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Immigrant Stories is a research and archiving project run by the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) at the University of Minnesota. Immigrant Stories helps immigrants, refugees, and their family members create digital stories: brief videos with images, text, and audio about a personal experience.
\n\nThis project defines \"immigrant\" broadly. Our collection contains digital stories from people living outside their country of birth as well as stories created by their children and grandchildren. Immigrant Stories also welcomes stories from international students, international adoptees, and people who do not feel that their stories fit a particular, or just one, category. All stories are important, and we invite you to make a video and share yours with us.
", "title": "Mohamed Boujnah", "title_s": "Mohamed Boujnah", "title_t": "Mohamed Boujnah", "title_search": "Mohamed Boujnah", "title_sort": "mohamedboujnah", "description": "Mohamed Khalil Boujnah was born in Tunisia in 1993. He came to the United States in 2012 to study at the University of Minnesota.", "date_created": [ "2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20" ], "date_created_ss": [ "2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20" ], "date_created_sort": "2015", "creator": [ "Boujnah, Mohamed" ], "creator_ss": [ "Boujnah, Mohamed" ], "creator_sort": "boujnahmohamed", "notes": "Created by Mohamed Khalil Boujnah as a final project for Hist 3862: American Immigration History at the University of Minnesota. The course was taught by Dr. Erika Lee in spring 2015.", "types": [ "Moving Image" ], "format": [ "Oral histories | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595" ], "format_name": [ "Oral histories" ], "dimensions": "0:03:32", "subject": [ "Origin Tunisia", "Ethnicity Tunisian" ], "subject_ss": [ "Origin Tunisia", "Ethnicity Tunisian" ], "language": [ "English" ], "city": [ "Minneapolis" ], "state": [ "Minnesota" ], "country": [ "United States" ], "region": [ "Hennepin County" ], "continent": [ "North America" ], "parent_collection": "Immigrant Stories; https://cla.umn.edu/ihrc/immigrant-stories", "parent_collection_name": "Immigrant Stories", "contributing_organization": "University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center", "contributing_organization_name": "University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center", "contributing_organization_name_s": "University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center", "contact_information": "University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center. 311 Elmer L. Andersen Library, 222 - 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455; https://cla.umn.edu/ihrc", "fiscal_sponsor": "This work is made possible through the generous funding of the Digital Public Library of America Digital Hubs Pilot, which is supported by the Digital Public Library of America with funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.", "local_identifier": [ "cla-ihrc-is-0147" ], "dls_identifier": [ "cla-ihrc-is-0147" ], "rights_statement_uri": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/", "transcription": "Mohamed\nKhalil\nBoujnah\nTranscription\nOne\nof\nthe\nmain\nstruggles\nthat\nimmigrants\nface\nand\nhave\nalways\nfaced\nis\nlearning\nhow\nto\nget\naround\nin\na\nnew\ncountry.\nWhen\nI\nfirst\ncame\nto\nAmerica,\nI\nhad\na\nvery\nhard\ntime\ngetting\naround.\nIn\nTunisia,\nwhere\nI\nwas\nborn,\nI\nwas\nnot\nused\nto\nwalking\neverywhere,\nreading\nmaps,\nor\ntaking\npublic\ntransportation.\nIn\nTunisia,\npeople\ndo\nnot\nuse\nmaps\nor\nGPS.\nThe\ngreater\nTunis\narea,\nwhich\nis\nurbanized,\nis\nless\nthan\na\nhundred\nsquare\nmiles.\nIn\ncomparison\nto\nMinneapolis-‐Saint\nPaul\nurban\narea\nwhich\nis\nover\n1,000\nsquare\nmiles.\nThe\nsmall\nurban\nsize\nof\nTunis\nmakes\nit\neasier\nfor\ncitizens\nto\nhave\nmind\nmaps\nand\nuse\nreference\npoints\nwhen\ngiving\npeople\ndirections.\nHere\nin\nthe\nTwin\nCities,\nit\nis\nmuch\nharder\nto\ndo\nthat,\nso\npaper\nor\ndigital\nmaps\nare\nused.\nWhen\ngiving\ndirections\nin\nTunisia,\nthey\ntell\nyou\nthe\nname\nof\nthe\nstreet\nand\nwhat\nis\nclose\nby.\nHere,\nin\nthe\nUS,\npeople\ngive\nyou\nthe\ncross\nstreets\nand\nshow\nyou\na\nmap.\nThis\nwas\na\nmajor\nproblem\nsince,\nwhen\nI\nfirst\ncame\nto\nAmerica,\nI\ndid\nnot\nknow\nhow\nto\nuse\na\nmap.\nUnfortunately,\nI\nwas\ntoo\nshy\nto\ntell\npeople\nthat\nI\ndid\nnot\nunderstand\nmaps.\nFor\na\ntime,\nI\ncarried\na\nmap\naround\nsince\npeople\nwould\nreference\nit\nso\noften,\nbut\nI\nended\nup\ndisposing\nof\nit,\nsince\nI\nstill\ndid\nnot\nunderstand\nhow\nto\nuse\nit\nand\nasking\npeople\nwas\nmuch\neasier.\nTaking\npublic\ntransportation\nposed\nanother\nstruggle.\nI\ndid\nnot\nknow\nthe\nnames\nof\nthe\nstreets\nor\nthe\nbus\nstops,\nbut\nI\nknew\nsome\nlandmarks\naround\nMinneapolis\nto\nhelp\nme\nnavigate\nthrough\nthe\ncity.\nI\nwould\nask\nthe\nbus\ndriver\nto\ntell\nme\nwhen\nthe\nbus\narrived\nnear\na\ncertain\nlandmark,\nbut\nmore\noften\nthan\nnot,\nthe\ndriver\ndid\nnot\nknow\nwhere\nthat\nlandmark\nwas.\nIt\nwas\nhard\nfor\nme\nto\ndistinguish\nbetween\ncertain\nbuses,\nlike\n3A\nand\n3B.\nI\nwould\noften\nget\non\nthe\nwrong\nbus\nand\nI\nhave\nto\nfind\nmy\nway\nback,\nwhich\nmade\ngetting\naround\neven\nmore\ncomplicated.\nLastly,\nin\nTunisia,\nI\nwould\ndrive\neverywhere\nand\nI\nknew\nwhere\neverything\nis.\nBut\nhere,\nI\nhave\nno\ncar\nand\nso\nI\nhave\nto\nwalk\neverywhere.\nSince\nat\nfirst\nI\ndid\nnot\nknow\nthe\ncity\nvery\nwell,\nI\nwould\nalways\nget\nlost\nand\nwalk\nfor\na\nvery\nlong\ntime.\nIt\nwould\ncause\nme\nto\nbecome\nvery\nfrustrated.\nWhen\nI\ndid\nhave\na\ncar\nto\ndrive,\nI\nwas\nnot\nused\nto\nall\nof\nthe\ndriving\nregulations\nand\nrules\nhere.\nMy\nvery\nfirst\nday\nof\ndriving,\nI\ngot\na\nparking\nticket.\nWrong\nway\nparking.\nI\ndid\nnot\neven\nknow\nthat\nthat\nslip\nof\npaper\non\nmy\ncar’s\nwindshield\nwas\na\nfine.\nIt\nwas\nvery\nupsetting\nfor\nme\nto\nreceive\na\npunishment\nfor\nsomething\nthat\nis\nlegal\nin\nmy\nhome\ncountry.\nI\ndid\nnot\nunderstand\nwhat\nI\nhad\ndone\nwrong.\nIt\ntook\nme\na\nwhile\nto\nget\nused\nto\nall\nthe\ndifferent\nrules\nand\nsigns\nin\nAmerica.\nAfter\nconsidering\nall\nof\nthe\nobstacles\nand\nchallenges\nI\nfaced\nwhile\ntrying\nto\nget\naround,\nit\nwas\nvery\nhard\nfor\nme\nto\nassimilate\nto\nAmerican\ntransportation,\nmaps,\nand\ndirections.\nNow,\nafter\nthree\nyears,\ngetting\naround\nis\nway\neasier\nand\nI\nfinally\nlearned\nhow\nto\nuse\nmaps;\nbut\nnot\nactually.\nThank\nyou\nvery\nmuch\nfor\nwatching!", "kaltura_video": "1_zxxu66m3", "page_count": 0, "record_type": "primary", "first_viewer_type": "kaltura_video", "viewer_type": "kaltura_video", "attachment": "104.pdf", "attachment_format": "pdf", "document_type": "item", "featured_collection_order": 999, "date_added": "2021-01-26T00:00:00Z", "date_added_sort": "2021-01-26T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2021-01-26T00:00:00Z", "_version_": 1710337987176300544, "type": "Moving Image", "collection": "p16022coll554", "is_compound": false, "parent_id": "107", "thumb_url": "https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/1369852/thumbnail/entry_id/1_zxxu66m3", "thumb_cdn_url": "https://dkp5i0hinw9br.cloudfront.net/8af0a1b032daac1e06fdfefbd892109590b5d32c.png", "children": [ ] }