Ahmed made his remarks after a newly published study documented the underrepresentation of Muslims across 200 popular films.
—two parents, a grandmother and a 15 year-old daughter, leaving a nine-year-old child behind?"
"This is the result of dehumanizing and demonizing portrayals of Muslims," Ahmed said."The Islamophobia industry is one that measures its cost in blood."The Road to Guantanamo "As my career shifted, my experience at airports didn't get much better as my experience at Luton Airport after," Ahmed said."In fact, my experience at airports continued to resemble those early audition rooms."
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