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Oral History: Emira Habiby-Browne
Project: Arab-American Family Support Center, 88 A Fourth Ave.,
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Date of Interview:1997
Emira Habiby-Browne is a Christian Arab, born
in Palestine. She has spent much of her life living in the United States
and working in Western style social service organizations. In 1994, frustrated
by the discrimination she found in American organizations, she founded
the Arab-American Family Support Center in downtown Brooklyn to serve the
Arab immigrant populations of New York City.
The Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC), founded in 1994, addresses
the social service needs of the Arab-American community in New York City.
Its main purpose is to strengthen the families of newly arrived Arab immigrants,
and to help them adapt to life in the United States.
Interviewer: Anthea Raymond, a doctoral candidate in Sociology
at the City University of New York Graduate Center.
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