Almassrahy, Anas video oral history and transcript

Description: Interview with Anas Almassrahy taking place on the Ball State campus as part of the Virginia B. Ball Center Seminar Muslims in Muncie. Topics include: Almassrahys family; growing up in Mecca in the 1990s; practicing Islam; Almassrahys education in Mecca, Saudi Arabia; studying the Quran; transitioning to Grand Valley State University in Michigan; the Muslim Student Association at Grand Valley; transitioning to Ball State University and Muncie; Almassrahys impression of the United States and Midwest before and after he moved to Michigan; experiencing discrimination; the Islamic Center of Muncie; the Muslim Student Association at Ball State University; the concept and interpretation of jihad; Almassrahys sense of identity; the 2016 United States Presidential election; and Almassrahys perception of the United States.
An interview from Muslims in Muncie, an hour-long documentary film that traces a half-century of Muslims community building in Muncie, Indiana, from the 1960s to 2018, as told by community members.
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Origin: 2018-02-25
Created By: Ali, Afrah
Almassrahy, Anas
Contributor(s): Agnew, Elizabeth N.; Roddell, Devon M.
Agnew, Elizabeth N.
Source: http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/MuslimsMuncie/id/20
Collection: Muslims in Muncie Oral Histories and Documentary Project
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Geography: Muncie
Delaware County
Indiana
United States
North and Central America
Subjects: Oral Histories
Almassrahy, Anas--Interviews
Islam
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
Saudi Arabians
Quran
Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley State University. Muslim Student Association
Ball State University
Islamic Center of Muncie
Ball State University. Muslim Student Association
Ball State University. College of Architecture and Planning
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Mecca
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
Discrimination
Islamophobia
Ramadan
Interfaith worship

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