{"id":15031,"date":"2018-12-01T01:05:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T07:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/?p=15031"},"modified":"2018-12-01T09:41:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T15:41:26","slug":"salat-departing-lax-the-week-after-an-attempted-terrorist-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/archives\/15031","title":{"rendered":"salat departing LAX the week after an attempted terrorist attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

[adhan]<\/p>\n

The TSA officer reads my entire boarding pass aloud loudly to Dujanaht Al Rayan Hasan
\nTahat & the entire line\u2014line by line, every one\u2014except my name, too hard to
\npronounce.<\/p>\n

[standing]<\/p>\n

I would say I was\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a tree
\nrooted where I stood\u2014
\nreaching for light
\nin the form of another
\nboy, a young white man\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0reaching
\nfor his bag ahead of me
\nnever looking back:
\nassured, vacant, Lot-like\u2014
\nbut as I understand it,
\ntrees don\u2019t know\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 shame.<\/p>\n

[bowing]<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know my gate or row or seat number or a comb-
\nination of words to make TSA trust me this time. Did I forget my toothbrush
\n<\/em>again?<\/em> I think. I am a boy I want to say, as if that were shibboleth.
\nHe doesn\u2019t believe in the nature of my identification,<\/p>\n

that my Washington state driver\u2019s license could be
\nvertical even as I am standing upright, right here
\n\u2014the young white man ahead of me
\n& I sharing the same address,
\nhis pale skin
\nbarely visible
\nin this light.<\/p>\n

[prostration]<\/p>\n

You were born\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yessir.
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Yessir. <\/em>
\nOut of\u2026 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Yessir.
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Yessir. <\/em>
\nInto\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Yessir.
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Yessir.
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Yessir.<\/em><\/p>\n

[prostration again]<\/p>\n

Thank you, sir.
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Thank you, sir.
\n<\/em>Thank you, sir.
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Thank you, sir.
\n<\/em>Thank you, sir.
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Thank you, sir. <\/em><\/p>\n

[salam alaikum]<\/p>\n

After that, I didn\u2019t make a badge flinch once\u2014
\neven as the news raged on nearly every screen
\nmaking every person on the plane brace
\nfor takeoff while I relax, knowing this feeling
\nlasts only as long as
\naasdfasdfasdfasasdfa<\/span> we\u2019re in the air.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dujie Tahat<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[adhan] The TSA officer reads my entire boarding pass aloud loudly to Dujanaht Al Rayan Hasan Tahat & the entire line\u2014line by line, every one\u2014except my name, too hard to pronounce. [standing] I would say I was\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a tree rooted where I stood\u2014 reaching […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1704,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[54],"tags":[25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-3Ur","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1704"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15031"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15034,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15031\/revisions\/15034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}