2008
DOI: 10.1632/pmla.2008.123.5.1573
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Introduction: Race, Islam, and the Task of Muslim and Arab American Writing

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“…Orta Doğu ve Asya'dan gelen göçmenler beyaz olarak değil de genellikle "Asyalı" veya "Türk" olarak sınıflandırılmıştır. Mesela North Caroline mahkemesi Suriyelileri "Asyalı" olarak kabul ederek, beyaz ırktan olduklarını kabul etmedi (Gana, 2008(Gana, , s. 1574.…”
Section: Amerika'da Ermeni Diasporasının Oluşumu Ve Faaliyetleriunclassified
“…Orta Doğu ve Asya'dan gelen göçmenler beyaz olarak değil de genellikle "Asyalı" veya "Türk" olarak sınıflandırılmıştır. Mesela North Caroline mahkemesi Suriyelileri "Asyalı" olarak kabul ederek, beyaz ırktan olduklarını kabul etmedi (Gana, 2008(Gana, , s. 1574.…”
Section: Amerika'da Ermeni Diasporasının Oluşumu Ve Faaliyetleriunclassified
“…The nature of new Arab immigrants, mostly Muslim refugees, students, exiles, political dissidents, intensified the emergence of racial revisions that resulted in conferring and denying of citizenship. (Gana, 2008) Following 9/11 events, discrimination against Arab Americans took new shapes and different dimensions. While many researchers depicted them as a marginalized and misunderstood ethnic minority in the U.S., others were keen to associate them to violence, anti-Americanism, and terrorism (Awad, 2010) The results of these accusations were verbal and physical harassment, allegations of crimes and aggressions, and the responsibility of everything related to violence, hostility, and horror.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Muslim societies became the target of the demands for integration "within certain rigid boundaries of what it means to be a U.S. citizen or resident" with an attempt to 'visualize' Muslim identity through race which resulted in the vilification of American Muslims by the larger public as well as the stereotypical perception towards them (Hilal 2013: 1). This is mirrored in the production of works of fiction, with many works fulfilling specific ideas which are "remarkably counternarrative, reactionary, and corrective in their overall propensity" (Gana 2008(Gana : 1577. In another piece of writing, Kahf (2006b) argued that this situation particularly affects Muslim female writers, resulting in their writing being marketed as either a 'Victim Story' or 'Escapee Story'.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%