Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi, the "easy-going, good humored" Saudi Arabian student who was the target of intense suspicion after the bombings in Boston, spoke out for the first time this week. In an interview with The Islamic Monthly, he says media attention since the attacks "double injured" him. You can hear the interview in full here.
"They were really scared of me. I am injured, I don't have anything and they asked me "What you have in your hand!" I told them "Nothing, it's just a napkin!" and I throw it to them and they were like "ahh!" …
All the police officers and the FBI … and all the nurses and all the doctors were staring at me … I was looking [at] them like, is it because of the color of my skin or is it because of the name of my country?"
More at the Washington Post.
