Oral history interview with Fatima Khadonova, 2022
Abstract
In the first session, Fatima Khadonova speaks about her work as a home health aide, the experience of contracting COVID-19 in March, and how she is a breast cancer survivor. She describes how the pandemic changed New Yorkers and their attitudes towards each other, and how it has enhanced the sense of community in the city. In the second session, Khadonova talks about getting COVID-19 and going back to school, where she took two classes on Zoom. The interview also touched upon the issues of the Black Lives Matter movement, social activism, and politics. In the third session , Fatima talks about the many losses she has experienced through the pandemic, especially the unexpected deaths of her cousin and her mother. She also discusses going to school to become a licensed nurse. She reflects on what was gained and lost as a society, and how her own relationships and outlook on life have changed through the pandemic
Home health aides; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; COVID-19 (Disease)--Health aspects; Social distancing (Public health); Social distancing (Public health) and education; Nursing--Study and teaching; Black lives matter movement; United States Politics and government 21st century; United States Race relations 21st century; New York (N.Y.); Khadonova, Fatima, 1961-
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2022
Physical Description
92 pages
Note (Biographical)
Fatima Khadonova works as a home health aide. She emigrated from the Caucasus region of Russia in 2009. She is also a breast cancer survivor
Note
Interviewed by Emma Tsui on May 28 and September 17, 2020 and July 25, 2022
Note (Provenance)
Fatima Khadonova, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023