Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Carola Suárez-Orozco: Designated “Others”: Young, Muslim, and American

1 Growing Up in the Shadow of Moral Exclusion

Meet Aisha: Challenging and Laughing Her Way through Suspicion, Surveillance, and Low Expectations

2 Muslim Americans: History, Demography, and Diversity

Meet Sahar: A Hyphen with Holes in It . . . Allowing Her to Sometimes Fall Through

3 Moral Exclusion in a “Nation of Immigrants”: An American Paradox

Meet Yeliz: A Young Woman of Conviction, Distinct across Contexts

4 The Weight of the Hyphen: Discrimination and Coping

Meet Ayyad: “A Regular Cute Guy”

5 Negotiating the Muslim American Hyphen: Integrated,Parallel, and Confl ictual Paths

Meet Taliya: Seeking Safe Spaces for Social Analysisand Action

6 Contact Zones: Negotiating the Space betweenSelf and Others

Meet Masood: Grounded in Islam, Crossing Borders

7 Researching Hyphenated Selves across Contexts

Appendix A: Survey Measures

Appendix B: Individual Interview Protocol

Appendix C: Focus-Group Protocols

Appendix D: Identity Maps Coding Sheet

Notes

References

Index

About the Authors