Private Screening of “HOMEGROWN: THE COUNTER-TERROR DILEMMA”
Date and Time
Jan 31, 2016 4:00 pm
Location
Shirlington
4251 S. Campbell Ave, Arlington, Virginia, 22206
Jan 31, 2016 4:00 pm
Shirlington
“HOMEGROWN: THE COUNTER-TERROR DILEMMA”
This documentary explores one of today’s most divisive and pressing issues, spotlighting the threat posed by homegrown Islamic extremism. Emmy®-winning director Greg Barker (HBO’s “Manhunt”) offers a gripping insider’s account from the perspectives of those who helped construct America’s counter-terrorism machine, as well as those who are its targets. This documentary is based on the book written by Peter Bergen:
“The United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s homegrown terrorists.”
Since 9/11, more than three hundred Americans—born and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and elsewhere—have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. Some have taken the fight abroad: an American was among those who planned the attacks in Mumbai, and more than eighty U.S. citizens have been charged with ISIS-related crimes. Others have acted on American soil, as with the attacks at Fort Hood, the Boston Marathon, and in San Bernardino. What motivates them, how are they trained, and what do we sacrifice in our efforts to track them?
Paced like a detective story, United States of Jihad tells the entwined stories of the key actors on the American front. Among the perpetrators are Anwar al-Awlaki, the New Mexico-born radical cleric who became the first American citizen killed by a CIA drone and who mentored the Charlie Hebdo shooters; Samir Khan, whoseInspirewebzine has rallied terrorists around the world, including the Tsarnaev brothers; and Omar Hammami, an Alabama native and hip hop fan who became a fixture in al Shabaab’s propaganda videos until fatally displeasing his superiors.
Drawing on his extensive network of intelligence contacts, from the National Counterterrorism Center and the FBI to the NYPD, Peter Bergen also offers an inside look at the controversial tactics of the agencies tracking potential terrorists—from infiltrating mosques to massive surveillance; at the bias experienced by innocent observant Muslims at the hands of law enforcement; at the critics and defenders of U.S. policies on terrorism; and at how social media has revolutionized terrorism. Lucid and rigorously researched,United States of Jihadis an essential new analysis of the Americans who have embraced militant Islam both here and abroad.
Host: THE NAWAL FOUNDATION -
Date: January 31, 2016
Time: 5-7:30pm
Location: Busboys & Poets at Shirlington
Format:
1. Introduction – author/producer (15 minutes)
2. Present documentary (90 minutes)
3. The Nawal Foundation and its next event – “Owning our Own” (10 minutes)
4. Reception (30 minutes)
THERE IS NO COST FOR THIS EVENT. IF YOU WISH ADDITIONAL SEATING PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY.
THE NAWAL FOUNDATION DOES NOT ACCEPT OR REQUEST DONATIONS.
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