City of Residence: Minneapolis, MN Occupation: Student at North Dakota State University Excerpt: “In general, the Muslim youth have a very distinctive challenge, and this is probably very similar to a lot of the immigrant communities, but it has a different connotation when it comes to religious difference, and that is the double identities: the fact that you …
City of Residence: Rochester, MN Occupation: Physician of General Internal Medicine, Women‘s Health Excerpt: “I think the kids understand how much it took for us to come from where we were, you know, back in Kashmir, and where we are now. I think they respect us for that, and realize that it was not a simple task, it …
City of Residence: Fridley, MN Occupation: Nursing Assistant Excerpt: “And New York actually had a pretty big impact on me because I went to Catholic schools, I was put in Catholic schools; I had a little stint every now and then in public schools, but I always wound up getting put back into Catholic schools. I think …
City of Residence: South Minneapolis, MN Occupation: Vice President of Special Assets Group of US Bank Excerpt: “My grandparents on both sides actually are American… have American citizenships. They had come to this country, you know many, many years ago. My grandfather on my father’s side was an orphan and came here when he was a teenager. …