41 are sworn in as U.S. citizens

Area residents from 28 lands take part in ceremony at zoo

3/9/2012
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    Judge Jack Zouhary congratulates Mohamad Najib Mahmoud at the zoo's Museum of Science. Judge Zouhary presided at the naturalization ceremony. Mr. Mahmoud is a native of Lebanon.

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  • Israel Longoria, 13, stands with his father Joaquin Longoria Caldera after his father became and American citizen.
    Israel Longoria, 13, stands with his father Joaquin Longoria Caldera after his father became and American citizen.

    Forty-one area residents from 28 countries became American citizens during a ceremony Thursday at the Toledo Zoo.

    U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary administered the oath of citizenship during the ceremony in the indoor theater of the zoo's Museum of Science.

    The new citizens, listed by their country of origin, are:

    Armenia -- Karine Benik Avanyan

    Bangladesh -- Sita Rani Das

    Brazil -- Leonard Andrew Oliveira Callender, Diego Ricardo Waxemberg

    Burma -- Moe San

    Canada -- Timothy Robert Thomas Hogan

    Dominica -- Samuel Joseph Christian

    Eritrea -- Zebib Beyene Gradina

    Germany -- Brigitta Erika Emmert-Mathews

    India -- Raman Singh Bola, Amit Mukeshbhai Patel, Hemantkumar Chaturbhai Patel

    Iran -- Ahmad Morad Roudbari

    Ireland -- Shane Michael Keady

    Judge Jack Zouhary congratulates Mohamad Najib Mahmoud at the zoo's Museum of Science. Judge Zouhary presided at the naturalization ceremony. Mr. Mahmoud is a native of Lebanon.
    Judge Jack Zouhary congratulates Mohamad Najib Mahmoud at the zoo's Museum of Science. Judge Zouhary presided at the naturalization ceremony. Mr. Mahmoud is a native of Lebanon.

    Jordan -- Rana Odeh

    Kenya -- Cosmus Ivuku Mwanzia

    Lebanon -- Inaam Hussein Hamdan, Mohamad Najib Mahmoud, Hadil Ayad Rahal, Jad Ayad Rahal

    Mexico -- Joaquin Longoria Caldera, Rosalba Enedina Frida Guatemala DeLause, Carlos Enrique Espinoza, Lucinda Teresa Linares, Juan Gonzalez Lopez

    Morocco -- Hanane Labrahmi

    Nigeria -- Gideon Chima Nwokenta

    Palestine -- Fady A A Awwad

    Panama -- Zenaida Guevara Tenorio

    People's Republic of China -- Jinmei Chen, Jie Liu, Jessica Lu Perry

    Philippines -- Juliana Jebulan Graber

    Singapore -- Paul Tze Min Tay

    Somalia -- Abdisalam Abdi Ali

    South Korea -- Jung Hun Marty Ryu

    Syria -- Ahmad Abdulhak

    Thailand -- Fiona Kanoknat Roberts, Adisorn Techaran

    United Kingdom -- Gareth Dolan

    Zimbabwe -- Sombhai Rambhai Patel