Detained without Cause

Muslims' Stories of Detention and Deportation in America after 9/11
2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-10381-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 554 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Oral History

Immigrants from Pakistan, Egypt, India, and Palestine who were racially profiled and detained following the September 11 attacks tell their personal stories in a collection which explores themes of transnationalism, racialization, and the global war on terror, and explains the human cost of suspending civil liberties after a wartime emergency.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shiekh, I.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Azmath Mohammad: Transnational Implications of 9/11 Detentions * Ansar Mahmood: Lifelong Deportation: A Legal Resident's Punishment for Helping a Friend * Wael Kishk: Racialization of Muslims * Anser Mahmood and Family: Uprooting Immigrants, Uprooting Families * Nabil Ayesh: Loss of Civil Liberties for Muslims after 9/11 * Mohammad Elzaher: Propagating and maintaining the global war on terror * Yaser Ebrahim: Reclaiming civil rights

Über Autor(innen)

IRUM SHIEKHVisiting Scholar of Asian American Studies at UCLA, USA.