- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- CHICAGO MUSLIM ORAL HISTORY PROJECT : Choudry, Seemi
- Creator:
- Choudry, Seemi
Alter, Peter - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2018-02-20
- Subject:
- Speakers
Loyola University (New Orleans, La.)
Inner City Muslim Action Network
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - People:
- Obama, Barack
- Location:
- Pakistan, 30.0, 70.0
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Little Village, 41.83909, -87.714
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Rogers Park, 42.00864, -87.66672
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, South Lawndale, 41.84364, -87.71255
Venezuela, Caracas, 10.506098, -66.9146017 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The daughter of Pakistani parents living in Venezuela, Seemi Choudry (b. 1988) grew up speaking Urdu at home, Spanish with friends, and English in school. When the family moved to the Chicago area, Choudry attended a Muslim grade school. After 9/11, she transferred to an all-girls Catholic high school where she was the only visible Muslim. Upon graduation from college, she worked for the Mayor’s office.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/345
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:345/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2019 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org. - Original Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
AMERICAN MEDINA:STORIES OF MUSLIM CHICAGO ORAL HISTORY PROJECT - Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
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