Nina Moshefi, Anna Moshefi, and Khadijhah Abdur-Rahman
Recorded
July 18, 2023
Archived
July 18, 2023
34:03 minutes
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Id:
atl004818
Description
Sisters Nina Nirvana Moshefi (41) and Anna Padideh Moshefi (38) interview Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (59) about her life, her election in 2020 to the Fulton County Commission as the first Muslim woman elected in Georgia, and how the three of them met doing community work.Subject Log / Time Code
Anna Padideh Moshefi (A) talks about Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (K) being the first Muslim woman elected to office in Georgia, and asks K to talk about her background, her parents, and her childhood in southwest Atlanta.
K talks about her parents running a grocery store on Bankhead Highway and helping Muslims from the first mosque in Georgia.
Nina Nirvana Moshefi (N) talks about the non-profit she works with.
N, A, and K talk about "Heart Work" versus "Hard Work".
N talks about outreach with children she and A did at a motel in South Fulton, and K talks about her feelings seeing the sisters doing such work in the community.
N, A, and K talk about maintaining hope to keep going when they feel beat up or dispirited.
Participants
- Nina Moshefi
- Anna Moshefi
- Khadijhah Abdur-Rahman