Moustafa Bayoumi: 'Arab is the New Black'

Muslim faithfuls take part in a special morning prayer to start their Eid al-Fitr celebrations on a field at the Prospect Park in Brooklyn borough of New York on July 17, 2015.

English Professor Moustafa Bayoumi discusses his collection of essays detailing Muslim American life in the post-September 11 world. In This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror, Bayoumi, who is of Egyptian origin, writes about the pervasive surveillance and suspicion, and the daily indignities, facing Muslim-Americans today.

EVENT: On Tuesday, October 6th, Moustafa Bayoumi will be speaking at CUNY's Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 9204, New York, NY 10016 at 6:30 P.M.