Attallah, Sherif video oral history and transcript
| Description: |
Interview with Dr. Sherif Attallah taking place on the Ball State campus as part of the Virginia B. Ball Center Seminar Muslims in Muncie. Topics include: Attallahs family; growing up in Shoubra, a district of Cairo, Egypt, in the 1970s and 1980s; religion, culture, and politics in Egypt after the assassination of Anwar Sadat; studying at the American University in Cairo; working and living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; getting his PhD. in Civil Engineering at Purdue University; his personal practice of Islam; his army service; the uprising in Egypt in 2011; his impression of the United States and moving to the United States; the immigration process; Attallahs feelings about politics in Egypt today; his impression of Indiana when he arrived; Attallahs sense of identity; his involvement at the masjid in Fishers, Indiana; his involvement at the Islamic Center of Muncie; the immersive learning project to put solar panels on the Islamic Center of Muncie; Attallahs involvement in th 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. This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about |
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| Origin: | 2018-03-01 |
| Created By: |
Ali, Afrah Attallah, Sherif |
| Contributor(s): |
Agnew, Elizabeth N.; Roddell, Devon M. Agnew, Elizabeth N. |
| Source: |
http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/MuslimsMuncie/id/21 |
| 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 Attallah, Sherif--Interviews Islam Shubrā (Cairo, Egypt) Sadat, Anwar, 1918-1981--Assassination Tanẓīm al-Jihād al-Islāmī (Organization) Mubārak, Muḥammad Ḥusnī, 1928- Egypt--History--Protests, 2011-2013 American University at Cairo Masjid Al-Huda (Fishers, Ind.) September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Ethnicity Jihad Trump, Donald, 1946- |
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