Go Back to Where You Came From

“Go back to where you came from, you terrorist!” Wajahat Ali, a child of immigrants, has received many *helpful* tips like this often. Where exactly should he go? Fremont, California, where he grew up, but is now unaffordable? Or Pakistan, the country his parents left behind? Growing up in the suburbs, Ali devoured comic books without ethnic representation; he had turmeric stains, was accident-prone, suffered from OCD, and wore Husky pants, but he felt he was as American as his neighbors. While studying at UC Berkeley, Ali became an accidental spokesman for ordinary, unthreatening Muslim things after 9/11.

Now a middle-aged dad, Ali is a prominent and funny public intellectual. In this memoir, he tackles Islamophobia, white supremacy, and the dangers of chocolate hummus, offering insights into national security, immigration, and pop culture.

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