Muslim in Plain Sight

Anisa Khalifa and Khadija Khalil

Twenty years after 9/11, producers and hosts Anisa Khalifa and Khadija Khalil explore what it meant to come of age in that moment. With a lineup of amazing guests who, like us, grew up Muslim in the shadow of 9/11, we’ll dig into how that changed the trajectories of our lives, and how the experience differed either side of the Atlantic. Muslim in Plain Sight features interviews with artists, activists, academics, religious leaders, and more. As a generation, we were just discovering our own voices when they were suddenly silenced from mainstream narratives. Instantly, we became both invisible and hypervisible. Our conversations here are a small attempt to remedy that erasure. Join us as we talk about how our world changed, and how we changed the world. Follow us on Twitter at @mipspod. Email us at musliminplainsight@gmail.com. read less
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Episodes

A brief history of American Islamophobia post-9/11 with Anisa Khalifa
Nov 1 2021
A brief history of American Islamophobia post-9/11 with Anisa Khalifa
Anisa presents a brief oral history of Islamophobia in the US in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. We often reference "what Muslims went through" but what exactly did that involve? We cover the big stuff, the little stuff, and how it all formed the epicenter of a global campaign of terror and violence that targeted over a billion people. Including: the ideological framing of a political phenomenon, the state's exclusive right to kill, and the two sides of American exceptionalism. References:The long costs of Islamophobia by Anisa KhalifaCitations Needed on whitewashing Colin Powell's legacy and their excellent series on anti-Muslim racism in Hollywood: Part I Part II Part IIIBarbara Lee’s speech on September 14, 2001, as she voted against the invasion of AfghanistanSecret evidence and extraordinary rendition to CIA black sites, where people were detained and tortured before being put in Guantanamo Bay: One prisoner's recent testimony George W. Bush’s now infamous address on September 20, 2001: "You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists"The FBI's COINTELPRO-like program of entrapment targeting ordinary Muslims(Anisa regrets to say that, despite declaring she will never forget it, she in fact misquoted the statistic that 53% of white women voted for Trump in 2016.)Follow us on Twitter. Email us at musliminplainsight@gmail.com. Support the show.Hosts and Producers: Anisa Khalifa and Khadija KhalilEditor: Khadija KhalilConsulting Producer: Paroma Chakravarty