Amirah Sharhan recalls it being a regular fall afternoon in October 2024.
The Yemeni American, who had been living in the Dearborn and Detroit area for four years, was preparing dinner while her mother took Amirah’s seven-year-old daughter, Saida, to a nearby playground to play with her friends.
But when the door of their home slammed open a little after 3pm, everything changed.
Saida rushed in, holding a napkin against her neck. When Amirah moved it away, she saw a long, deep cut across her daughter’s neck. A man had approached her on the playground, grabbed her head and slit her throat with a knife.
Guardian horseshit:
Amirah is convinced her daughter and mother were targeted for being Muslims; the attack happened two days after the first anniversary of Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel and her grandmother was the only visibly Muslim person in the park.
That the accused was not ultimately charged with committing hate crimes has angered the local Muslim and Arab American communities who have been feeling abandoned and afraid since 7 October 2023.
The real Dearborn
People in Dearborn, Michigan chant Death to America, Death to America but Rashida Tlaib refused to condemn it
Raise your hand ✋️ if you don't think Rashida Tlaib should be a member of any commitees
She hates this country, and shouldn't be privy to its sensitive information pic.twitter.com/AUkT5eD5RN
— @Chicago1Ray (@Chicago1Ray) September 23, 2025
