From the GENERATIONS OF BROOKLYN series:

ASMA'S STORY -
From Islamabad, Pakistan to Midwood, Brooklyn

"I come from a family of many doctors." Asma Talukder is a Pakistani, Muslim woman who came to live in Midwood with her family ten years ago. Asma is a teacher of the Koran. She comes from a family of many doctors, and although Asma is a religious woman, she is negotiating her way through American society in Brooklyn, and has plans for one of her daughters to go to medical school.