Characters from Banker to the Poor: The Autobiography of Muhammad Yunus

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Muhammad Yunus - This person grows up in the city of Chittagong, the child of a local jeweler.

Sofia Khatun - This person comes down with some form of mental illness that lasts for thirty-three years.

Dula Mia - This person is a devout Muslim and has made three pilgrimages to Mecca.

Vera Forostenko - This person is born in Russia and moves to the United States after World War II.

Afrozi Begum - This person is a physics researcher at the University of Manchester.

Bill Clinton - This person is the governor...
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