‘Where Does She Think She Is?’: On being a Muslim, an American, and a nurse.
‘Where Does She Think She Is?’: On being a Muslim, an American, and a nurse.
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“她认为自己在哪里？”：关于身为穆斯林、美国人和护士。
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10.1097/00000446-200111000-00002
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2001
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M. Baqi
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M. Baqi
我不知道我被监视了。那是高级护理实习复习的午休时间，我想在人群中找到我的训练班。当我端着托盘走向餐桌时，一个声音引起了我的注意。“她以为自己在哪里？”一个女人大声问道，“她怎么敢在这个国家穿成那样？”在她的国家我不能穿成这样。她应该回沙特阿拉伯去！”我环顾四周，想看看她在说谁。是我。尽管我感到愤怒，但我不想加强穆斯林与暴力之间的任何联系。我没有解释我不是沙特阿拉伯人，甚至不是中东人。或者，像我的父母和祖父母一样，我出生在这个国家，一个以宗教自由和宽容为前提的国家。
I didn’t know I was being watched. It was lunch break during an advanced practice nursing review, and I was intent on finding my training class in the crowd. As I carried my tray to our table, a voice caught my attention.“Where does she think she is?” a woman asked loudly,“How dare she dress like that in this country? I couldn’t dress like this in her country. She should go back to Saudi Arabia!” I looked around to see whom she was talking about. It was me.As angry as I felt, I didn’t want to reinforce any association between Muslims and violence. I didn’t explain that I wasn’t Saudi Arabian, or even Middle Eastern. Or that, like my parents and grandparents, I was born in this country, a country founded on the premise of religious freedom and tolerance.