The “Welcome or Not” piece brought up an incredibly interesting point, where after the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, anti-refugee Tweets went up. However, these post mainly originated from the United States, despite the attacks taking place in France. This is reflected upon in the Hafez piece as well, as social media has blurred once solid lines between different cultures, and allowed for glocalized cultures.
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Hmm. I think there’s a larger question here about how “glocal” cultures are formed, or more specifically: which “glocal” cultures can form and in response to what? It seems that it might be easier to form international solidarity when it’s against a perceived threat. But Islamophobia doesn’t seem like a progressive or ideal basis to build a globalized community on….