Becoming American: Teenagers and Immigration

After the revolution, my parents left Iran because they could not practice their Baha'i faith. I'm sixteen years old, and my parents are still really protective. They live in a country that is strange to them. I have an 11:30 curfew, and I can't stay overnight at anyone's house. Now after the terrible events at the World Trade Center, I'm worried that we are going to have a war. I'm also afraid that all Arab people will be suspected of terrorism.

— Sohale Mehrmanesh, age 16