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In this interview, on November 26, 2023, in Valparaiso, Indiana, Louay Zeitoun (15) interviews his mom Samar Kebbewar (47) about growing up in Aleppo, Syria. Samar shares various memories about her childhood, and how religion played a big role in...

Mayla Patterson (9) interviewed her Seeya (grandfather), Sarath Parakrama Silva (85) on Thanksgiving Day in 2023. They talked about the kindness of his parents and a childhood in Galle, Sri Lanka. They spoke of moving inland during World War II...

Yusuf Ayaz (15M) interviews his Grandpa Shahid Khan (63M) in his bedroom in Atlantic City. Yusuf and Shahid talk deeply about Religion & Traditions that they learned over the course of their life. They both show how religion and tradition...

One Small Step Partners, William Oliver (36) and Sukaina Hussain (38) discuss their families and their journey's to doing work within their communities.

Listen to me (16) interview my Dad (49) as he talks about childhood in Jordan, moving to the US to be away from war and increased opportunities, his start as a software engineer, and the Muslim faith. If you feel...

Childhood friends Farah Mahesri (40) and Sabiha Basrai (40) recollect their upbringing through to their adult lives. They discuss their Muslim identities, their activism, and how those two things interconnect.

Adrian Tirtanadi (38) and friend Sara Farooqi (37) discuss their journeys of disconnection and reconnection to Christianity and Islam respectively.

One Small Step partners Mark Brauer (59) and Lisa Jiardini (55) discuss their beliefs and find common ground despite belonging to different political parties.

Maryke Ozog (57) speaks with husband, Mark Ozog (64), about her childhood in South Africa and her family's experience coming to the U.S.

In this interview, conducted in May 2022 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Nadine Ashour (17) interviews her mother, Siham Ashour (54) about her childhood in Kuwait and Palestine. She guides Nadine through the culture differences between the Middle Eastern countries and...

Hamid Safi (26) and his sponsor, Martha Sparrow [no age given], share a conversation about Hamid's emigration from Afghanistan to the United States, his upbringing in Kunar, Afghanistan, and his hopes both for his future and for the future of...

Ahmed & Sham, share stories about Ramadan, the month of fasting and Eid al-Fitr, the breaking of the fast, and the role these holidays play in their Muslim faith and lives.

Zoe Lindner (MSW student) speaks with Imam Muriz Mešić of the Bosnian Islamic Cultural Center about his family's experience immigrating from Bosnia and his work in Chicago's Bosnian community. Amina Sendić-Mešić, his wife, makes a brief appearance.

In this interview conducted in November 2021 in Skokie, Illinois, Amina Khalid (14) interviews her grandfather Syed Matloob Zaidi (74). He shares his happiest and saddest moments in his life as well as living with 9 siblings. Mr. Zaidi also...

My mother answering some questions.

Kenyatta Bakeer (50) interviews her father, Donald Bakeer (77), about meeting and falling in love with her mother, his work organizing for Black liberation, and his writing.

Tarik Mahdi (36) and friend Yusuf Al-Rahman (41) exchange stories about the micro-aggressions they dealt with as Black Muslim men and experiences where they challenged the ignorance around them.

Pauline Johnson (68) interviews her friend, Rasheeda Ali (74), about Rasheeda’s childhood in Columbus, Georgia, her love of the piano, and her time in New York City. Rasheeda also talks about working in legal services, her career in radio, her...

Mother, Linda Minter (70), and daughter, Jowharah Abdulraheem (33), talk about the hardships that shaped them, their motivations in life, and share family stories.

Syma Mohammed (34) interviews their new acquaintance Anwar Dix (38) about his family life, career, and ties to Islam.

Carolyn Ewing (65) reminisces with her husband, Abdul Salaam Ewing (64), on their varying influences in their path to Islam.

I interviewed my dad about his recollection of 9/11 and how it has impacted his life and the lives around him.

Mona Haleem (44) interviews her mother, Noor Haleem (66), about faith, family, migration, and the ways she wants her legacy to live on.

One Small Step partners George Dow (66) and Mahdee Abdullah (56) discuss their families, their faith, and their hopes for their children and grandchildren.

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.