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Assistant Professor of Government Laurie A. Mylroie has travelled extensively throughout the Middle East, taking advantage of her proficiency in Arabic to interview a wide range of government officials and citizens of the nations which make up the Middle East region. Analyzing data collected over the past few years, she...
She then resolved to research Middle Eastern politics and spent the next two years in Cairo learning Arabic. Cairo was "always full of adventure--riding horses on the desert by the pyramids. You can't do that in Cambridge." Mylroie says she "slowly drifted East--to Cornell, then to Harvard...
The dilemma is no less uncomfortable for the local residents. Dror, who speaks Arabic fluently, asks shopkeepers why their stores are closed. Says one: "I got a telephone call reminding me that there is a commerce strike for 21 days to protest the expulsions and killings." The call came from...
Calling themselves the shabab, an Arabic word loosely translated as the "guys," this embittered, sullen generation has taken to the streets of the occupied territories spoiling for trouble. "We are a pot full of steam, and pressure must explode," says Mahmoud Hamaid, 32, one of the shabab, whose 22-year...
For years Chicago's El Rukns seemed like the average urban street gang, dabbling in racketeering, narcotics sales and the occasional murder. But El Rukns (Arabic for "the cornerstone") was far more ambitious than that. Last week a federal jury convicted five members of conspiring to commit terrorist acts against...