Oral history interview with Hamada Haaji

Oral history interview with Hamada Haaji [Sound Recording 01]

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SR 12273

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Oral history interview with Hamada Haaji

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  • 2018 (Creation)

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51 megabytes; 1 online resource (1 audio file (55 min., 9 sec.)) MPEG-4

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Biographical history

Mohamed "Hamada" Haaji was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1998. When he was 6 years old, his family sought refuge in Egypt. They lived in a refugee camp for a few years, and then moved into an apartment in Cairo. In 2013, his family applied for refugee status, and they were approved for resettlement in the United States in 2014. They settled in Clackamas, Oregon, where Haaji attended David Douglas High School.

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This oral history interview with Hamada Haaji was conducted by Sankar Raman in 2018. The interview was recorded for The Immigrant Story, an organization that documents and archives the stories of immigrants and refugees in the United States. In this interview, Haaji discusses his early life in Somalia and the move to a refugee camp in Egypt when he was 6, and then to an apartment in Cairo two years later. He then talks about his life in Cairo, including education, his social life, and learning Arabic. He talks about his experience during the Arab Spring protests of 2011. He then discusses the process of being resettled in the United States and adjusting to life in Clackamas, Oregon. He discusses his education in Clackamas, including learning English. He closes the interview by talking about his plans for college and the future.

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Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and The Immigrant Story. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/.

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  • English

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Gift of The Immigrant Story, July 2020 (Lib. Acc. RL2020-018).

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An article about Hamada Haaji, "Fighting for a Better Life" by Keven Salazar, was based on this interview and published on The Immigrant Story website at https://theimmigrantstory.org/fighting/

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Preferred citation: Oral history interview with Hamada Haaji, by Sankar Raman, SR 12273, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

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Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition.

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Sarah Stroman

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