‘I don’t feel safe any more’: Dearborn’s Arab Americans on rising Islamophobia

Residents in Michigan city on edge as threats against their community rise, and some are reassessing their support for Trump

Amirah Sharhan recalls it being a regular fall afternoon in October 2024.

The Yemeni American, who had been living in the Dearborn and Detroit area for four years, was preparing dinner while her mother took Amirah's seven-year-old daughter, Saida, to a nearby playground to play with her friends.