Twenty years later, Arab and Muslim New Yorkers still feel the scars of 9/11
Published 08 Sep,2021 via FRANCE 24 - In the days that followed the September 11 attacks, America’s state of shock quickly turned into calls for vengeance. Even before the War on Terror spread across the globe, Arab and Muslim Americans felt the backlash at home — and many in New York City are still navigating those waters today.
The attacks may have been twenty years ago, but memories of September 11, 2001 still bring tears to Rabyaah Al-Thaibani’s eyes.
Al-Thaibani, who immigrated to New York with her family as a child, was working at the Arab-American Family Support Center, a nonprofit based in the Arab-American enclave of downtown Brooklyn. Just across the river was lower Manhattan, then with the iconic Twin Towers studding the skyline.
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