Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast with considerable force at dawn on August 29, 2005, severely punishing areas that included the city of New Orleans and its neighboring state, Mississippi. In total, just over 1,700 people were killed and hundreds of thousands missing. When we think of stories about Hurricane Katrina, we think of stories published by the media such as: "With winds of 140 mph when it made landfall, the Category 3 storm left more than a million of people in three states without power and highways submerged, even hundreds of miles from its center. The hurricane's storm surge, a 29-foot wall of water pushed ashore when the hurricane hit the Gulf Coast, was the highest ever measured in the United States. The levees failed in New Orleans, leading to political and social upheaval that continued a half-decade later” (The New York Times). In his book "Zeitoun," Dave Eggers, a national bestseller and highly respected poet, analyzes the dramatic dialogue and action of the Zeitoun family during the Hurricane Katrina crisis. For a long time, New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun were drawn into an unexpected struggle against forces far beyond wind and water. We learned from Egger's novel that Zeitoun and others are forced into a boat, then arrested and imprisoned. This is no different than a typical Katrina discrimination story, as discrimination becomes an important theme in Eggers' novel. Other sources such as Akbar Ahmed author of “Journey into Islam”, Maleiha Malik “Anti-Muslim Prejudice In The West: Past and Present” and Glenn Adams “Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy” also contribute their own titles to Eggers' theme. discrimination. Ultimately, Egger exposes... middle of article ...... in great detail the discrimination as well as the inhumane and tragic treatment Zeitoun received while facing an anti- Islamic law from government officials. Works Cited Adams, Glen. “Perceptions of Racism During Hurricane Katrina: An Analysis of Liberation Psychology.” Analyzes of social issues and public policies. By Geoffrey Maruyama. 1st ed. Flight. 6. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006. 215-35. Print.Ahmed, Akbar S. Journey into Islam: the crisis of globalization. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2007. Print. Eggers, Dave. Zeitoun. New York: Vintage, 2010. Print.Malik, Maleiha. “Anti-Muslim Bias in the West – Past and Present, by Maleiha Malik.” Euro-Islam: news and analyzes on Islam in Europe and North America. Routledge, February 25, 2010. Web. December 1. 2011. .