First Day

by Suheir Hammad

Suheir Hammad describes her first day of school as an English as a Second Language student in Sunset Park.

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Hammad, Suheir, Excerpt from oral history interview conducted by Zaheer Ali, September 13, 2018, Muslims in Brooklyn oral histories, 2018.006.38; Brooklyn Historical Society.



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