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Young and Muslim: How Does it Feel to be a Problem?

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In this 2008 Wisconsin Book Festival event, writers Moustafa Bayoumi and Amitava Kumar share the stage. Bayoumi wrote the book How Does it Feel to be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America, which tells the stories of seven young Arab and Muslim Americans. Kumar's book, A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb, addresses the global war on terror. The annual book festival is presented in Madison by the Wisconsin Humanities Council.

Duration: 44 min.

Collection: Wisconsin Book Festival

Interest Area: Literature, Culture, History

Keywords: Non-fiction. political history, politics, Arab Americans, contemporary issues

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