Fellahi, Khalid
name: label: Collection Interviewer
content: Allison, David Kite
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Velasquez, Steve
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Yeingst, William
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection / Born-Digital Interviews / Audio Interviews
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content: 77.4 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 01:24:32, audio/mp3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2014-11-19
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content: Item NMAH-AC1365-BDA0010
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Audio
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content: Oral history interview with Khalid Fellahi, former President of Consumer Money Transfer at Western Union. Originally from Morocco of Algerian ancestry, Fellahi recounts his parents' journeys growing up in poverty under French colonization; growing up Muslim; immigrating to France for school; becoming a computer scientist; starting a family in France before returning to Morocco; pursuing his childhood dream of moving to the United States; learning American social norms and adjusting to new aspects of personal finance; embracing a multi-cultural identity through languages, customs and holidays; working at Western Union; integration versus assimilation; and his wedding, marriage and family life.