Heart to Heart: Baseera Khan in Conversation with Yasmine K. Kasem

A excerpt from a long form conversation between artists Baseera Khan and Yasmine K. Kasem about Baseera's inspiration and concept behind their poster “Muslim = America”. In this conversation Khan and Kasem discuss their experiences as American muslims, the aftermath of 9/11, the lead up before and contextualizing islamophobia through Edward Said's writings.

Keywords: 9/11 ; America ; Art ; conversation ; Edward Said ; identity ; Islamophobia ; Muslim ; Orientalism