{"id":1865,"date":"2021-08-20T14:21:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2024-04-26T14:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:31:01","slug":"save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Wajahat Ali, Sept. 9th at 5PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

This is a special in-person event for Duke students, faculty and staff. Pursuant to Duke policy, vaccination is strongly encouraged and masks are required.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If not attending in person, register for the webinar livestream: https:\/\/duke.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_4gzkBpIlQi2HigAc1msXXw<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9\/11, Professor David Schanzer will welcome Wajahat Ali, an influential writer and one of the leading Muslim American public intellectuals, to discuss the impacts of 9\/11 on the United States and the world. The discussion will cover social and cultural impacts of 9\/11 on America and political discourse, as well as how 9\/11 has been experienced by Muslims and other people of color. Ali is a keen observer of American politics and will provide insights into how 9\/11 intersects with the current state of American democracy and the ongoing tensions relating to identity, race & ethnicity, and American nationalism.<\/p>\n

WAJAHAT ALI<\/strong> is a New York Times op-ed contributor, a lawyer, a playwright, and a former TV host. Recently, he was creative director of Affinis Labs, working with Facebook and Google on social entrepreneurship initiatives that have a positive impact for marginalized communities. He co-hosted Al Jazeera America\u2019s daily news show \u201cThe Stream\u201d and is the author of the award-winning play The Domestic Crusaders. He is the lead author and researcher of the investigative report Fear Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America published by Center for American Progress.He is also a Peabody-nominated producer for the series \u201cThe Secret Life of Muslims.\u201d In 2012, Ali worked with the U.S. Department of State to design and implement the \u201cGeneration Change\u201d leadership program to empower young social entrepreneurs. He initiated chapters in eight countries, including Pakistan and Singapore. He was honored as a \u201cGeneration Change Leader\u201d by Sec. of State Clinton as an \u201cEmerging Muslim American Artist\u201d by the Muslim Public Affairs Council. Ali has given many presentations, from Google to the United Nations to Princeton to The Abu Dhabi Book Festival. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the Guardian, and Salon. He regularly appears on CNN to discuss politics and current affairs.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a special in-person event for Duke students, faculty and staff. Pursuant to Duke policy, vaccination is strongly encouraged and masks are required. If not attending in person, register for the webinar livestream:...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWajahat Ali, Sept. 9th at 5PM - Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wajahat Ali, Sept. 9th at 5PM - Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a special in-person event for Duke students, faculty and staff. Pursuant to Duke policy, vaccination is strongly encouraged and masks are required. If not attending in person, register for the webinar livestream:...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-20T14:21:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-26T14:31:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/08\/TCTHS-Wajahat-Ali-400-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Wajahat Ali, Sept. 9th at 5PM\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-20T14:21:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-26T14:31:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/\"},\"wordCount\":364,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/08\/TCTHS-Wajahat-Ali-400-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Events\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/\",\"name\":\"Wajahat Ali, Sept. 9th at 5PM - Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/08\/TCTHS-Wajahat-Ali-400-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-20T14:21:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-26T14:31:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/08\/TCTHS-Wajahat-Ali-400-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/08\/TCTHS-Wajahat-Ali-400-2.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Wajahat Ali\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wajahat Ali, Sept. 9th at 5PM\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/\",\"name\":\"Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/01\/cropped-TCTHS-Horizontal-Blue-on-TRANS-01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/01\/cropped-TCTHS-Horizontal-Blue-on-TRANS-01.png\",\"width\":3026,\"height\":390,\"caption\":\"Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wajahat Ali, Sept. 9th at 5PM - Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wajahat Ali, Sept. 9th at 5PM - Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security","og_description":"This is a special in-person event for Duke students, faculty and staff. Pursuant to Duke policy, vaccination is strongly encouraged and masks are required. If not attending in person, register for the webinar livestream:...","og_url":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/","og_site_name":"Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security","article_published_time":"2021-08-20T14:21:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-26T14:31:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/08\/TCTHS-Wajahat-Ali-400-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Wajahat Ali, Sept. 9th at 5PM","datePublished":"2021-08-20T14:21:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-26T14:31:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/"},"wordCount":364,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/08\/TCTHS-Wajahat-Ali-400-2.jpg","articleSection":["Events"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/","url":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/","name":"Wajahat Ali, Sept. 9th at 5PM - Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/08\/TCTHS-Wajahat-Ali-400-2.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-20T14:21:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-26T14:31:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/08\/TCTHS-Wajahat-Ali-400-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/08\/TCTHS-Wajahat-Ali-400-2.jpg","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"Wajahat Ali"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/2021\/08\/20\/save-the-date-wajahat-ali-9-9\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wajahat Ali, Sept. 9th at 5PM"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/","name":"Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#organization","name":"Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security","url":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/01\/cropped-TCTHS-Horizontal-Blue-on-TRANS-01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/01\/cropped-TCTHS-Horizontal-Blue-on-TRANS-01.png","width":3026,"height":390,"caption":"Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2416,"href":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions\/2416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcths.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}