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Title
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Type
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Interview
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Date
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March 15th, 2021
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Description
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Hayat (name changed for confidentiality) is a first-generation immigrant from city of Palestine, now living within the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. She first came to America, initially New York City, in 1980s, as an 18-year-old girl, one year after her father had left Palestine for New York. Hayat was a graduate of a Catholic High School in Jerusalem, Palestine. Her main purpose behind her immigration was for additional education after high school, and her father left to find work and make money in America and send it back to his family back home. Their immigration plan was meant to be temporary, however, this was no longer an option anymore, as Netanyahu, who was the mayor of Jerusalem at the time, had taken away Hayat and her father’s residency. She has lived in Milwaukee with her three children since and she is a high school math teacher in Milwaukee. In this interview, Hayat discusses the political trauma her family endured as Palestinians from Jerusalem and how it affected them financially, giving them no choice, but to leave. She also discusses the struggles of people a Palestinian in exile, but how her close relationship with her father supported her through these hardships. The most recent hardship of her life has been the COVID-19 pandemic, as it’s affected everybody, but especially her family financially.
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Language
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English
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Subject
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Immigration, heritage, cultural differences, education, family, teaching, trauma, COVID-19, OralHistory
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