Still Moments

Download or read book Still Moments written by Zighen Aym and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like many immigrants who leave their native lands, the author journeys from North Africa in search of his dreams and solace. Yet, he was not prepared to be a suspect of terrorist activities after the 9/11 events when ethnic profiling became both the norm and the rule. An engineering analyst and freelance writer/photographer, he combines a special blend of anger and humor to tell his encounter with an Illinois state trooper and a subsequent call from the FBI.The author depicts with finesse the traumatic interrogation that followed, but naively learned that, in such a situation, there were several types of questions: those he answered, others he refused to answer, and still others he pondered.Skin color kicks on Route 66 in the post 9/11 period are woven in this laconic story about ethnic profiling, cynical politics, and lucrative hypocrisy. This book could have been marketed under the title of "I am not a Terrorist, Mr. Bush."