Surveillance burdens hijab-wearing Muslim women with stress and eroded individuality

Evidence

Another common sentiment expressed by Muslim women was how surveillance induced stress in their lives. Arab Muslims report high rates of depression and anxiety since 9/11 (Abu-Raiya et al. 2011). Some of the Muslim women I talked to admitted they felt stress because of their surveillance and the need to respond to it. The pressure to represent an entire collective in a positive way eroded Muslim women’s individuality, causing them emotional stress, tension, and strain. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 405

Categorization

• XREF: Directly serves the reader’s guiding question about how surveillance lands on women — the interior experience of being watched. Connects to the Global Racial Enemy slot being replaced and to Beydoun’s work on Muslim American citizenship.