Beloved Greenpoint resident, Alhajj Mohamed Ali Saleh Quhshi, was laid to rest on Monday, February 21. He leaves behind his wife and their six children.Â
Quhshi was born on February 15, 1935, in Yemen. He left the war-torn country and immigrated to the United States in 1967 to give his family a better life.Â
Quhshi was a respected community leader in Greenpoint and one of the founders of the Greenpoint Islamic Center (602 Leonard St.),…
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