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...Prompted by anti-Muslim demonstrators marching toward Bridgeview from a neighboring suburb, local police secured the area around the school and the mosque next door, manning the barricades for three days. "That day changed my life," says Zarzour, an immigrant from Syria. "Up until that time, Arab-American Muslims were the new kids on the block, going through the same adjustment as the Jews, the Irish and the Hispanics before us. A little discrimination was part of the process of integration. Now people don't think there is any such thing as a good Muslim...
...January 12 op-ed (“Letting Stereotypes Slip By”) featured in The Crimson has sparked an important dialogue on campus concerning the appropriateness of shows, movies and other media which are rendered potentially offensive by their portrayal of Arab-American terrorists. In particular, the Undergraduate Council has been accused of insensitivity for having provided free advanced screenings of the first three episodes of “24” as a social event during reading period...
...Many Arabs and Muslims have made America their home, contributing to its economy and culture and appreciating the rights guaranteed by citizenship and residency in our great country. Arabs and Muslims serve in the United States armed forces and intelligence agencies, attempting to fight the very terrorists that they are suspected of being. Arab Americans have also risen to the highest echelons of power in this country, counting among them former Sen. George Mitchell D-Maine, Sen. John Sununu Jr., R-N.H., former Kerry Campaign Chairperson and Governor of New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen and numerous members of Congress. Fox?...
YOUR RECENT SITCOM FEATURED A MIDDLE-EASTERN CHARACTER--A FIRST FOR PRIME-TIME COMEDY. HOW DID THE ARAB-AMERICAN COMMUNITY REACT...
...that says we're all connected," he said. "I don't just have to worry about my own child. I have to worry about the child that cannot read. It's not enough that I am part of the African-American community. I've got to worry about the Arab-American family that John Ashcroft is rounding up, because I might be next." It was Obama as Everyman, and the crowd was mesmerized...