City of Residence: New Brighton, MN Occupation: Tailor Excerpt: “For me my challenge was myself, otherwise I have no challenge, because life is the way you live. Life is challenge always but if you try to be good to your community wherever you live the community you live into and also if you greet people even no …
City of Residence: St. Paul, MN Occupation: Retired high school teacher Excerpt: “My family comes from Lebanon, and it’s an all-Islamic heritage. My dad came in probably the mid—I think it was 1913—with his dad and his uncle. My dad sold merchandise with a horse and buggy, and then later a car. That’s how he made his living. …
City of Residence: Minneapolis, MN Occupation: Adjunct Islamic Law Professor at the University of Minnesota Excerpt: “After I arrived here I was able to get employment from the local county here, so I became a county worker at Hennepin County here in Minneapolis. And I’ve worked there as an eligibility officer in the Department of Human Services. …
City of Residence: Plymouth, MN Occupation: M.D. (Cardiologist) Excerpt: “I am currently the director of the Al-Shifa Clinic which is a philanthropic clinic that we run at the Islamic Center of Minnesota every Sundays. The project has been existent for almost fourteen years now. The Anoka County Social Services, a couple of churches, a Hindu temple, they basically …