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The aftermath of September 11, 2001: The targeting of Arabs and Muslims in America.

From: Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)  |  Date: 3/22/2002  |  Author: Akram, Susan M.

Words and images [run] together like watercolors on a child's easel--Arabs, mosque, terrorism, Muslims, extremists--making it hard to tell where one began and another left off. (1)

THE DEMONIZATION OF ISLAM AND ARAB-AMERICANS

THE DEMONIZING OF ARABS AND Muslims in America began well before the terrible tragedy of September 11, 2001. It can be traced to deliberate mythmaking by film and media, (2) stereotyping as part of conscious strategy of 'experts' and polemicists on the ...

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