, but there were some that she has never told me that I am glad I was able to learn from this interview. Watching back on these videos really shows how much I see myself in her from being quirky, serious, and sometimes shy. I am so thankful for my mom who not only guides me through life, but is also my best friend. Her coming to America has molded me into the woman I am today. 

Olivia Yancey's Oral History Project

Interviewing Ma

My Grandmother, Willene Collins, was born December 28, 1940, in a small town in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma called Tallahassee. She grew up there with her 3 sisters and her baby brother. At the age of 18, just after her high school graduation, she moved to San Francisco to live with her maternal grandparents for school, just like me! She attended San Francisco City College to study business. She at first wanted to become a dental hygienist but that, and school got put to the wayside as she got married and started her family. At age 26, going on 27, she gave birth to my mother Adrienne, and her sister Lisa 3 years later. From her two girls, she has 5 grandchildren including me. We spent many holidays and breaks up here in San Fran visiting her and my grandfather. While in her presence, she uses the wisdom she has garnered throughout her life to teach us and make us better people; although we didn't always appreciate it. Still, throughout her moving away from home, the civil rights movement, raising a family and having to deal with their bratty offspring, retiring, and my grandfather’s death, she has always used God as a pillar of support to push her forward.

Table of Contents

1. Childhood

2. Family, Education, and Work

3. Growing older, God, and your favorite part of being. . .

Segment 1

0:03 - 1:01 What was it like growing up in the South, in Oklahoma?

1:01 – 2:04 Did you experience any hate growing up there?

2:04 – 3:15 Why did you decide to move to San Francisco?

3:15 – 4:21 What was it like living through the civil rights movement?

Segment 2

4:21 – 5:17 What was it like getting married and having kids?      

5:17 – 6:10 Did you ever feel like you wished you waited longer to get married?
6:10 – 7:05 You decided to go back to school after starting your family, can you tell me a
little bit about that?
7:05 – 7:32 Do you ever feel resentment. . .? (In response to the answer of the last question)
7:32 – 8:46 While going to school and starting your career did you ever face any prejudices?
8:46 – 9:54 What job was that, that you were happy about? (In response to the answer of
the last question)

Segment 3

9:54 – 11:06 What has it been like growing older, and how has God and church played a role

in your life?
11:06 – 12:27 What’s your favorite part about being a woman in America?
12:27 – 13:03 What’s your favorite part about being black?

In Conclusion:

Being able to interview my Grandmother was such an honor. Getting to know more about her, things I didn't even try to know, really made me love and appreciate her more. It also opened my eyes to the fact that I take for granted everything she does for me. She's done so much for me like letting me stay with her rent free, eating all her food, while I go to school getting my education. Not a lot of people would do that even for the people they love. She is honestly, truly, genuinely one of the most amazing women, that I just so happen have the pleasure to love.

The Niqabi Life: Zahia Khan

                                            The Niqabi Life: By Raeesah Khan

I got the opportunity to interview my cousin Zahia Khan, who is a niqabi. I got to learn more about her, her lifestyle and why she chooses to cover.

Table of contents:

Background

What is niqab?

Daily Life

Headlines

 Segment #1 Background: Zahia speaks about her family background and talks a little bit about her artistry.

Segment #2 What is niqab? Zahia speaks more in depth about why SHE covers as well as her concerns and challenges wearing niqab.

Segment #3 Daily life: Zahia talks about where she feels most accepted and also speaks against terrorists/terror attacks.

 

Segment #4 Headlines: In this segment Zahia answers how it feels to be Muslim post 9/11.