(Written by Neal Schuett, reprinted from our local paper-
Daily Iowan)
My former Islamic-studies professor at the UI was born in Tehran. He was a California transplant in Iowa City after getting admitted into the Writers' Workshop. Based on what he learned in school in California, the "flyover states" - such as Iowa - were nothing but fields, livestock, and hicks. When the tragic events of 9/11 happened, he was worried about backlash. He had heard negative stories from some of his friend…
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Posted on October 24, 2008 at 2:41pm —
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