Our Stories
An Introduction to South Asian America
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Chapter 4: Post-9/11
Explore this chapter:
• The Post-9/11 Backlash and Response
• Watched
• Hiding Osama Bin Laden
• The Pain of Others
• Guantánamo Bay
• Breathe
• The Post-9/11 Backlash and Response
• Watched
• Hiding Osama Bin Laden
• The Pain of Others
• Guantánamo Bay
• Breathe
The Post-9/11 Backlash and Response
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 137 |  |
See the image in SAADA's archival collections. |
| 138 |  |
See the image in SAADA's archival collections. |
| 138 | "DRUM and the NCSO" Inset | Learn more about DRUM at drumnyc.org and about the NCSO at saalt.org/the-coalition |
| 139 | "Lavaan by Zain Alam" Inset | Discover more about Lavaan in SAADA's "Where We Belong: Artists in the Archive" project page. |
| 139 | "The Week After 9/11" Inset | Read the rest of Ada Tseng's "Why this Musician Wants to Understand Xenophobia Today by Remembering the Past" in The World. |
Watched
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 142 |  |
See the image and read the rest of Philip Deslippe's "Bhagat Singh Thind in Jail" in TIDES. |
| 143 | The Week After 9/11 | Read the rest of the report "American Backlash: Terrorists Bring War Home in More Ways than One" by SAALT. |
| 145 | Further Reading | Read the rest of Marina Budhos' Watched (New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2016). |
Hiding Osama bin Laden
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 148 |  |
See the image in SAADA's archival collections. |
| 149 | "Bullying in Schools" Inset | Read more at the following reports: |
The Pain of Others
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 152 | "Black Lives Matter" Inset | Discover more about the Black Lives Matter movement at blacklivesmatter.com. |
| 153 | "Islamophobia" Inset | Read the rest of the New York Times article "Attacks on U.S. Muslims Surge Even as Their Faith Takes Hold". |
| 154 | "Love, Inshallah" Inset | Read more from Nura Maznavi's and Ayesha Mattu's Love, InshAllah: the Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women (Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press, 2012). |
| 155 |  |
See the image and read the rest of Jaret Vadera's "Between, Beneath, and Beyond" in TIDES. |
Guantanamo Bay
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 158 |  |
See the image and read the rest of Sharmadip Basu's "The Case of Twenty-Two Hindus" in TIDES. |
| 160 | "T5 by Swet Shop Boys" Inset | Discover more music by and information about the Swet Shop Boys at swetshopboys.com (Internet Archive). |
Breathe
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 164 | "Eckshate" Inset | Discover more about Eckshate at drumnyc.org/eckshate. |