“What if your name is Ahmed, Jihad, Anwar or Abdulrahman? Fatima, Rania, Rasha or Shaima? What if some of your phone calls – which the NSA is tracking with particular interest – are made to loved ones in Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Lebanon or Palestine? What if the language you speak on these phone calls is not English, but Arabic, Urdu or Farsi, not because it is a special jihadist code, but because it is your native language that you still speak in your home.”
If your name is Ahmed or Fatima, you live in fear of NSA surveillance.
Here’s what a totalitarian state looks like: Your communication is scrutinized. Nothing is private. Your words can be taken out of context, used against you and ultimately render you powerless in front of a State that sees nothing wrong with spying on its citizens, a State that also sees nothing wrong with torturing citizens in the form of “interrogation.” Have fun with NSA, scary brown people.
(via mehreenkasana)
