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Noor is a hijabi college student interned at Camp Mobius whom the Exclusion Guards drag away and “disappear.” Later, her American flag scarf shows up on the admin building, bloody and with “resist” written on it. Layla fears that Noor has been murdered, however, as Noor—as well as Asmaa and Bilqis, who protest Noor’s arrest—never returns to Camp Mobius.
Noor Quotes in Internment
The Internment quotes below are all either spoken by Noor or refer to Noor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 16 Quotes
During our first few days here, Noor caught me smiling at her American flag hijab while we were both doing laundry, and she introduced herself. Block 6, she said, rolling her eyes. Arab American. She told Authority Suits grabbed her from her dorm room for seditious acts. When I asked her if she had done what they claimed, she looked at me with a mysterious smile and said, “Rebellion is as American as apple pie. And so is fascism.”
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Chapter 19 Quotes
My eyes fix on the screen. I read the headline again, and it knocks the wind out of me. I scan the words, my words. And then I’m there again, in that moment. Hearing it. Noor’s screams. The security guys dragging her away. Asmaa and Bilqis, who tried to help her. Their blood staining the dry earth. The Director. The gun. Tears fill my eyes. I whisper, “The whole world will know their names.”
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Noor Character Timeline in Internment
The timeline below shows where the character Noor appears in Internment. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 16
...when they hear screams and see the Director’s security guards dragging a bleeding woman named Noor along the Midway. Noor is a college student who wears an American flag hijab. Ayesha,...
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Chapter 17
...to sit at her little desk and begins writing about life at Mobius and about Noor, Bilqis, Asmaa, and the other disappeared people. When she’s finished, she folds it up, thinking...
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Chapter 18
...what Layla and her friends are planning, warns her about the Director, and says that Noor’s American flag hijab appeared this morning, ripped, bloodstained, with “Resist” written on it. This makes...
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Jake continues that the Director fears a guard left Noor’s hijab. The Director trusts Jake now, and Jake explains this is by design: Jake believes...
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Chapter 19
...on KALA-TV, and they even read it on air. Layla cries and flashes back to Noor’s abduction—though she’s happy people will know Noor’s name now. Layla feels so supported, but she...
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Chapter 28
...they just continue to drag her down the Midway. Layla can’t stop thinking about how Noor, Asmaa, and Bilqis never returned after they were dragged down the Midway. They enter the...
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Chapter 29
...the Director enters, and Layla tries to gather herself. But she can’t stop thinking of Noor, Bilqis, and Asmaa being assaulted and Soheil’s death. As the Director slowly takes a seat...
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