Keywords: Muslims
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
Item 102679
Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner Date: 2017 Location: 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
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.
Story
Love is greater than peace, For peace is founded upon love
by Parivash Rohani
My journey from Iran to Maine
