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[𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐆𝐄𝐄] 𝐩𝐭. 𝟎𝟐: 𝐙𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛
We had the privilege to talk to Zainab, an inspiring, kind and thoughtful woman from Vickery Trading Company. Zainab fled her country with her daughter as a refugee in 2008 and worked multiple jobs to support her family. Then, she found out about Vickery Trading Company, where she has found a supportive community of women who helped her gain a better understanding of culture and life in America. We cannot thank Zainab enough for sharing her stories with us! We hope you enjoy this insightful talk as much as we did. 💗
𝗤: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗧𝗖 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮?
A: I learned a lot about the American culture and personality. We thought all the women in America would not get married, have children with different men, didn’t respect relationships or care about anyone. It’s bad that we had that perspective. That’s why my husband and family didn’t want me to come to America because they thought I would leave him and get a boyfriend. I thought children didn’t respect their parents. VTC corrected my information.
Before, I was scared to talk to people from Afghanistan. I thought all these people, they were terrorists. But when I worked with them [at Vickery Trading Company], now all my friends are from Afghanistan! Really, I figured now that culture, the culture from my country and that of other countries are the same! The same, just different in language. I was so surprised. Even when I call my family back in Iraq and I tell them about my friends from Afghanistan, they say “Oh my gosh, take care!” I said “no, no, no!” I started showing pictures, showing that they are friendly and are normal people. VTC is a small world in which you can learn from others and teach others as well.
Even for the [VTC] volunteers, we correct the information for them. Because they thought all the middle east people didn’t know how to use cars. So, we correct for them and they correct for us. It’s very, very important. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚, 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈.