Mohamed Ali is an Assistant professor of Anesthesia at the University of  Texas. He traveled to the US after finishing an anesthesia residency in  Cairo University and as he described it in the interview was “clueless”  about how anything worked in the US medical system. He moved to the US  with his wife and 2 kids and faced many challenges along the way. In  this interview Mohamed talks about how he and his wife integrated with  the American community without losing their connection with family and  friends back home or losing their Arab or Islamic identity , and how  their thoughts have changed over the years.