Step 1: 
Read “Muslim Women After 9/11″ by Ashraf Zahedi”
Step 2:
Read these articles about gender and Covid-19:
1) Clare Cain Miller’s “Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling, 3 Percent of Women Agree,” in the New York Times. Click here for the PDF:  “Nearly Half of Men…” 2) “Women’s Labor Force Participation Set Back 3 Years Due to Covid-19” in The Hill.

Discussion questions:
Take notes in response to these discussion questions as you do the reading this week.

In ways has the “War on Terrorism” affected Muslim American women, and how do you think people should intervene when they see a Muslim woman being harassed?
How might anti-immigrant rhetoric in the last few years involve promoting stereotypes of immigrants that mask the real lives of actual immigrants, including immigrant women?
What’s your response to the articles about women and Covid-19? What do you think we should do as a society to ensure that women are not disproportionately harmed by the pandemic?