Shortcut: Need I Change My Name?

waleed2 Waleed Nagy (27) is a Muslim from Egypt. He lives in Vikersund with his Norwegian wife Trude. He is wondering if he should change his name to something like Ola Hansen. Why? He thinks Norwegians are scared of giving jobs to Muslims.

 

Nagy has applied for over a hundred jobs, but nobody has offered him one. He is well qualified and hardworking, and he speaks several languages, including Norwegian, which he speaks well. People have told him that his Norwegian must be perfect if he wants a good job. But how can he learn to speak the language perfectly if he has no job to go to?

 

“Not having a job makes me feel useless,” Nagy says. “But,” he adds, “I will never give up.”