The Face of the Enemy: (61) Arab-American Writing Post-9/11‪.‬

The predicament of 9/11 was not only an American national security plight, it brought about a personal dilemma to Arab-Americans. As expressed in the previous lines in Richard Montoya's satirical piece, similar to the Japanese in 1941, Arab-Americans bare the face of the enemy, even though they themselves are Americans. Arab-Americans are confronted with the double burden of mourning their country's misery on the one hand, and defending their Arabic heritage on the other. Although they are Americans by nationality, they still have the Middle Eastern features and roots that categorize them as the enemy. The aim of this paper is not to go through all the harassment that Arab-Americans had to face post 9/11, or those who looked like Arabs or Muslims in any way. Eric Muller, a professor of law, analyzes the situation and makes a comparison with the Japanese Americans post Pearl Harbor to conclude: