Author: Nancy Kalow
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Interview with Asma
Interview with Asma by SN ’21. Asma is a 23 year old studying journalism in Palestine. While originally from Gaza, she currently lives with her entire family in a refugee camp in the West Bank. Asma is extremely passionate about pursuing journalism and media within her career. She studied at the university of Al-Quds Bard…
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Interview with Tasnim
Interview with Tasnim by NA ’21. Tasnim is part of a large family where she is the youngest of her siblings. She is also a graduate from Hebron University where she studied media. Having started the first female theater group in her city, Tasnim has shown how much she cares about acting and spreading important…
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Interview with Adam Clark from World Relief of Durham
By Lily Doron World Relief of Durham (WR) is a refugee aid organization that provides a range of services for newly resettled refugees in the Durham community. WR provides federally required self-sufficiency oriented services within first ninety days after a refugee arrives, helps with finding housing, getting food assistance, enrolling kids in school, registering for…
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Sanaa Domat
The following is the transcript from two interviews conducted on March 26, 2016 and April 26, 2016 with Sanaa Domat, a Syrian woman originally from Homs. As the unabated Syrian crisis worsened, Sanaa and her family were forced to leave their Syrian home in December 2015. She moved to Montreal, Canada during the wave of…
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Khalid Khalifa
Interview with Khalid Khalifa by Abdul Rahman Latif. This interview has been edited and reorganized for clarity. Khalid Khalifa is Syria’s leading writer whose novels are held in high esteem around the Arab world. Khalifa’s book, “In Praise of Hatred” (Madih al-karahiya), is about how the lives of one family are affected by the battle between…
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Reflection: After the Oral History
Two student fieldworkers tell the story of their fieldwork experience with M., a refugee living in the United States. Their account provides a thought-provoking framework for understanding how misunderstandings can arise during the course of a project. –Nancy Kalow, Instructor, Center for Documentary Studies When we started this project, our goal was to meet with…
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Hamid Bejeen
Hamid Bejeen Interview conducted by Thao Nguyen and Zaid Khatib Listen to an excerpt here: In July 2013, Hamid Bejeen became a refugee when he fled his Sudanese homeland to seek asylum in Egypt. Though by 2013 the long-lasting civil war in Sudan had technically ended, his departure is another testament of its ongoing…
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Ghofran Ahmed
The following is an abridged transcript of interviews conducted October 28, November 3, and November 17, 2015 with Ghofran, a young Iraqi woman originally from Baghdad. As sectarianism and violence during the American occupation worsened, Ghofran was forced to leave her Iraqi home in 2007. She moved in Sahnaya, Syria and later to Beirut, Lebanon…
