{"id":85,"date":"2014-05-07T20:10:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T20:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/aliyaitzkowitz\/?p=85"},"modified":"2014-05-07T20:15:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T20:15:02","slug":"beat-the-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/aliyaitzkowitz\/2014\/05\/07\/beat-the-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat the Hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-85-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/aliyaitzkowitz\/files\/2014\/05\/Reluctant-Fundamentalist.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/aliyaitzkowitz\/files\/2014\/05\/Reluctant-Fundamentalist.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/aliyaitzkowitz\/files\/2014\/05\/Reluctant-Fundamentalist.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0I composed this audio piece using clips from youtube videos and clips from the song by the Sufi Rock group Junoon, &#8220;Meri Awaz Suno&#8221; which means, listen to my voice, in Urdu. I chose this song, because I feel that its lyrics speak to the frustration of many everyday Muslims living in the West who may wish their voices to be heard. The song requests freedom &#8220;Mujhe azad karo&#8221; and, this song requests freedom from stereotypes about Islam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">This piece was a reaction to Mohsin Hamid&#8217;s <i>The Reluctant Fundamentalist<\/i> but also to other discussions we have had throughout this class, including one about a film we watched, <\/span><i>New Muslim Cool<\/i>,\u00a0about Puerto Rican American Muslim convert Hamza P\u00e9rez. In the film, a local Mosque that Perez is a member of is raided by authorities purely due to suspicion. When asked about the incident, Perez says &#8220;It just reminded me about the reality of being a Muslim in America today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Through this song I aim to portray a sad nature of that reality which is the suspicion that follows many Muslims living in America. I have sampled parts of the movie version of <i>The Reluctant Fundamentalist<\/i> as well as parts of the Bollywood film <i>My Name is Khan<\/i> in which a Muslim American of Indian origin travels across the U.S. to tell the President that he is not a terrorist. I also chose exerts from an ABC video that planted a bigot in a grocery store and got peoples reactions as he abused a Muslim employee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">By incorporating these different elements I aim to show the existence of Islamophobia and give a voice to those speaking out against it. The name of the song is a pun, that refers to the use of music &#8216;beat&#8217; as protest. Music itself is banned by some Muslim groups, in fact we watched a very interesting documentary about the lead singer of Junoon and the opposition he has faced from more conservative relgious groups in Pakistan. Therefore, the spirit of this song, and his music is defiant, which matches the desire to speak out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0I composed this audio piece using clips from youtube videos and clips from the song by the Sufi Rock group Junoon, &#8220;Meri Awaz Suno&#8221; which means, listen to my voice, in Urdu. 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