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Tri-City Herald: Opinions – Hannah Allam: Muslims speak out through Arab-themed T-shirts

Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by .
Categories: Arts & culture, Young Muslims, Youth culture (as a practice).

Tri-City Herald: Opinions
HANNAH ALLAM: Muslims speak out through Arab-themed T-shirts

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Published Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

— McClatchy Newspapers

CAIRO, Egypt The Christmas and Eid holidays run back-to-back this year, and it’s hard to shop for people who straddle Western and Middle Eastern cultures. While surfing the Web in hopes of finding unique gifts, I was surprised to stumble across an array of Arab-themed T-shirts whose slogans illustrate how bold Muslims have become in speaking out about their post-9-11 experience.

Once described as an “invisible minority,” Muslims in the United States and abroad can now express themselves with in-your-face T-shirts that strike at U.S. foreign policy, racial profiling, cultural stereotypes and Islamist extremism. A few years back, a friend gave me a gag gift, a T-shirt that shows a dancing mullah below the word, “FUNdamentalist.” A novelty at the time, such clothing is now widely available from online specialty stores.

Last year, an Iraqi peace activist said he was forced to remove a T-shirt printed with, “We will not be silent” before boarding a JetBlue flight to California. Activists against racial profiling drew attention to the case. A blogger who was outraged by the incident has created his own T-shirt, with “I am not a terrorist” written in Arabic. Proceeds reportedly go to the ACLU. Go to: http://casualdisobedience.com/

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