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Negative Portrayals of American Muslims in Mainstream Media

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June 28, 2020

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Since 9/11, American Muslims face increasing stigmatization and may be subject to a growing backlash from American news media and the broader public. New findings indicate that media coverage of...

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Borderless: A Conversation with Mara Ahmed – Part 2

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June 15, 2020

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Ahmed’s “The Injured Body” is now set to be completed amid one of the largest racial protest movements in recent history. She says it “is a response to this political...

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Borderless: A Conversation with Mara Ahmed – Part 1

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June 1, 2020

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What does home mean to Mara Ahmed and where does she feel most at home were the first questions that came to my mind. “The idea of ‘home’ and what...

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The Injured Body

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May 17, 2020

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But all our phrasing—race relations, racial chasm, racial justice, racial profiling, white privilege, even white supremacy—serves to obscure that racism is a visceral experience, that it dislodges brains, blocks airways,...

List of Alternative Media

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November 24, 2018

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The concentration of corporate media ownership in the US, has made it more important than ever to consult alternative, non-mainstream media in order to be well-informed about what’s going on...

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Mara Ahmed’s Unwavering Lens by E. C. Salibian

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October 18, 2018

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Ahmed today is making a new documentary with the working title “The Injured Body.” The film was inspired by the book “Citizen: An American Lyric,” by the poet Claudia Rankine....

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Reilly Hirst on A Thin Wall

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October 7, 2018

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Poet, philosopher and Rochester-based activist Reilly Hirst pens a review of A Thin Wall: A Thin Wall is a lush and important documentary. Deftly and tenderly handled, it is a...

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Indian, Pakistani: Why Two Women Felt Compelled To Make This Partition Documentary

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March 13, 2018

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Many people have asked me over the years how Surbhi Dewan and I came together to make A Thin Wall, an intensely personal film about the partition of India. Here...

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Connections with Evan Dawson: Filmmaker Mara Ahmed on Borders and Nationalism

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February 13, 2018

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A poll conducted in the aftermath of the Charlottesville rallies found that while few Americans will outwardly express support for white nationalism or racially-charged ideas, more than 30 percent say...

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Rashna Batliwala Singh on A Thin Wall

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February 2, 2018

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Beautiful commentary and analysis by Rashna Batliwala Singh, Visiting Professor, Department of English, who saw A Thin Wall at Colorado College on Jan 30, 2018: Most films about the partitioning...

Negative Portrayals of American Muslims in Mainstream Media

Borderless: A Conversation with Mara Ahmed – Part 2

Borderless: A Conversation with Mara Ahmed – Part 1

The Injured Body

List of Alternative Media

Mara Ahmed’s Unwavering Lens by E. C. Salibian

Reilly Hirst on A Thin Wall

Indian, Pakistani: Why Two Women Felt Compelled To Make This Partition Documentary

Connections with Evan Dawson: Filmmaker Mara Ahmed on Borders and Nationalism

Rashna Batliwala Singh on A Thin Wall

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