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Recorded at the Islamic Center of Mill Valley, Ebrahim Nana, one of the original Board members of Mill Valley's first mosque (or masjid), recounts a life devoted to family, community, and religion. Born in 1951 in Mumbai, India, Ebrahim grew up in Thailand where one branch of his transnational merchant family has been living for two centuries. Ebrahim describes coming to California in 1969 to study industrial engineering at U.C. Berkeley and later doing a master's at Stanford. In 1977, he moved to Mill Valley to manage the Hi-Ho Hotel (now Mill Valley Travelodge), which his father had purchased, whereupon he started his own family and began pursuing various entrepreneurial ventures. Ebrahim describes the founding of the Islamic Center in 1991 and explains some of the basic beliefs and practices of Islam. He remarks on the general support his community has received from Mill Valley's residents and praises the natural beauty of Marin.
Identifier
59D8D671-BE44-4B6D-B541-805349945340 2016.091.001
Subject
Communities, Religious Emigration & immigration Entrepreneurs Islam Lindh, John Walker Nana, Abudullah Nana, Ahmad Nana, Aisha Nana, Ilyas Nana, Ozair Oral history - Discrimination, segregation, racism Oral history - Spirituality, philosophy, religion Religion
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