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Majid Al-Bahadli came to the U.S. from Iraq after the first Gulf War. In this piece, Majid and his wife, Diana Klatte, remember how they first met.
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Majid Al-Bahadli came to the U.S. from Iraq after the first Gulf War. In this piece, Majid and his wife, Diana Klatte, remember how they first met.
Broadcast History
NPR's Morning Edition February 11, 2011
Transcript
Majid Al-Bahadli: I was working in the gas station. You came and you tried to use your debit card in the machine and the machine didn't work. I managed to have five minutes [of] conversation with you and I gave you my phone number. And I wrote it in the slip and I said, "I would love to get to know you better."
Diana Klatte: And I said, "I'm not going to call you because I don't know you." And you said...
MA: And you took it!
DK: I did take it, but I didn't call you.
MA: You didn't call me. And then a month later...
DK: ...I came back. And I wasn't even sure if you'd be working. But, I went inside and there you were and you knew instantly who I was.
MA: Because I was waiting! Counting days! And nights! "When is she going to call me, this beautiful red-head?"
DK: I was certainly intrigued. I thought about you in the intervening weeks. So, I gave you my phone number. And, I got a me...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:Time now for StoryCorps.
All across the country, people are sitting down together to record stories about their lives.
Today -- we hear from 44-year-old Majid [MAH-jid] Al-Bahadli [Al-buh-HAHD-lee].
Majid grew up in Iraq and came to the U-S after the first Gulf War.
He got a job working as a cashier at a gas station…
And as he tells Diana Klatte [Klah-tee] -- that’s where THEIR story starts.
OUTRO:Majid [MAH-jid] Al-Bahadli [Al-buh-HAHD-lee] and his wife, Diana Klatte [Klah-tee], at StoryCorps in Seattle, Washington.
Their interview will be archived in the StoryCorps collection at the Library of Congress.
Get the project's podcast at NPR DOT ORG
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Second Baghdad | Rahim Arhaj | Iraqi Music in a Time of War. | VoxLox | 2003 | 00:17 |
Additional Credits
NPR, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Joe and Carol Reich
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