Amal: Assassinated Building a Better Iraq 2004

Where is Frank?

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...
Amal: Assassinated Building a Better Iraq 2004

Daniel Simon

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...
Amal: Assassinated Building a Better Iraq 2004

A Year in Iran

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...
Amal: Assassinated Building a Better Iraq 2004

From Syria to Seminole

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...
Amal: Assassinated Building a Better Iraq 2004

Physician and Family

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,...