Oral history interview with Hanin Najjar
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview with Hanin Najjar was conducted by Ibrahim Ibrahim on December 19, 2017. The interview was recorded for The Immigrant Story, an organization that documents and archives the stories of immigrants and refugees in the United States. In this interview, Najjar discusses the reasons her parents came to the United States from Saudi Arabia shortly after she was born. She talks about gender roles in Saudi Arabian culture, her ethnic and cultural identity, and wearing the hijab as an expression of her feminism. She also talks about discrimination she has experienced as a Muslim. Najjar discusses her plans for the future, including studying journalism at Pacific University and pursuing a career as a journalist.
Dates
- 2017 December 19
Creator
- Najjar, Hanin, 1999- (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and The Immigrant Story. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Biographical note
Hanin Najjar was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 1999. Her parents immigrated to the United States five months later so that her mother could pursue higher education. They settled in Lake Oswego, Oregon, in 2002.
Extent
29.3 Megabytes (1 online resource (2 audio files (1 hr., 2 min., 38 sec.))) : MPEG-4
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interview with Hanin Najjar conducted by Ibrahim Ibrahim on December 19, 2017, for The Immigrant Story. Najjar was born in Saudi Arabia and immigrated to the United States with her family in 1999. She discusses being a feminist, discrimination she has faced as a Muslim, and her plans for the future.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of The Immigrant Story, July 2020 (Lib. Acc. RL2020-018).
Publication note
Creator
- Najjar, Hanin, 1999- (Interviewee, Person)
- Ibrahim, Ibrahim (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Guide to oral history interview with Hanin Najjar
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Stroman
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
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