SP 3.00

Title: SP 3.00
Type: Interview
Date: March 12th, 2013
Description: As first-generation immigrant from Iran, Sherrie grew up in the populated city of Shiraz. Now, a dedicated mother, wife, and business owner, she spends most of her time on the weekdays working in the restaurant that she owns on Milwaukee’s North side because all but one of her children are out of the house. Since the age of fourteen, she has chosen to wear the hijab even still today. For her, this is a strong connection for her to her religion and is also a statement of her identity and her homeland. She does not feel much discrimination in society despite being the only one out of her friends and family in the United States that wears the hijab. Out of her five children, she only has one daughter who has chosen not to veil herself, and Sherrie supports this decision until her daughter is ready to do it for herself. Sherrie describes the process of having had an arranged marriage to her second cousin.
Language: English
Subject: Parenting, Cultural Clothing, Marriage, OralHistory