Word: saif
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That fateful day, Saif received his first hate mail. For Yassine, it was an epithet later that day at a soccer game where he was harranged with the slur motherfucking terrorist by the opposing goalie. This was after Yassine himself had called for a prayer at the beginning of the game to remember victims of the tragedies. I ignored it, and told the captain of the other team about it, Yassine said...
...because there is an us vs. they dichotomy that hate crimes are on the rise, Saif explained. But to him, it simply doesnt make any sense. Political beliefs and family ties are as irrelevant as fashion taste. Zayed made the comparison to other kinds of international terror. When a bomb goes of in Belfast, do they go to Southie? When the Italian Mafia murders, do they immediately go after Italian Americans here? Zayed asked...
...Saif expressed that the sentiment is that because youre an Arab, you have an intimate connection. He shakes his head. I find that very surprising. All [the Muslims and Arab-Americans] Ive known have been very peaceful people...
...seems Rita wont have to choose. Tawfiq says, the change Ive gotten is quite positive on this campus. Saif received an unsolicited apology from the same individual who sent him his first piece of hatemail. For every one or two e-mails Ive received [that are negative], Ive received 50 to 60 or so e-mails from kind people telling me thtat they have me in their thoughts, he says...
Laura believes that the events in the wake of the attacks in New York and Washington could become a stepping stone to come to believe that Muslim and Arab Americans are like everyone else. Saif seemed to agree, hoping that in time America can realize that the values that Islam preaches are values that we all recognize