'Nine/Twelve' Film Aims To Tell A Muslim American Story, Challenge Islamophobia

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 forever impacted the lives of every American -- but for Muslim Americans, their lives changed more than they could have expected.

The experience of Muslim Americans in a post-9/11 nation -- one often marked by scapegoating, prejudice and fear -- inspired Khurram Mozaffar, a Naperville, Ill. actor, writer and lawyer, to write "nine/twelve," a screenplay telling, as the film's website describes, "a story that hadn't been told before. But perhaps should have been."

The screenplay is currently in the process of being brought to life as a full-length feature film by director Sean Fahey and producers Fawzia Mirza and Kevin Schroeder. Telling the story of two Chicago men -- one Muslim, one Christian; one a soldier, one a blue-collar worker -- whose lives are brought together following the 9/11 attacks, the film recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to help offset its production costs.

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