HB 1.00

Title: HB 1.00
Type: Interview
Date: February 28th, 2021
Description: Hanan Badawi is a first-generation immigrant from Al-Bireh, Palestine who immigrated to the United States in 1975, when she was fifteen years old. She lives in Hinsdale, IL, as a stay-at-home mom. She is Muslim and is conservative with her religion. She worked through a large number of adversities through her immigration and built a new life when she came to the US. She started a family, received an education, and surrounded herself with an Arab community to make her and her family more at home here in the US. She is very passionate about her family and friends, and although it was not her initial plan or idea to come to the US, she created a new life for herself, while staying true to her Arab heritage and culture, and practicing her Islamic beliefs.
Language: English
Subject: Immigration, parenting, marriage, culture, tradition, COVID-19, OralHistory