of that year--more than five years ago, following the invasion of Afghanistan--roads east and west of the square were closed to traffic by cement bollards. To paraphrase one of my constituents, chicken wire was erected, which made visitors and everyone living in the area feel that they had stumbled upon some low-grade prison or military camp."

As seen in the photos above, the measures described in Masquerade hide military presence amongst nature or historical sites or everyday human life. Today's War on Terror measures ramp up the sensation of barricading. Maybe it is a way of visually manifesting the fear of attack amongst everyday urbanism - propaganda of fear.



Muslim passengers reporting bias at commercial airlines, including passenger wariness. In many places across the US, security has been tightened this week out of concern of retaliation for the US commando raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Former NPR news analyst Juan Williams lost his job back in October when he said during a guest broadcast on Fox News: “When I get on a plane ... if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they’re identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried, I get nervous.”

Rahman, who said he and his fellow traveler were nine hours late to their destination, found a teachable moment in the ordeal. He noted in the Reuters interview that both of them had