The Impact of Technology in Internment As a society, our ability to access technology and social media has an impactful role in our freedom of speech. The book Internment is set in the modern day except in this hypothetical timeline Muslim-American oppression has reached the point of the government taking legal action to persecute anyone openly practicing or spreading Islamic ideals. The story follows Layla, a teenage girl, as they take her and her family to the first Muslim internment camp. It's a facade meant to resemble a summer camp but in reality, it's based on historical Japanese internment camps. She’s met with oppression and poor living conditions, and she is under constant surveillance. Yet she still manages to make allies both inside and outside of the camp. Layla begins to fight back by sneaking out social media messages and leading somewhat peaceful protests. The book Internment by Samira Ahmed is a modern reimagination of the World War II era Japanese internment camps. Throughout the book, Ahmed explores how technology would change a young teenager's experience in a hypothetical Muslim internment camp. The book uses surveillance …show more content…
Her most important allies are the ones outside of the camp. When discussing how to make contact with the outside, Layla says “David. He’s on the outside. Maybe he could help us somehow” (Ahmed 113). Very early on Layla decides she wants to find a way to communicate with her boyfriend, David, and this very communication is what eventually helps to liberate the camp. In this quote Jake explains how Layla's words will be able to spread through the public “The press and the protestors will know, too. I texted David the details about what you’re doing tonight, and he’ll spread the word to the media and the Occupy crowd” (Ahmed 288). Without the use of a burner phone and social media, Layla would not have been able to amass support from outside of the