Word: arab
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...better understand not only you, but also your culture and values? -Nalini Saxena in New York City My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I'd rather not focus on that. I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me. I don't believe that there is fair enough understanding of either our status as women or the total context of our lives, which is very rich and multi-faceted. It is all too easy to draw conclusions and make sweeping...
...woman, as an Arab, as a Muslim, I would like to state very clearly that this is a heinous and totally unacceptable practice. It is not condoned by Islam, and honor killings are not limited to the Arab or Muslim world. In Jordan, we are challenging this disgraceful practice. Progress has been slow because we need to build awareness, and that takes time...
...Will the Arab world ever be free of the kind of mindless violence occurring in Iraq...
...Saudi anger and panic over how Washington has bungled Iraq have been surfacing for the last two months. In March King Abdallah hosted Iranian President Ahmadinejad, who in normal times is a man whose head Abdallah would prefer to lop off than talk to. Two weeks later, at an Arab summit, King Abdallah called the American presence in Iraq an "illegal occupation," the same description the Iranians use. In April, King Abdallah reportedly cancelled a visit to Washington and a dinner with Bush out of sheer anger over Iraq...
...Damascus airport," says a senior U.S. official. Syrian officials counter that the U.S. can't close its own borders with Mexico and Canada. But Rice and her team pointed out that the Syrian government is one of the few that doesn't demand that visitors from other Arab nations obtain visas to enter their territory. Moreover, says a U.S. official, "We're not asking them to do us any favors. We believe they understand that being a transit point for violent extremists going to Iraq is dangerous for them." (The strongest internal challenge to the Syrian regime remains that...