Ahmed Egzhazaly Oral History
Title
Ahmed Egzhazaly Oral History
Subject
Islamic Center of Johnson County
Islam
Mosque, masjid
Iftar and sehur
Ramadan
Overland Park, KS
Description
Oral history interview with Ahmed Egzhazaly, conducted by Fares Elattar in Lawrence, Kansas, in 2019. Ahmed has been an active member of the Islamic Center of Johnson County since the second grade. Questions discuss demographics, location and practices of the Islamic Center of Johnson County. Also included were mentions of a recent masjid expansion, new children and youth events, and outreach programs. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas Project as part of a summer fieldwork internship funded by the Friends of the Department of Religious Studies. Transcription completed by Jacob Beebe.
Publisher
Religious Studies Department, University of Kansas
Date
03-2019
Contributor
Oral histories created by University of Kansas students, staff and faculty as part of the Religion in Kansas Project are archived in KU ScholarWorks, the digital repository of the University of Kansas.
Rights
All oral histories in the Religion in Kansas Project are licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Unported License</a>.
Format
mp4
Language
en_US
Type
Recording, oral
Identifier
RKsP_Egzhazaly_Ahmed_2019-03.mp4 (audio recording)
RKsP_Egzhazaly_Ahmed_2019-03.pdf (transcript)
Coverage
Overland Park, KS
Duration
15:03
Transcription
Interviewer
Fares Elattar
Interviewee
Ahmed Egzhazaly
Collection
Citation
“Ahmed Egzhazaly Oral History,” Religion in Kansas Project, accessed July 19, 2026, https://ksreligion.omeka.net/items/show/4521.
