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...September 19, 2000, Munir Zilanawala ’01 was walking past St. Paul’s Cathedral on his way back to Dunster House when two skinheads attacked him from behind. Zilanawala, who was wearing a Kufi, an Islamic prayer cap, said he immediately knew his assailants were interested in something more malicious than his money. “I took 10 bucks out of my pocket and I said ‘Here—just take it,’” Zilanawala says. “But they didn’t. It wasn?...
According to Eunice J. Chang '00, Jessica H. Fong '99 and Munir Zilanawala '01, the inability to hear has not been a major obstacle to success at Harvard. All three praise the quality and accessibility of the College's interpretation services...
Unlike Chang and Fong, Zilanawala says he prefers signed English interpretation in his classes. Signed interpretation is provided on a full-time basis by Kellie M. Stewart, staff interpreter for the SDRC, who also coordinates all services for deaf and hard of hearing students at Harvard...
According to Zilanawala, the absence of astrong deaf community should not necessarilypreclude a deaf student from attending a placelike Harvard. He says that the Boston area is agood place to meet other culturally deaf students...
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