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Yousafi Jan Ali, Full Interview

Collection: Sunnyside Sound Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Yousafi Jan Ali
Date: Time Period: 2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009 Material: digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software. Dimension: Total running time: 0:02:26
Creator: Yousafi Jan Ali interviewed by Sabine Heinlein Identifier: aql:18322 ali_yousafi_jan_clip1

Description: Yousafi Jan Ali owns a Kebab cart under the 46th Street subway station. Ali, his wife, parents and three children fled Afghanistan in 2002. After the Taliban killed his cousin, his cousin's family and some of his friends, he didn't feel safe anymore in his native country. Ali prefers to live in Long Island, but likes Sunnyside. This clip was originally posted on the Sunnyside Sound Project web site.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18078

Creator : Yousafi Jan Ali interviewed by Sabine Heinlein

Date : Time Period: 2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009

Summary/Description : Yousafi Jan Ali owns a Kebab cart under the 46th Street subway station. Ali, his wife, parents and three children fled Afghanistan in 2002. After the Taliban killed his cousin, his cousin's family and some of his friends, he didn't feel safe anymore in his native country. Ali prefers to live in Long Island, but likes Sunnyside. This clip was originally posted on the Sunnyside Sound Project web site.

Subject : Street-food vendors

Rights : These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).

Coverage : Locations discussed: Sunnyside, NY Afghanistan Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software.; Total running time: 0:02:26

Identifier : aql:18322 ali_yousafi_jan_clip1

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Rights Notice
These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).


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