Donna Schminkey and Mubara Mayar
Recorded
June 10, 2021
45:03 minutes
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Id:
mby020770
Description
Donna Schminkey [no age given] interviews her mentee, Mubara Mayar (15), about her life in Kabul, Afghanistan and her life in Harrisonburg, Virginia now. Mubara describes the differences between Afghanistan and the United States and talks about her hopes for the future.Subject Log / Time Code
DS asks MM when she arrived to Harrisonburg. MM shares that she is from Afghanistan.
MM remembers her mother telling her one month before they left for the United States that they were moving.
DS asks MM how she chose what to bring to the United States.
MM talks about her siblings.
MM describes the virtual calls she would have with her father and shares it was sad because it was the first time she had to talk to her father through a screen.
MM talks about her older sister and shares that she and her sister are very close and do not have any secrets.
MM talks about how she has not experienced discrimination in the United States.
DS asks MM about the dreams she has for herself in the future. MM talks about her dreams to be an OBGYN. MM: "I want to bring smiles to the faces of humanity."
MM talks about winning the student council election at her school.
MM talks about poetry. She talks about writing poems about religion, humanity, her mother, and Afghanistan. She talks about a poem she wrote in Dari and English.
MM talks about her religion and what it means to her. DS asks how her religion impacts the way she interacts with the world. MM shares that her religion makes her kind.
MM talks about different American holidays. DS tells MM the story behind Thanksgiving.
Participants
- Donna Schminkey
- Mubara Mayar