A short first-person interview clip in which the speaker recounts their migration path—born in Sudan, lived in Egypt, then resettled in Minneapolis, Minnesota—and describes the shock of encountering extreme cold and ice for the first time upon arrival in February.
So where did you grow up? Yeah, I was born in Sudan. I lived there for five years. Then I ended up going to Egypt for two years. Eventually, we got placed in the United States. Where did you land? Here? Minneapolis. Minneapolis? Yeah. Minneapolis, Minnesota. You've never experienced cold like that. And I will never forget the first time we landed. Those doors open when we came to the parking lot. It was in the middle of February. And if you don't know Minnesota, that's one of the coldest months. Hurt your feelings? Cold? Yeah, because my body, like, kind of went into shock. I was just like, whoa, this is. This is cold. This is cold. Then the second set of doors open, and then you. We're running through the parking lot. We're running. We're running. I slip and fall, and I'm like, what the hell did I just fall on? Because it's ice, and it's the first time I, like, experienced ice on the ground, and I'm just like, why is there ice on the ground? Like, I. I lived in a desert, you know, Like. And, like, so your mind is trying to comprehend that. And also, it's cold, and you're getting into a car, and we're like, is it like this all the time? Feels like you got scammed, you know? Like, this is not what we were promot.
