Our country recently observed the eighth anniversary of Sept. 11. With unusual clarity, I recall that day in 2001, and where I was one year later: directly across the street from Ground Zero, watching as the last piece of debris was removed from the “pit.”As I think about Sept. 11, 2001, I also reflect on Dec. 7, 1941, “A day which will live in infamy.” On both days our country was attacked by an enemy intent on inflicting great harm. On both days thousands of Americans lost their lives; almost 3,000 on Sept. 11, and over 3,600 killed or wounded on Dec. 7.

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Mark Honaker and at least 70 Desert Vista High School student volunteers are hosting a 9/11 anniversary event that is open to the public. It will take place in the ceramics room at DV, 16440 S. 32nd St., on Thursday, Sept. 8 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Aneesah Nadir confesses she was a “nervous wreck” when her daughter Zarinah and friends chose to go to school on Sept. 11, 2001, dressed as always in the hijab, the traditional apparel of observant Muslim females. She feared the terrorist attacks on the East Coast that morning made them targets for ugly remarks or harassment.

Aneesah Nadir confesses she was a “nervous wreck” when her daughter Zarinah and friends chose to go to school on Sept. 11, 2001, dressed as always in the hijab, the traditional apparel of observant Muslim females. She feared the terrorist attacks on the East Coast that morning made them targets for ugly remarks or harassment.

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Devastating. Unbelievable. Unhappy. Disturbing. Confused.

A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans still have a lot to learn about their own nation’s foreign policy and the Islamic religion, according to a panel discussion hosted Thursday by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.

A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans still have a lot to learn about their own nation’s foreign policy and the Islamic religion, according to a panel discussion hosted Thursday by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.

The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, is one that is forever etched in my memory. Shortly after 7 a.m., my mother woke me - not in a gentle way, but in a sort of panic.

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