Samira Abed Interview
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2023-05-18
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Institute for Diversity & Civic Life
Department of Religious Studies
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This interview is with Samira Abed, a Palestinian-American businesswoman living in Florida. Samira describes her youth in Brazil, her time in Palestine, and her immigration to the US after her marriage. She talks about raising her family in Texas and becoming a businesswoman. Samira shares about a car accident that left one of her sons permanently disabled and talks about how this affected her family. She also discusses her family’s experiences of Islamophobia after 9/11 and her relationship with Islam today.
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Religions Texas, 9/11, Brazil, Business, Culture, Culture shock, Disabilities, Family dynamics, Florida, Gender, Generation X, Global politics, Health, Immigrants, Immigration, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel, Muslims, New Jersey, Palestine, Palestinian-Americans, Puerto Rico, Sexism, Sunnis, Texas, TX - San Antonio, TX - Seguin