Tag: War on Terror
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War on Terror
The War on Terror began as a global counterterrorism campaign in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Not only has this war taken place for the last 20 years, but it has also cost a total of $8 trillion and resulted in over 900,000 deaths. A part of the War on Terror was…
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The “Good” American Muslim
About “1.8 billion Muslims” make up the world population, and it is expected to grow up to “3 billion” by the year 2060, according to the Pew Research Center (1). Throughout the world, people that follow Islam can be found in every economic circumstance, race, and nationality, and the same can be said for Muslims…
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Modern Warfare Constructing Racism
Video games and online gaming has become one of the most popular entertainment industries. According to Victor Yanev, a gamer and researcher on gaming influences, the gaming industry’s revenue is expected to reach 180.1 billion by 2021. More than 2.5 billion people worldwide contribute to the industry. Likewise, 60% of these players are Americans that…
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Political Rhetoric: Afghanistan
An ever-changing and difficult topic in the political world in recent months is one that has been among headlines for 20 years: Afghanistan. American troops arrived in Afghanistan in 2003 with the objective of bringing Osama Bin Laden and every other Al-Qaeda terrorist to justice that took part in the planning and execution of the…
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Hyperreality in Mariam Ghani and Chitra Ganesh’s Introduction to an Index
Guantanamo Bay or Gitmo is a United States high-security prison in Cuba. It was constructed in 2002 and was used to incarcerate suspected terrorists and Muslim militants that were captured in the “Global War on Terror” in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq. These men were officially called “special interest detainees” by the U.S. government.1…
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Afghan Children Used for Propaganda Following the 2021 U.S. Withdrawal
Timeline: What was happening? The United States initially went to war in Afghanistan as an act of revenge on the Al Qaeda terrorist group nearly two decades ago, but eventually began deviating from their original plans and began trying to establish a centralized democracy, secure women’s rights, advocate for education and essentially fix everything that…
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CNN’s portrayal of Afghan Women during September 2021
A Brief Overview of This Analysis In this analysis, I aim to point out the ways in which Western news sources continue to use Afghan women as a means for perpetrating an American political agenda. To accurately analyze a modern example of this, one must first lay the historical groundwork. America has a lengthy history…
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Narrative Erasure of Muslim Americans’ Experiences in Media Tributes on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
Look at the above image of the front page of The New York Times on September 11, 2021 in comparison to the front page on September 12, 2001. 20 years after four hijacked planes crashed into and destroyed the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and one in Shanksville, PA…
9/11: 20 Years Later 