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Special guest talks about hardships of leaving Iran and what helped a long the way. Sometimes you may want to ask a person like this some questions and wonder what you will find out, this interview answers at least a...

In this interview, conducted in December 2018 in Memphis, Tennessee, Rose Rezaee interviews her mother Soheila Mansourianpour about her upbringing in Iran and emigration. She explains the place and atmosphere of her childhood as well as her family’s influence. She...

Talking to my uncle Mosa

Ms. Harton’s class has been studying how the past impacts the present in our Long Ago and Today unit. Please enjoy our first-grade class’ interview with a grandmother in our classroom family as she shares memories of coming to America...

Lisa Pfeffer talks about her life growing up on Long Island in an Italian-American family. She discusses being moved to Texas at 12 years old, and facing prejudices for being different. She reflects on her childhood 1700 miles away from...

In this interview, conducted in April 2023 in Anaheim, California, Donya Zanjani (20) interviews her mom and Farah Zanjani (63) about her childhood in Iran. She also talks about her struggles with her arranged marriage and gives advice on motherhood,...

This is a interview with Soheil Younai, my father, based on his immigration to the United States from Iran. We speak about his Jewish identity and hardships moving across the world

We talked about her life, immigration, and much more.

In this interview, I spoke with my father about his early life, marriage, military service, and an overall retrospective of his life in general.

Karin Weichlein and Bob Rider relate the romantic story of how they met and conducted a trans-Atlantic relationship which led to marriage and thirty years of happiness. Making soup is a poetic metaphor for their courtship and marriage.

On November 25, 2017 I️ spoke with my mom (Homeira Baghdadi) about her journey coming from a Middle Eastern country to become a doctor. We spoke about all the struggles and her happiest moments throughout her life all while sitting...

Kate interviews her husband Behtash about his journey from a child in Iran to becoming a father in Irvine. During the interview, you will hear sounds from their youngest son, Luca, who is 8 months old and enjoying playing in...

An insight into the life of an Iranian-American LGBTQ couple. Life in Germany versus the US as Iranian LGBTQ’s. Danny and Ardalan’s historical family business and their work running one of the first Iranian LGBTQ nonprofit organizations.

I interview my grandmother

Mohammad Ali Rezaeian 89 yrs old a Persian artist and inventor states his points of view about how genetic science and medicine can change the future to a better word. interviewer, the daughter: Panteha Rezaeian MD, FASPC

This is my elder interview of my grandfather David Davallou.

Bonnie talks about her childhood, her kids & parenting, her thoughts on life & afterlife, and passes on some wisdom for future generations!

interviewed Me. Rivera he’s a law informant teacher at Jefferson high school

Lida Shamonzadeh, an Iranian Citizen immigrated to America due to discrimination and hatred toward her people. The struggle is difficult but how did she do it?

dad talks about military and younger self

I asked my spouse general life questions.

Life and motherhood between the United States and Iran

The life of an immigrant along with the struggles he went through and obstacles he faced. How immigration overall impacted him and changed his life forever.

I wanted to further understand my mom’s upbringing in America and her struggles with being from Iran at a time where people had very negative images of it. I asked her questions about her experiences with racial prejudice and discrimination...

Babak immigrated to the United States as a ten year old boy from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.