Happy birthday
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After waiting with thousands for a chance to see Barack Obama’s train arrive at Union Station, I met at a Sbarro’s the Hameeds, who I got to know on Election Day in San DIego.
While there, Amrit and Gurudass Kaur Khalsa came up to compliment Mrs. Hameed on her head wrap. To them, Sikhs, a turban. To her, Muslim, a hijab.
Amrit and her husband Sat brought their six-year-old grand daughter Jiwan Jot with them from Oregon. In December she said she wanted a bike for her sixth birthday but she changed her mind and asked grandpa and grandma to bring her to Washington go see Barack Obama become president.
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