Muneeb Siddiqui, Clip 1: Driving a Yellow Cab
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Muneeb Siddiqui
Date: Time Period: 2014 - 2015; 2016-03-28; Interview recorded: March 28 2016
Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:07:01
Creator: Muneeb Siddiqui interviewed by Arbesh Khan and Reshad Hai
Identifier: aql:22139 siddiqui-muneeb-clip1
Description: While driving a yellow cab, Muneeb Siddiqui worked from 5 pm through 6 am. He got to explore his own city and knowing how to get from one borough to another. He knows Queens and Manhattan like the back of his hand. He didn't think he played into stereotypes. When people heard him talk they were very surprised due to his brown skin. He felt comfortable. He was mostly in Manhattan. He barely went to Staten Island or the Bronx. He would only go to Staten Island to get to Jersey. He liked driving to Jersey because it was good money.
Creator :
Muneeb Siddiqui interviewed by Arbesh Khan and Reshad Hai
Date :
Time Period: 2014 - 2015; 2016-03-28; Interview recorded: March 28 2016
Summary/Description :
While driving a yellow cab, Muneeb Siddiqui worked from 5 pm through 6 am. He got to explore his own city and knowing how to get from one borough to another. He knows Queens and Manhattan like the back of his hand. He didn't think he played into stereotypes. When people heard him talk they were very surprised due to his brown skin. He felt comfortable. He was mostly in Manhattan. He barely went to Staten Island or the Bronx. He would only go to Staten Island to get to Jersey. He liked driving to Jersey because it was good money.
Subject :
Taxicab drivers
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Briarwood, Queens, NY; Manhattan, NY Briarwood (New York, N.Y.) Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:07:01
Identifier :
aql:22139 siddiqui-muneeb-clip1
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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