Code,903004
Subject,Sam Awad
Date,7/17/2006
Interviewer,Mary Kay Overman
Abstracts,"Sam Awad discusses his life here in Cleveland after moving here from Egypt as a teenager. He discusses his work history and how he purchased several businesses in the St. Clair Superior neighborhood. Among his concerns for the future of the area are a need for more police, a desire to see more home owners in the area, and a return by American to a hard working mentality."
Special Notes,
minutes:,0:51:57
0,Sound check                                                                                                   background
1,"_____Born in Giza, Egypt; Came in in September 1974 at the age of 13; Came here for a better place to live"
2,_____Religious differences in Egypt
3,Schooling in Cleveland: didn't speak English
4,First impressions of Cleveland upon arriving here from Egypt
5,_____Continued                                                                                                             His personal Cleveland history
6,_____Continued
7,Description of children and their education                                                                   Location of his business on E. 67th and St. Clair
8,Early business history: changing clientele
9,_____Ethnic makeup of the area and changes to the neighborhood
10,__________Continued: safety and crime
11,_____Changes to the products he carries in response to the changing clientele               Care for the neighborhood
12,Experiences with crime; St. Clair Superior Development Plan
13,_____Crime continued
14,_____Crime continued
15,__________Drug dealers
16,_____Crime continued
17,Ideas to turn America around
18,_____Continued
19,How he met his wife when he was 22
20,_____Continued
21,Family and married life
22,_____wife's heritage compared to his
23,_____Continued                                                                                                     What he would like to see in the St. Clair neighborhood
24,_____More police needed and a discussion on drug dealers
25,_____Mistake when Cleveland Police laid off; cutting down on number of districts
26,_____More police continued
27,_____More safety needed
28,_____Continued
29,_____transit
30,Thoughts about moving out of the neighborhood; thoughts on the community
31,"_____Drug use, crime, and prostitution"
32,__________Continued: safety and crime
33,_____Insurance; a break in occurs
34,Business ownership history; mentors
35,Being a hustler; Food stamp fraud
36,_____selling his goods; made enough money to buy his father a store
37,_____Buying Sam's Food Market
38,_________bought in 176/77; Sam was 7 years old
39,Family business
40,_____Sam's son
41,Feelings on the Middle East
42,_____Continued: United Middle East
43,_____Continued: United Middle East
44,_____Continued: United Middle East
45,_____Continued: United Middle East
46,Closing comments: Americans are no longer hard working
47,_____Continued
48,OWA: Occupational Working Adjustment
49,Narlie Roberts' McDonald's franchise
50,_____Continued
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