A hijab-wearing Palestinian doctor was physically attacked in the Boston bombing aftermath
Evidence
According to an article by Hunter Stuart in the Huffington Post, a Palestinian doctor named Heba Abolaban, who wears the hijab, was punched in the shoulder by a white man who yelled, “Fuck you Muslims!” (Stuart 2013). — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 553
Categorization
- XREF: Links to Beydoun and other analysts documenting Islamophobic backlash violence against visibly Muslim women after terror attacks.