Narrative Essay On Immigration To Canada

“I’m an immigrant and I will stay an immigrant forever”. (Junot Diaz ). Immigrates a word that can have different meaning depending on the type of person you are. Immigrants can be something that doesn’t belong or can be someone who needs help and wants to settle here to build a life and be safe. My family immigrated to Canada because of the war in Iraq with Saddam Hussein when the United Nations Security Council entered Iraq. Our family lives were in danger so we had no choice but to leave. In this photography I was 2 years old standing up on mom and sister sitting beside us. This photo is in Sears and it was the first year in Canada it describes immigration struggles and the discrimination coming from third world country as a Muslim. My mom went through a lot when coming to Canada, but she still manages to have a smile on her face. She got married very young to dad because …show more content…
As my mom was walking out of the mall someone came and pulled off her hijab. The man was in his 30s that pulled her hijab and then called her a terrorist. This was taken a few days after 9/11 a terrifying event that shocked the world. This event was frightening for Muslim living in western countries. The problem with humanity, is it likes to blame religion for many of their problems instead of educating themselves and asking themselves why would religion that's supposed to promote love, peace and hope be responsible for such awful event. As if being an immigrant wasn’t hard, but now being a Muslim was tougher. Our family still managed to stay together even in the tough times. As my mom used to say “tough times trains you to become stronger”. My mom was crying after he pulled her hijab, but she realized ignorance is the worst human trait. He might have pulled her hijab, but we thank him for doing that because that made us believe even more and made us