Islamophobia in America, Then and Now (w/ Rozina Ali)
Summary
In this episode, hosts Matt Sipman and Sam Etherbell interview Rosina Ali, author of *Seasons of Fury: Four Families in the Rise of Islamophobia in America*. They discuss Ali’s narrative nonfiction, which chronicles the experiences of four Muslim families over five decades to historicize anti-Muslim bigotry in the US. The conversation explores how post-9/11 surveillance, immigration laws, and media narratives constructed the modern perception of Islamophobia, while also examining the deliberate political shifts that redefined terrorism as a religious rather than political phenomenon.
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