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Title

Interview of Anto Meliksetian

Description

This interview of Anto Meliksetian, a Syrian immigrant to the United States, explores how Anto copes with the Syrian refugee crisis through performance art. Anto discusses his experiences leaving Aleppo, Syria to come to the United States for college, and reflects upon the continuing crisis in Syria, education, imaginings of America, and cultural differences in food and social practices.

This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park course HIST428M: "Oral History of Immigration" (Spring 2018). This course was led by Professor Anne Rush of the History Department, College of Arts and Humanities, and was sponsored by the Center for Global Migration Studies.

Creator

Nicole Reisinger

Publisher

Center for Global Migration Studies

Date

March 15, 2018

Rights

The full rights of this oral history interview were given by the interviewee to the University of Maryland, College Park. This interview may be quoted from, published, or broadcast in any medium that the University of Maryland, College Park shall deem appropriate.

Format

PDF, M4A, JPG

Language

English

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Original Format

PDF, M4A, JPG

Interviewer

Nicole Reisinger

Interviewee

Anto Meliksetian

Location

College Park, Maryland