Journal Entry of an Arab American

Journal Entry 9/11/2002
Well it has been five years since the attacks on the United States and things are still hard for my Arab American family. At work today I was called a terrorist; they have been whispering it for almost a year now. I went to McDonald’s for lunch and no one seemed to want to take my order. It has been hard since my family moved out here to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan from the Detroit area.
When we first moved here from Bagdad, 15 years ago, my family just wanted to escape Islamic persecution in the Arab world. They come for the freedom America affords. They come for opportunity. But most of all they come for a life away from the brutal reality of Islamo-fascism, which dominates the Arab nations. (Farah, 2003) My uncle moved here first and then sponsored his older brother. After they were settled they sponsored my family; they are my mother’s brothers. We in turn sponsored my mom’s other sister and her......

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