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  • San Diego’s Barrio Logan is a place defined by both proximity and resistance — pressed against naval shipyards, fenced in by freeways, and crowned by the Coronado Bridge. For decades, the community has lived with the noise, the pollution, and the promises that never quite came true. When the USS Bonhomme Richard went up in[...]
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We were one of the few Pakistani-American families in Fredericksburg, maybe one of only ones, but certainly one of the few Muslim-American families. And I just remember, he said, “If anyone knocks on the door don't answer it.” This is the night of 9/11. I had never seen my dad scared, and his fear was palpable.

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We were one of the few Pakistani-American families in Fredericksburg, maybe one of only ones, but certainly one of the few Muslim-American families. And I just remember, he said, “If anyone knocks on the door don’t answer it.” This is the night of 9/11. I had never seen my dad scared, and his fear was palpable.

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