The Evolution of Arab- and Muslim-American Activism in the Post-9/11 Decade

The talk is sponsored by the Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS) and cosponsored by the Department of History.
The event is free and open to the public. A brief reception will follow Dr. Ibish’s presentation.
Please join us for this exciting event!

Hussein Ibish will discuss Arab- and Muslim-American activism after September 11, 2001. He will address immediate reactions to the terrorist attacks, examining how the communities coped with various kinds of fallout and backlash and organized politically in response. He will also consider the longer-term ramifications for Arab and Muslim Americans’ political and community organizing, and the prospects for their empowerment and integration into the American social, cultural, and political scene. Finally, Dr. Ibish will look at the rise of Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in the broader American cultural and political discourse, and responses to it from various sources.

Hussein Ibish is a Senior Fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) and Executive Director of the Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab-American Leadership. Dr. Ibish has made thousands of radio and television appearances and has written for many newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. He was the Washington, DC Correspondent for the Daily Star (Beirut). Dr. Ibish is editor and principal author of three major studies of hate crimes and discrimination against Arab Americans and the author of numerous articles on Middle Eastern politics, U.S. policy, civil liberties, and Arab-American life. His most recent book is “What’s Wrong with the One-State Agenda? Why Ending the Occupation and Peace with Israel is Still the Palestinian National Goal” (ATFP, 2009).

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