Arab Americans In The Aftermath Of September11th,2001

Résumé: There can be no suspicion about the extent of the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, whether on the costs of human lives destroyed as a direct impact of the attacks or to their expanded result on U.S civil liberties and the war in Iraq. After the attacks, America has been shaken to its core mainly because Americans have always thought of themselves as being the centre of world both economically and politically.Furthermore the universal fear that immediately spread everywhere was mainly due to the media. In fact, millions of Americans and people all over the world witnessed the full horror of the attacks through their televisions.This research is an attempt to examine the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the Arab American community and its impact on their lives. Therefore three major points have been analyzed in this work.1) The Origin of Arab American settlement in the United States.2) Arab American adaptation to mainstream America before and after September 11th, 2001 attacks.3) Civil rights issues in post September 11 for Arab Americans.The main concern of this paper is about the pressure of security issues on the American civil liberties in tackling with terrorism and the resulting U.S. Patriot Act, the pillar of George W. Bush's policy after the attacks. American civil liberties have always been at the heart of American government since the establishment of the United States Bill of Rights which guarantees individual liberties, as ratified in 1791. Nevertheless after the attacks of September 11 numbers of these liberties have been shattered by Bush's foreign and national policy with his long lasting "War on Terror". This research also analyses the provisions of the Patriot Act which were designed to improve information sharing between intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and try to prove that the Patriot Act goes too far in its achievements and implies unnecessary provisions.Moreover the Act's narrow exploratory reach violates Americans' civil liberties and once again disturb the fragile balance between U.S. strategy on national security and the civil liberties that all Americans regardless of race, color, religions affiliation, protect and embrace.

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