An Anthropological Study of Zacarias Moussaoui

Zacarias Moussaoui will forever be known as the first person to stand trial in the US for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The media has called him a “monster” and “extremist.” Now, a new book by a New Hampshire author looks at the Moussaoui case from a different angle, not apologizing for his actions but looking deeper at the outside factors that may have made him who he was. She explores his culture growing up in France, his upbringing and life experiences as a North African immigrant, and the news events going on in Algeria, Bosnia and Chechnya at the time that may have drawn him toward an act of terrorism.

Guest

• Katherine C. Donahue, professor of Anthropology at Plymouth State University and author of “Slave of Allah: Zacarias Moussaoui vs. the U.S.”