As you meet the person you are interviewing, answer the following questions:

1-What is his/her/their background (name, age, profession, origins)? Is he/she/they a recent immigrant, the son/daughter of an immigrant, are his/her/their parents natives to the U.S., or is he/she/they a convert to Islam? (100-150 words )

2-How does he/she/they go about practicing his/her/their religion in the U.S.? Is it easy? challenging? unique in any particular way?  (150–200 words)

3-What are his/her/their aspirations? In YOUR opinion, are they any different from those who are Americans of different faiths or those who don’t affiliate themselves with any particular faith?  (150-200 words)

4-What are his/her/their greatest fears? Does he/she/they worry about the political climate in the U.S.?  (100-200 words)

5-Has that person faced any religious or ethnic based discrimination or bullying? If so, how did he/she/they deal with them?  If not him/her/they, does he/she/they know any of his/her/their Muslim friends who experienced discrimination or bullying? What was the nature of the bullying/discrimination? (100-200 words)

6-If he/she/they or one of his/her/their family/friends had faced religious discrimination, has he/she/they ever reported it to a-his/her/their family, b-to his/her/their administrators (at school or work place) and/or c-official authority (police, FBI, civil rights group, etc.) If yes, how did he/she/they go about it. If not, why didn’t he/she/they report the incident? (100-150 words)

7-What did you learn from this interview? Did it affect you in any way? Is there any reflection you would like to share? (300 words)