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Beyond the Golden Door: Seeing the American Dream through an Immigrant's Eyes QUOTES

1 " Now that I was learning that converting to Christianity entailed a whole lot more than pats on the back and potluck lunches in affluent North Texas churches. God and I had to have a serious conversation about how I was to handle the realities of being a Muslim convert and facing what was likely to be a hostile environment. "

― Ali Master , Beyond the Golden Door: Seeing the American Dream through an Immigrant's Eyes

2 " I was devastated to learn that both my parents were facing persecution and insults from the entire family. They had failed to raise me to follow the “right path.” The fact that I was adopted was cited as a reason, I was told. Town gossips gleefully whispered juicy details about my misdeeds and my parents’ equally horrific failure to raise their only son to be a good Shia Muslim. The fact that my dear parents were being judged and persecuted felt worse than anything anyone could have done to me personally. It was second only to their desperate pleas with me to label my decisions as mere crimes of passion... "

― Ali Master , Beyond the Golden Door: Seeing the American Dream through an Immigrant's Eyes

3 " Americans need a fresh reminder of the amazing nation they have and the power of liberties I see so often taken for granted. "

― Ali Master , Beyond the Golden Door: Seeing the American Dream through an Immigrant's Eyes