![]() TV: The book takes place in a post 9/11 America and showcases how Muslim Americans were impacted daily. I wrote this story when my daughter was 4 months old and I want her to be able to see herself in the world in one day and be able to walk into the store and pick out a doll that looks like her without fear of repercussion. But I’d never just seen a normal Muslim kid on TV that wasn’t being singled out for being Muslim. I’ve seen terrorist-adjacent versions of myself on TV. I never really faced that question head on until that moment. I would search through Where’s Waldo books and would look for people that look like my me or my mom and I could never find myself anywhere. ![]() ![]() ![]() When it was my turn, I found myself floundering because I didn’t have an answer to the question, and I think that was the first time it had ever really occurred to me that I had never seen myself represented anywhere in media. Everyone went down the line and answered in beautiful and emotional ways. ![]() TM: I was speaking on a panel and was asked when I remembered seeing myself represented in media for the first time, and what that experience was like. TV: When was the first time you noticed the distinct lack of diversity within American media representation? ![]()
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