{"product_id":"patriot-acts-narratives-of-post-9-11-injustice-9781642595352","title":"Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9\/11 Injustice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn today’s political climate, where threats of mass deportations and a Muslim registry are making the headlines, the issues of civil rights, identity, and belonging explored inside \u003ci\u003ePatriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9\/11 Injustice\u003c\/i\u003e are perhaps more urgent than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking collection of oral histories, \u003ci\u003ePatriot Acts\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of people who were needlessly swept up in the War on Terror. In their own words, narrators recount personal experiences of the post-9\/11 backlash that have deeply altered their lives and communities. The eighth book in the Voice of Witness series, \u003ci\u003ePatriot Acts\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates these experiences in a compelling collection of eighteen oral histories from men and women who have found themselves subject to a wide range of human and civil rights abuses—from rendition and torture to workplace discrimination, bullying, FBI surveillance, and harassment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNARRATORS INCLUDE:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eADAMA, a sixteen-year-old Muslim American who was abruptly seized from her home by the FBI on suspicion of being a suicide bomber. Even after her release from detention, she was forced to wear a tracking bracelet for the next three years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTALAT, the mother of 9\/11 first responder Salman Hamdani, who went missing after the attacks. As Talat and her husband searched desperately for their son, they were hounded by the media, who portrayed Salman as a possible terrorist in hiding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRANA, a Sikh man whose brother Balbir was gunned down outside the gas station where he worked. Balbir’s death was the first reported hate murder after 9\/11.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Journalist Alia Malek has deftly edited and transcribed a moving collection of true stories in Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9\/11 Injustice that may help us all ponder more deeply and clearly.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Susanne Pari, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The narratives collected in this important and timely book will go a long way toward helping us deal with the reality of what we have been through, and where we are going, since the attacks of 9\/11.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Reza Aslan, author of \u003ci\u003eNo god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Gripping. This is an important book that takes us beyond the featureless generalities of the post-9\/11 drama to show us the particular experiences of individual human beings, each one living a life unlike any other.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Tamim Ansary, author of West of Kabul, East of New York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359878054231,"sku":"9781642595352","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781642595352.jpg?v=1754125984","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/patriot-acts-narratives-of-post-9-11-injustice-9781642595352","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}