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    Interview with Debbie Almontaser, 2005, Part 5

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    Person Interviewed
    Almontaser, Debbie
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    Debbie Almontaser is teaching her elementary school class in New Jersey on the morning of the World Trade Center attacks. When her fearful students begin to talk about blaming different cultural groups, she supports them but gently reminds them that she and all of the students in the class are from different backgrounds. Debbie, the daughter of Yemeni Muslim immigrants, unexpectedly receives an outpouring of empathy from her young students. On September 12 Debbie's son, a national guardsman, is assigned to Ground Zero. She yearns to talk to him and understand what he is experiencing but must respect his decision not to share the horrors of Ground Zero with her. When members of Debbie's community are "rounded up" Debbie is compelled to address and overcome strong anti-Muslim bias in the wake of 9/11. She was the founding principal of NYC's Khalil Gibran International Academy but was targeted with unwarranted discrimination in the press and educational system. The courts supported Debbie and since then she has emerged as an influential speaker and award-winning activist and leader.
     
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1051796
    Date
    2005
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    All Rights Reserved by Project Rebirth. For more information about this collection please email: info@projectrebirth.org
    Subject
    September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Personal Narratives; 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Activists; Human rights; Immigrant families; Teachers; Social support systems;
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    video
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    Project Rebirth
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