13. Nephew of Shiraz
Choudhury
Moved to the U.S.
In 1970
Attended Harren
High School in
Manhattan
Attended
Fordham University
Worked at
Kohinooor
Restaurant
14. Shiraz
Choudhury
brought other
nephews to the
States
The two
families became
close friends.
Kohinoor
Restaurant was
the site of
many social
gatherings
It became
the first
hangout for the
young Bengali
men of the time
15. The Choudhury family and Miah family grew up in the U.S. and
eventually went their own ways.
16. In 1976, Mofiz
Miah’s older
daughter graduated
from Washington
Irving High School
It was time for
her to get married
17. Before coming
to the U.S. in
1970, Gulam
Mustafa
Choudhury
attended high
school in Sylhet
One of his
classmates was
Mujirul Hoque
Siddiquee
18. Shahin Ara, the
older daughter of
Mofiz Miah
Mujirul Hoque
Siddiquee, the
classmate of Gulam
Mustafa Choudhury,
were married in the
summer of 1976
24. In 19888, the Siddiquee family moved back to Bangladesh, they lived in Dhaka.
The Siddiquee family moved back to NYC in 1999 so the children could attend college in the States.
25. The connection between the two classmates
was lost; they never reunited.
The friendship between the Choudhury family
and the Miah family was just a memory.
In 1999, the Siddiquee family moved back to
New York City so the children could attend
college in the U.S.
This story starts a couple of years ago when some friends got together to just hang out. There was a young man and a young woman who met. They had no idea, at the time, that their families had a long history together, going back over 50 years. As the two families begin to meet, the story started to unfold. Tonight, we present to you the history of the friendship between these two families.
The address for this story is in Manhattan, 60 2nd Avenue.
The first person in this story is Shiraz Choudhury