Islamophobia and the Media
Wajahat Ali, a journalist at Al Jazeera America, is a lawyer, an award-winning playwright, a television host, and a consultant for the U.S. State Department. Ali helped launch the Al Jazeera America network as co-host of Al Jazeera America's The Stream, a daily news show that extended news and conversation to social media and beyond. Author of The Domestic Crusaders, the first major play about Muslim Americans post-9/11, he is also the lead author and researcher of Fear Inc., Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America. He speaks on the multifaceted Muslim-American experience and the emergent generation of millennials poised for social change. Mr. Ali’s Athenaeum talk is co-sponsored by the President’s Leadership Fund. (Photo credit: Delaney Chambers) Read more...