alia malek prisons personal stories of arab immigrants in the u.s. against the backdrop of major defense in u.s. history. the arab-american national museum in dearborn michigan hosts this one hour ten minute event. hi everybody. it s fantastic to be here in dearborn. this is one of the stops in my personal journey to completing this book. and it s true, the book in many ways did start after 9/11. i was a civil rights attorney at the justice when 9/11 happened, and most of the things people were talking about and prosecuting of the war on terror, how to keep the homeland safe, one of my colleagues from the criminal division was having a conversation with me and said you are never going to believe what you re talking to the eckert talking about upstairs and brainstorming session. i braced myself and set let me know what are they say? he said somebody threw out the idea of denaturalizing naturalized arab-american citizens. i said that is crazy. once upon a time basically when