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Chicago-Area Arab Americans, Muslims Say Islamophobia Has Reached New Highs
Chicago-Area Arab Americans, Muslims Say Islamophobia Has Reached New Highs
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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Nov 6, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In the last month, two Chicago-area Muslim schools have received violent threats, a six-year-old Palestinian American boy was fatally stabbed and a suburban man was charged with a hate crime for threatening to shoot two Muslim men. For some Arab and Muslim Chicagoans, these news stories take them back to their lives in the days and weeks after 9/11. Reset learns more about what the community is experiencing from Chicago Sun-Times reporter Nader Issa.
For Reset’s full coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and how it’s affecting the Chicago area, head over to wbez.org/reset.
For Reset’s full coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and how it’s affecting the Chicago area, head over to wbez.org/reset.
Released:
Nov 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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