Sakshi Venkatraman is a reporter for NBC Asian America.
As a Palestinian American, Laila El-Haddad, 45, feels like she’s fighting a battle on two fronts. She’s filled with fear for her family in Gaza, now facing an uncertain future without a way to contact her. But as a Muslim living in the U.S., she’s also dealing with some of the most rampant Islamophobia of her lifetime, she said. “I personally have been through this — I was 21 or 22 in Boston when 9/11 happened,” she said. “This feels like that, but almost a more dystopian version of that.
. “I’ve only ever seen that twice in my career: right after 9/11 and in December 2015 after that announcement by Trump of his plan to ban Muslims from the country.” Palestinian officials have said that more than 8,500 people have been killed in Gaza and over 21,000 were injured in the violence following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel that claimed civilian lives in kibbutzim and at a music festival.
’s office in Maryland, believes the reports the organization received are an undercount. “There’s a very real sense of fear within our communities about the implications of these kinds of incidents and the consequences of reporting and coming forward to demand justice,” Chaudry said. “There’s a fear of consequences, of backlash, of intimidation, harassment, further perpetuation of the aggressions against the victim.
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