Reminiscences of Assad A. Rusta : oral history, 2002.

Biographical Note

Restaurateur.

Scope and Contents

Born Kabul, Afghanistan, move to Tehran, Iran 1976, move to New York 1980; career: hotel and restaurant work, owner of Afghan restaurants on Long Island, closure of restaurant after 1993 World Trade Center bombings; 9/11: fear of backlash against Muslims, community support of business, reflections on effects of 9/11, links between Islam and terrorism, future of Afghanistan.

Subjects

• Interviews.
• Olds, Sally Wendkos, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Rusta, Assad A., 1949---Interviews.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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