Discover *Coming of Age in the War on Terror*, an eye-opening exploration by award-winning author Randa Abdel-Fattah, shortlisted for the *NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2022: Multicultural NSW Award*. This compelling narrative centers around a generation, both Muslim and non-Muslim, shaped by the backdrop of conflict and cultural tension in a post-9/11 world. In a climate rife with Islamophobia and social division, young people's perspectives are profoundly affected by the ubiquitous war on terror. The book delves into their evolving political consciousness and trust in societal structures as they navigate their identities amidst widespread surveillance and suspicion. Through insightful interviews, Abdel-Fattah brings to light the voices of thoughtful and intelligent youth grappling with the societal impacts of far-right ideologies and political polarization. This book not only serves as a cultural memoir but also as an empirical research essay that critiques neoliberal policies and their implications on the collective psyche of a generation. Ideal for students, educators, and anyone interested in contemporary cultural critiques, *Coming of Age in the War on Terror* is a must-read for those looking to understand the complexities of growing up in a society marked by fear and conflict. With condition: brand new, ISBN: 9781742236865, published in 2021 by NewSouth Publishing. Shipping for this item is free; please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781742236865
Year: 2021
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing


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*Shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2022: Multicultural NSW Award*

‘One minute you’re a 15-year-old girl who loves Netflix and music and the next minute you’re looked at as maybe ISIS.’

We now have a generation – Muslim and non-Muslim – who has grown up only knowing a world at war on terror, and who has been socialised in a climate of widespread Islamophobia, surveillance and suspicion.

In Coming of Age in the War on Terror, award-winning writer Randa Abdel-Fattah interrogates the impact of all this on young people’s political consciousness and their trust towards adults and the societies they live in. Drawing on local interviews but global in scope, this book is the first to examine the lives of a generation for whom the rise of the far-right and the growing polarisation of politics seem normal. It’s about time we hear what they have to say.

'As one of Australia's most compelling cultural critics, Abdel-Fattah curates a precise and substantive account of the impact of 'terrorist discourse' on an entire generation. With heartbreaking pathos, she invites us into the minds and hearts of a generation of thoughtful and intelligent young Muslim and non-Muslim Australians from diverse social backgrounds. This ambitious project, comparable in its breadth to Ghassan Hage's seminal White Nation, is part cultural memoir, part empirical research essay and part historical record. Excoriating the hypocrisy of neoliberal social interventionist policies, Abdel