SMD 1.00
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Title
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SMD 1.00
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Type
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Interview
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Date
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October 21st, 2019
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Description
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The purpose of this project is to better understand the Muslim identity in the United States. For this project I have interviewed a three-year acquaintance and professor of mine. The interview lasted a total of 52 minutes and was recorded on the morning of October 21st, 2019. In the interview we discussed topics such as marriage, what it means to have a homeland, how perspectives of Muslims in American society have shifted from the Gulf War on through 9/11 to today. One of the most important perspective that the interviewee shared was her comments about arrangement and that when defining terms, it is very important to not define terms broadly. Arrangement, for example, has a lot of different meanings to different people and that despite the stereotype, the interviewee had never met anyone, whether in Jordan or the United States, that had a strict arrangement of their marriage. Another interesting perspective was the question of the Muslim identity after 9/11. Asked about whether life had changed after that date she said that prejudicial attitudes had not changed that dramatically, or at least any more than what she was already accustomed to. It was that last part that is interesting, that people adapt/acclimate to prejudicial actions. The question being what causes acclimatization, what can be done to prevent acclimatization, etc. The goal for the paper on scale is to further investigate these two themes, definitions, and acclimatization.
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Language
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English
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Subject
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Identity, Migration, Family, acclimatization, definitions, OralHistory
SMD 1.00