Dr. Beth (www.drbetherickson.com) did one of her famous Chalk Talks about the residue of fear and even paranoia that is now prevalent in our country after the attacks on 9/11. Although it a natural human tendency to fear the other, it has been heightened to near hysteria in the U.S. I then spoke with novelist and American Muslim, M. Salahuddin Khan ([email protected]) about the scenes of everyday life in Pakistan and Afghanistan that he portrayed in his novel, in order to bridge the gap between our two cultures.