by Andrea Tseng | Mar 14, 2023 | Immigrant Stories
My name is Awras Haddad. I am Iraqi, and I am an immigrant several times over. I was born in Hungary, schooled in Libya, and educated at a university in Iraq. I prepared to be a dentist in Iraq and the US. I finally settled in Texas. The immigrant I want tell about,...
by Andrea Tseng | Sep 24, 2022 | Immigrant Stories
Where is Frank? Immigrated from Parts Unknown to White Oaks, New Mexico 1884 Diane A. writes how challenging it is to know the reasons why her great-great grandfather left his home and family behind in Germany and why he chose to come to Wisconsin and then Iowa in the...
by Andrea Tseng | Aug 13, 2022 | Immigrant Stories
I’m Byron Harris. When you first meet Daniel Simon, you’re confronted with the impassive face of someone still not entirely comfortable with speaking English. Engage him in conversation, though, and you discover an intellect graced by humor, goodwill, and...
by Andrea Tseng | Aug 11, 2022 | Immigrant Stories
Mayela’s story reminded me of my year in Iran. Like Mayela, I felt both welcome and unwelcome. Rather than freedom, I felt oppression. In 1976-77, my wife and I taught literature, culture, and language to students at an Iranian university for one year. We...
by Andrea Tseng | Jul 28, 2022 | Immigrant Stories
Immigrated from Henna, Syria to Seminole, Texas, 1898 My grandfather, Mohammed “Ed” Aryain, left Syria in1898 when he was fifteen years old seeking economic opportunity. He wanted to earn money to buy a watch like one he had seen on another person. He then...
by Andrea Tseng | Jul 27, 2022 | Immigrant Stories
I left South Korea with my mother, Songia Hoang, and my father, Choon Gill Hoang, on November 19, 1970. My father wanted more training as a neurosurgeon. I was one year old. We came by air from Seoul and landed in San Francisco. We stopped in Japan for a layover,...
