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Editorials and essays written by students with unique perspectives on issues and news events.

Being Muslim After 9/11


 
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  Millennial Youth reporter Salman shares his perspective on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
It's been a decade since 9/11. I don't hear the mimicries or the yells. No one is telling me to blow up anyone else anymore, and I haven't felt excluded. But this isn't all about my experience; plenty of other Muslims still face issues.
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Read more pieces by young people in this magazine which contributed to these reports.  
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Seeking Understanding on 9/11 Anniversary


 
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  Millennial Youth reporter Allegra shares her perspective on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Now that I am older, I can see that the events of 9/11 have created a national feeling of fear. Sometimes it’s invisible. Other times it is wrapped around you like a thin sweater you can forget you have on.
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View young people's takes on the 9/11 anniversary and what it means to them.  
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Attitudes Toward Islam, Ten Years After 9/11


 
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  Millennial Youth reporter Andrew shares his perspective on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
September 11 was traumatic and left people across the world scared. But discrimination is not the key to coping with what happened.
Sept. 11 and Islam  
This story from one year ago highlights a national debate.  
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Life in the '9/11 Generation'


 
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  Millennial Youth reporter Emily shares her perspective on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to most of my generation are far-distant things, conflicts that started a long time ago for unknown causes and perpetuated for unseen reasons.
Perspectives from Afghanistan  
Hear from young people who live in Kabul and are witnessing the war firsthand.  
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