And so Nye leads us to a new place and makes it possible for us to begin a conversation that starts like this: why do some Middle Easterners hate America and what should we do about it? How can we stop perpetuating hate—theirs of us and ours of them? In “Lights in the Window,” Nye (1995) writes, “we need to know one another. It is an imperative, not a luxury” (p. 6). William Greider (2001), a national correspondent for The Nation, asks if we are capable of rising above the ugly stereotypes perpetuated by the film industry (p. viii). My answer is that we must be capable of moving beyond stereotype. We must learn to see each other. Voices like Nye’s will help us find our
