EA 1.00

Title: EA 1.00
Type: Interview
Date: September 29th, 2019
Description: This respondent was born in Rock Island, Illinois in 1998 to two Pakistani immigrants. She was raised in the Quad Cities, primarily in Moline Illinois. She plans on being a 2020 Augustana College graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and Public Health. Alongside that, she was married over the course of 2018 and 2019 to a Pakistani Muslim man. She identifies as a Pakistani Muslim American woman and is very closely connected to her faith. Growing up, she struggled with the attention wearing the hijab brought in her small, rural town upbringing. She also struggled with being a minority and drew support from her similarly marginalized Muslim friends. While she has recently moved to Iowa City to pursue her master’s degree with her husband, she is still close to her roots and visits home often. She is a prime example of accepting the struggles that being a Muslim in the States brings and taking it all in stride.
Language: English
Subject: Marginalization, education, Islamophobia, marriage, identity, OralHistory, Disability