Source: National Public Radio
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99281881&ft=1&f=1012
I'm an inconspicuous, vaguely Middle Eastern-looking girl. People in the hallway here at NPR like to comment on my age, telling me I don't look older than 16.
I'm of Palestinian Muslim decent, I can speak Arabic, and the Middle East is close to my heart. But I'm also firmly rooted in my home state of New Jersey- whose reputation is a great injustice.
You would never guess from looking at me, but I was at the center of this year's presidential election. You didn't see me handing out campaign buttons, or on TV, but I was there.
When the e-mail rumors warned people Barack Obama was a Muslim, like myself and 2 billion others, I was there.
When voters attending a rally in hijab, like my aunt wears, were asked move away from Barack Obama's podium and out of view of the cameras, I was there.