Detained Without Cause: Muslims' Stories Of Detention And Deportation In America After 9/11 (palgrave Studies In Oral History)
by Irum Shiekh /
2011 / English / PDF
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Richly told and deeply troubling, this book collects personal
narratives of Muslim immigrants to the United States who were
racially profiled, detained indefinitely, and mistreated
following the September 11 attacks. From descriptions of
physical abuse within American prisons to a harrowing account
of extraordinary rendition and torture in Egypt, these powerful
stories will inspire both empathy and outrage. Exploring themes
of identity and ethnic tension against the backdrop of the
global war on terror, Irum Shiekh here provides a space for
former detainees to tell their stories and reveal the human
cost of suspending civil liberties after a wartime emergency.
Richly told and deeply troubling, this book collects personal
narratives of Muslim immigrants to the United States who were
racially profiled, detained indefinitely, and mistreated
following the September 11 attacks. From descriptions of
physical abuse within American prisons to a harrowing account
of extraordinary rendition and torture in Egypt, these powerful
stories will inspire both empathy and outrage. Exploring themes
of identity and ethnic tension against the backdrop of the
global war on terror, Irum Shiekh here provides a space for
former detainees to tell their stories and reveal the human
cost of suspending civil liberties after a wartime emergency.
