Farzana Jalali oral history interview and transcript
Date
2013-06-11Description
This recording and transcript form part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. This collection includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans native to or living in Houston.
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Abstract
Farzana Jalali was born in Karachi, Pakistan in 1951. She grew up in Karachi and lived there until 1975, when she moved to Saudi Arabia. In 1979, she moved to Miami, Florida, and in 1983, she moved to a suburb near Houston, Texas. She has held various jobs since coming to the United States, including a lengthy period of owning and operating a Pakistani restaurant. She also enjoys volunteering, and is involved with the Islamic Circle of North America, as well as an Interfaith Society, among other organizations. She has five children—four of whom were born in Pakistan, and one who was born in Miami—as well as many grandchildren. She is now retired and lives with her husband in Sugar Land, TX.
Keyword
community involvement; masculinity; parental expectations; parent-child relationship; family relations; More... social activities