Before starting to write the assignment, be sure to carefully read and follow the guidelines available on the class website 1. How do we understand the 9/11/2001 moment in the US approaches and policies? 2. Did the profiling of Arabs and Muslims start with 9/11/2001? 3. If not was there something qualitatively different about 9/11/2001 or are we dealing with more intense US empire's "business- as-usual moment? 4. Is this the only major attack on the US or any other part of the world? How do we see it either way? 5. 19 years after 9/11/2001 where are we in terms of Islamophobia, anti-Arab racism, and US wars on Arab and Muslim communities? 7. Is our knowledge neutral and natural, Le. Just sitting out there for us to know? 8. What are some of the representations of Arabs and Muslims? What do you think of those representations? How do they compare to the representation of other communities (marginalized and dominant)? 9. How do the assigned readings connect to each other and our tople of understanding how knowledge producers are shaped by their history, context, and place in the world