The poem we were analyzing in class was based on the happenings after 9/11 and to me it perceived how Muslims were looked at after the doings of the sad event. The poem was titled “the right word” and it was by a woman called Imtiaz Dharkar.

This poem is very odd, because it seems that Dharker was questioning herself and what she was saying. For example she goes on about a shadow outside her door which then apparently it then becomes a terrorist, then a martyr, and then a child…

I believe that the message trying to be shown is that not all muslims are terrorists and that the way you percieve a muslim all depends on what you have heard from others. A child who is muslim can be percieved as a terrorist but are they really??? how do you know ? there just a child but what makes them a terrorist is thast they are muslim.

Her confusion is showing that there really is no way to describe a terrorist because it can be anyone even YOU!