Zeitoun Family Support Essay

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Family and Support
Abdulrahman Zeitoun age 47, an immigrant from Syria in 2005 had lived and worked in the United States for seventeen years, the last eleven in New Orleans. Through hard work and an inner drive to become successful, Zeitoun built a business “Zeitoun A. Painting Contractor LLC”. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun age 34,and their three daughters, Nademah age 10, Safiyah age 7, and Aisha age 5, plus Kathy’s son Zachary age 15, from a previous marriage, lived together in their two story house on Dart Street. Additionally, they owned a combined office warehouse space, as well as six rental properties to supplement his income and provide housing to eighteen tenants.
Zeitoun has a primary support group of his family, Kathy his wife, Zachary, Nademah, Safiyah, and Aisha their children. Family support comes from his Brother Ahmad, kousay, and sisters Fahzia, Lucy, and Asha who are Zeitoun’s siblings. From …show more content…

Southern Baptist religious teaching was what Kathy was disciplined in early in life. Kathy had a hard childhood and as a teenager became close with a friend Yuko and her mother Kameko. Kathy married and born a son Zackary but soon experienced divorce. After the divorce Kathy was introduced to the Islamic religion and become a strong follower in daily practice of her faith. Kathy at age twenty-one meet Zeitoun age thirty-four and after a time were married.
Economic Status
During childhood Zeitoun worked on cargo ships to help supplement the finances after his father Mahmoud died and his mother was struggling with a terminal illness. His family in Syria experienced a caste management system that limited a person in choosing a career based upon differences of wealth, rank, or occupation. A caste system reduces and almost eliminates social mobility for the individual unlike in America the system is based on democracy and capitalism.
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