Author and journalist **Amitava Kumar** probes questions raised by the impact of the war on terror on immigrants going about their daily lives. In his book, *A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb, * Kumar looks at the role entrapment has played both on the part of recruitment for terrorist organizations and on the part of the U.S. military, and he examines how the distance can be measured between dominant images of terrorists and the 'displaced provincials' who become involved on the front lines of terrorist organizations. _Part of the Institute for the Liberal Arts' 2010-2012 Race and Culture After 9/11 Lecture Series and Symposium. _ Kumar mentions the artist **Hasan Elahi** in his talk. You can learn more about the artist and how he responded to being placed on the FBI's watch list in [his Ted talk.](https://www.ted.com/talks/hasan_elahi?language=en "")