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Episode 17 – Zuhur Ahmed

City of Residence: Minneapolis, MN Occupation: Radio & TV Host Excerpt: “I have been host for them for the past almost four years, and on topics that are most of the time chosen by people like the Minnesota Department of Health, and other healthcare-related organizations, or safety—we also covered topics that are related to safety in case of …

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Episode 18 – Asma Saroya

City of Residence: Blaine, MN Occupation: Civil Rights Worker Excerpt: “I think my interest in civil rights came from my childhood, just growing up in Iowa. There was—we had a lot of great, friendly neighbors, but there was also, you know, people in the community who did not understand us, who didn’t know who we were. And we …

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Episode 19 – Mohamed Elakkad

City of Residence: Roseville, MN Occupation: Retired Agronomist at the University of Minnesota Excerpt: “Well, the greatest achievement we have I believe, from my heart, that we have too many mosques, but we don’t have unity among all this communities. But this is achievement that everyone can go to pray in his place, which is about like, …

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Episode 20 – Enes & Naima Arslan

City of Residence: Burnsville, MN Occupation: Small Business Owners Excerpt: Enes: “It doesn’t matter what color you are, where you are from, what religion you are; it’s bringing the community together, we’re all here so we’re all “something” American, so, I think it’s important to bring the community like that, not just say, “I’m this”, and pull to …