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The New Yorker Who Confronted a Food Vendor’s VIP ‘Bully’

‘I AM NOT A HERO’

The construction worker who intervened during a former U.S. official’s viral Islamophobic tirade spoke with The Daily Beast about why he stepped in.

Justin Rohrlich 

Reporter

Noor Ibrahim 

Managing Editor

A screenshot of Zak Tamymy confronting Stuart Seldowitz in front of Mohammed Hussein’s food cart.
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Justin Rohrlich

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Noor Ibrahim

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Managing Editor

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