Al-Qaeda terrorists, September 11, 2001
By: Caparella.
Contributors: Artists' Books Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Kitty Caparella
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [Philadelphia?
Language: eng
Subjects: Qaida (Organization); Artists' books -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in art; Terrorism in art
Other titles: Qaeda terrorists, September 11, 2001
Notes: Publication information from bookseller's description.

Each of the four folded leaves fold out from one of the four sides of the book to reveal images of the 19 terrorists of Sept. 11, 2001 and their superiors, each surrounded by and dabbed by red paint.  There are six panels per leaf, three straight out from the book, and three more that continue to the right, thus forming a swastika when completely unfolded, with images and text on one side and colored tile-like design in blue and yellow on the other side. An image of the ruined Twin Towers is in the middle with the title and author in the panel to the right, in English, and to the left, a panel with Arabic characters.

"After the FBI identified the 19 terrorists, I started drawing squares next to each other. Immediately something clicked. I drew a swastika of squares, figuring I would put the terrorists' mug shots inside. It would be a political statement. Al Qaeda's belief system, like the Nazis, was to annihilate, and I felt they were fascists"--Quote from Caparella from bookseller's description.

The panel with Arabic characters on it is an apparent attempt to reproduce or transliterate the English title with a combination of Arabic characters.  An approximate transliteration of the Arabic characters back into English would be: Āl Kaʼidā, tirūrist, Siptāmbir 11, 2[00]1 (the artist's apparent intention was to give the year 2001 but the Arabic characters employed represent 2551).

Covers are of plain white silk.