Post Tagged with: "Muslim Americans"

13Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: Hiding my Arab and Muslim Identity

Al-Talib interviews Bayan Abusneineh, a third year Political Science major at UCLA, about how she and her family dealt with their Muslim and Arab identity in the US after 9/11.

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12Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: Lies our Media Told Us

The most challenging experience was having to listen to all of the fear-mongering rhetoric from the media that permeated the education system. When I was 11, I argued with my class (including my teacher) that it would be wrong to invade Iraq claiming that there were no weapons of mass destruction.

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12Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: I’m an American Like You

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Al-Talib interviews Asma’a Ayesh, a third year business student at Washington State University-Pullman, about how it was like growing up Muslim in the US. Ayesh shares her encounters with hate and ignorance from other Americans and hopes they see that she is an American like them.

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12Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: Wary of Being Targeted for my Religion

Al-Talib interviews Yahya Fahimuddin, a recent graduate from UCLA, about his thoughts on the Muslim American experience in post 9/11 America.

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11Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: Dichotomies of being Muslim-American

Throw out all the conspiracy theories and put aside the prejudice towards Muslims –we are in the Post 9/11 era now. But, in the ten years since terrorism made its way overseas to the States, how much has America really changed?

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11Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: Ridicule and Alienation

You don’t just easily forget things like this. At the time, I lived in a nice neighborhood in Cleveland. I knew something was wrong on that devastating day on September 11, 2001 when my homeroom teacher told our class that something terrible had happened in the nation a few minutes ago.

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11Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: Becoming More Open with My Identity

Al-Talib interviews Shahid Chohan, a first year Computer Science major at UCLA, about his experience living in post 9/11 America and where he thinks Muslim Americans are headed.

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11Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: “Randomly” Searched

A cartoon depicting the sometimes ridiculous extra security screenings at airports.

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11Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: A Letter to My School Principal

Uzair Akbar was harassed by his peers after 9/11 for being Muslim. Akbar writes this letter to his elementary school principal to thank him for his support during this hard time.

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11Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: Forging an Identity

When the two towers fell and America, for one moment collectively stood still in silent, rapt horror, Muslims across the West were forced to look long and hard at themselves in a mirror forged by the fires of those passenger jets.

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