Radio profile aired by The California Report as the second story in the 20Something series, May 25, 2012

SWEAS: The sun has yet to rise over her beige suburban house an hour east of Los Angeles. But Ajarat Bada is up, Quran in her lap, practicing her Arabic.

BADA: Basically it’s a verse [where] …you’re seeking protection from God from I guess the mischief and evil things and the bad things that happen and are going around.

SWEAS: Trust in God comes naturally to the 27-year-old Muslim. When she first came to the United States in 2002, her life was set out for her.

BADA: I was really going to be a doctor and go back home, you know.

SWEAS: But, she says God had different plans. …

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