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Amal Kassir: Words Versus Weapons

Amal Kassir is a Syrian American slam poet who fights against Islamophobia in American society. This paper examines portrayals of a culture lost to war and the life of second-generation immigrants who are denied the right to having a home. She uses her powerful performances to fight oppression by presenting it as a universal issue independent of the cultural context.

Islamophobia, slam poetry, Syrian civil war, 9/11, second-generation immigrants

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