Reminiscences of Shekaiba Wakili : oral history, 2001-2003.

Biographical Note

Photographer/Activist.

Scope and Contents

Born Kabul, Afghanistan; childhood: immigration to Bellmore, NY, challenges of the assimilation process; education: B.A. State University of New York College at Old Westbury, M.A. Teachers College at Columbia University; career: teacher and photographer; family struggles; 9/11: student reactions; post-9/11: school district responses, family immigration problems; Afghan-Muslim female identity, racism; pregnancy; reflections on religion; limitations on civil rights in U.S., ambivalence regarding disappointment in U.S. foreign policy, disapproval at the use of Afghan women for personal or professional gain.

Subjects

• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Starecheski, Amy, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Wakili, Shekaiba, 1969---Interviews.

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