Keywords: Muslims
Item 148585
Mustafa Fouad (Fuat) and colleague, Biddeford, 1916
Contributed by: Original owned by Henry A. Kasem through McArthur Public Library Date: 1916 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 102685
Jelilat Oyetunji, South Portland, 2009
Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner Date: 2009 Location: South Portland Media: Digital photograph
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Story
Hasan Jasim: Putting his life on the line for this country
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
An Iraqi interpreter shares insights on the value and price of freedom
Story
The gift of a necklace
by Parivash Rohani
When I was born my grandmother gave me a part of a Baha’i prayer for protection.
