Chapter 6

Paul reads a detailed report on Kahn. Kahn was 37, went to University of Virgina and the Yale School of Art and Architecture, and has moved his way up the architectural food chain. His mother and father emigrated from India in 1966, relocating to Alexandria, Virginia. Nothing suggests Kahn is an extremist or anything less than a successful architect. Paul looks at the photo of Kahn, a "handsome young man, his skin pale brown, his hair black, curly, and short, his brows dark and paintbrush thick over a wide, strong nose." Paul, despite the reasons to go with Kahn, thinks of ways to fittingly let the jury know they need to pick a new winner.

Paul is called early in the morning by Lanny, the jury's chief assistant, who tells him that the New York Post just published an article saying a Muslim won the competition. Paul picks up a copy of the paper, revealing the article was written by Alyssa Spier.

Mo stops by a news vendor and picks up a copy of the Post. He reasons that it had to him that won the competition. When he gets home, he pastes a copy of his submission photo over top of the article's "generic Muslim photo" and hangs it up on his wall.