Book Talk | Seasons of Fury
In Seasons of Fury, Rozina Ali offers a sweeping narrative history of the U.S. government’s broken compact with its Muslim citizens, culminating in the post-9/11 era of mass surveillance, increased violence, and the weaponization of “terrorism”. Through the powerful stories of four families across eight decades, Ali narrates a range of Muslim experiences shaped by relentless suspicion and prejudice. She shows how fears about American Muslims have always been inextricable from the Israel–Palestine conflict, stoking the idea of a religious war between Muslims and the Judeo-Christian West.
Annelle Sheline, research fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute, will speak with the author. The conversation will take place on Tuesday, October 13th from 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET.
Panelists
Rozina Ali
Rozina Ali is a journalist and contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, and a fellow at Type Media Center. Ali writes primarily about conflict, US foreign policy, and immigration. She is the author of Seasons of Fury: Four families and the rise of Islamophobia in America, which was longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award. Her work has appeared in print and on-line in various publications, including: the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Harper’s, Foreign Affairs, The Nation, The American Prospect, and others. Previously, she was on the editorial staff at The New Yorker, and a senior editor at The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, based in Cairo, Egypt.
Annelle Sheline
Annelle Sheline, Ph.D., is a research fellow in the Middle East program. She previously served as a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor’s Office of Near Eastern Affairs (DRL/NEA), before resigning in March 2024 in protest over the Biden administration’s unconditional support for Israeli military operations in Gaza. Her book “Weaponizing Tolerance: Arab Monarchies and American Support for Moderate Islam” will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2027. She is a senior non-resident fellow at the Arab Center of Washington DC, a non-resident fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from George Washington University.