My first ever piece for The Guardian was published this morning, on an issue that has been very personal to me ever since I was a kid. Its a big moment in my writing career, and Im happy to be able to share it with yall. Let me know what you think. Many from outside the Muslim American community have been shocked by these revelations and others like them. But for me – beyond the feeling that my long-held suspicions have been confirmed – the knowledge that my faith makes me suspicious in the eyes of the government to which Ive pledged my allegiance, well, that fazes me less and less everyday. And for every one of me, there is at least one other young person whose childhood has been shaped by the reality of constant surveillance, government stings and wannabe informants. After 9/11, I learned quite quickly to keep my head down because I thought that, if I could stay under most peoples radars, I could thrive a world in which stories of warrantless deportations, faith-based workplace discrimination (and termination) and arrests that resulted in unending detention were common.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:12:37 +0000
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