Bangladeshi American wins America
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Nora Ali pulls the right strings at South St Paul High
Nora Ali is a high school senior at South St. Paul who makes you feel like there are more than 24 hours in a day. Ali is a member of the National Honor Society, is ranked No. 1 in her graduating class, is captain of the Knowledge and Math Teams and still finds time to take Indian Dance classes. "I don't know how she manages to do it all in one day, with all the music, and all the homework she has for the international class and course load," said Conrad Anderson, a teacher who's known Ali for three years. Nora has earned straight-A's since ninth grade. "My hardest A to get was in gym class in ninth grade, I had an A-minus for a long time," recalled Nora. "This time of year especially there are piano and violin competitions in October, that's when they start and also I have SAT on Saturday and then SAT-2 a few weeks later, and then college applications and my extended essay for the IB diploma," explained Nora. Nora's has also performed as a solo violinist for her Minnesota Orchestra, and played the National Anthem for a Twins game with her sister. Nora Ali has not decided which college she'll attend, but has a short list that includes Harvard, Yale and Princeton.
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Nora Ali pulls the right strings at South St Paul High
Nora Ali is a high school senior at South St. Paul who makes you feel like there are more than 24 hours in a day. Ali is a member of the National Honor Society, is ranked No. 1 in her graduating class, is captain of the Knowledge and Math Teams and still finds time to take Indian Dance classes. "I don't know how she manages to do it all in one day, with all the music, and all the homework she has for the international class and course load," said Conrad Anderson, a teacher who's known Ali for three years. Nora has earned straight-A's since ninth grade. "My hardest A to get was in gym class in ninth grade, I had an A-minus for a long time," recalled Nora. "This time of year especially there are piano and violin competitions in October, that's when they start and also I have SAT on Saturday and then SAT-2 a few weeks later, and then college applications and my extended essay for the IB diploma," explained Nora. Nora's has also performed as a solo violinist for her Minnesota Orchestra, and played the National Anthem for a Twins game with her sister. Nora Ali has not decided which college she'll attend, but has a short list that includes Harvard, Yale and Princeton.
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America’s Junior Miss award won by girl of Bangladeshi origin Kazi Azizul Islam
Seventeen-year-old Nora Ali, the second of three daughters of Bangladeshi immigrants, was crowned as America’s Junior Miss 2007 last Saturday. Nora won the final competition, held in Alabama, and bagged a reward of more than $60,000, according to http://wcco.com. ‘I just want to start a business and maybe even start a bio-medical company with my older sister who does stem cell research. So I’m open to possibilities,’ Nora told journalists. Nora, an accomplished pianist, is also the second winner from Minnesota in the 50-year history of the Junior Miss programme. Nora, who plans to attend Harvard in the autumn to prepare for a career in Business Management or Finance, said, ‘I’ve learned a lot about myself. This whole programme taught me to be confident and just to be myself.’ She will depart for a media tour in New York City in a couple of weeks, and will also make appearances at various places throughout the country to promote the Be Your Best Self programme. Nora’s parents, Zaki Ali and Mahfuza Ali, emigrated from Bangladesh in 1977. They both earned their PhD’s in chemistry and got jobs with 3M. ‘We are very lucky. God blessed us with amazingly intelligent, talented children,’ Mahfuza told journalists. Nora’s older sister Nicole, who plans to get her PhD in biophysics, earned a scholarship to Harvard for stem cell research which she started at age 14. Her younger sister Leeza is a rising 9th grader. The competition is not a traditional beauty pageant; the girls are judged on the basis of their academic achievements, interview skills, and talent and fitnes
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Smile of a Bangladeshi girl
Bangladeshi American Nora Ali realy a diamond. She made all Bangladeshi proud through her extra ordinary meritoglacy.
We hope she will go ahead.
Other Bangladeshi in every corner of this universe will concentrate like Nora to highlight the face of Bangladesh.Her smiling face as if the face of all Bangladesh.
Long live Nora.
Seventeen-year-old Nora Ali, the second of three daughters of Bangladeshi immigrants, was crowned as America’s Junior Miss 2007 last Saturday. Nora won the final competition, held in Alabama, and bagged a reward of more than $60,000, according to http://wcco.com. ‘I just want to start a business and maybe even start a bio-medical company with my older sister who does stem cell research. So I’m open to possibilities,’ Nora told journalists. Nora, an accomplished pianist, is also the second winner from Minnesota in the 50-year history of the Junior Miss programme. Nora, who plans to attend Harvard in the autumn to prepare for a career in Business Management or Finance, said, ‘I’ve learned a lot about myself. This whole programme taught me to be confident and just to be myself.’ She will depart for a media tour in New York City in a couple of weeks, and will also make appearances at various places throughout the country to promote the Be Your Best Self programme. Nora’s parents, Zaki Ali and Mahfuza Ali, emigrated from Bangladesh in 1977. They both earned their PhD’s in chemistry and got jobs with 3M. ‘We are very lucky. God blessed us with amazingly intelligent, talented children,’ Mahfuza told journalists. Nora’s older sister Nicole, who plans to get her PhD in biophysics, earned a scholarship to Harvard for stem cell research which she started at age 14. Her younger sister Leeza is a rising 9th grader. The competition is not a traditional beauty pageant; the girls are judged on the basis of their academic achievements, interview skills, and talent and fitnes
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Smile of a Bangladeshi girl
Bangladeshi American Nora Ali realy a diamond. She made all Bangladeshi proud through her extra ordinary meritoglacy.
We hope she will go ahead.
Other Bangladeshi in every corner of this universe will concentrate like Nora to highlight the face of Bangladesh.Her smiling face as if the face of all Bangladesh.
Long live Nora.
Mahbub Manik
