Hannah Mitchell and Arlene El-Amin
Recorded
January 15, 2021
Archived
January 11, 2021
45:18 minutes
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Id:
ddv000450
Description
One Small Step conversation partners Hannah Mitchell [no age given] and Arlene El-Amin [no age given] discuss growing up in Montreal and Chicago. They also discuss their Unitarian and Muslim beliefs and the ways that their beliefs are similar.Subject Log / Time Code
Arlene (A) talks about why she wanted to participate in this One Small step interview.
Hannah (H) talks about why she wanted to participate in this interview.
H talks about what it was like growing up in a "bubble" in Montreal, Canada.
A talks about being raised in Chicago, Illinois.
A recalls the impact of her travels. She discusses going to France with her son and being curious about others. She talks about being exposed to different religions in Malaysia.
A talks about her first experiences with Islam through her father. She talks about the change in her relationship with Islam after the death of the leader of the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad, in 1975.
A speaks about raising her children Muslim and about her grandchildren. She talks about her relationship with her ex-husband of 40 years.
H talks about her religious and spiritual beliefs.
H describes her trip to Malaysia and what the experience taught her.
A discusses the influence of Warith Deen (W.D.) Mohammed and how she uses her religion as a guide.
H reads tenets she follows from the Unitarian church.
Participants
- Hannah Mitchell
- Arlene El-Amin