Hello/Salam Everyone I'm a Moroccan been living in the USA since 1988.First came here on student visa,and later married to an American woman (real marriage) then got my green card and etc, I worked hard saved my money,then opened my business and was successful living the American dream for a while until disaster strikes.After 9/11 everything changed, thing went from bad to worse. Suddenly I found myself poor and struggling just to survive.I couldn't believe what was happening around me, overnight America become so inhospitable to Arab and Muslim.I tried to stay optimistic and keep hope alive,but that not easy when the so-called war on terrorism is still raging, and the recession is now turning into a depression.Clearly America is no longer a land of opportunities.Despite my experience I couldn't find a decent job, The only jobs available are minimum wage jobs, what we call here McJobs like working in mcDonald, or other fast food outlet or retails stores.Because my Arab and therefore Muslim name I never receive any response when I send out my resume or CV.On top this economic hardship Arabs and Muslim have to deal with wide open discrimination, before used to be subtle, but now it more aggressive like in your face type of discrimination. Any Arab or Muslim who tell that America is a great country is either a liar, a hypocrite or delusional. I just just wanted to vent my frustration and maybe hear from some people who are going through hard like me.But seriously I've been thinking about going back home to Morocco for good, the problem I haven't been back there for long time,so i don't know if I still have my Moroccan citizenship, my last passport expired on 1999 and my CN expired 2009 both issued in New York consulat. Anybody have advice for me on how to how to go about it.I have good business idea I don't have star-up capital. Anyway it's a long story. I'll write more about this later. Thank you all for reading.Best Regards//en.yabiladi.com/topics/when-american-dream-turn-into-44-4058833-4058833.html#msg-4058833 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:02:50 +0200 Phorum 5.2.15