Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...striking dramatic poses and demanding the impossible. So in recent communications with the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat didn't do any posturing and didn't ask Netanyahu to cancel his plan to build Har Homa, a new Jewish settlement in mostly Arab East Jerusalem. Instead, Arafat settled for the art of the possible: he requested that Netanyahu put the project on hold, maybe for six months or so, to allow Palestinian and Israeli negotiators to nudge the stymied peace process forward. Earlier this month Netanyahu agreed. He informed Arafat that he would temporarily...
...this age of information technology, one does not need to travel to the others side of the globe to learn about the Arab World. All that is needed is a willingness to learn and an ability to overcome prejudice...
Until recently, the excuse for the lack of understanding between Arabs and Americans has been that Arabs are not doing enough to present their culture. This is no longer true. Arabs and Arab-Americans have made a genuine effort to provide the American public with a more representative image of the Arab World...
This week (April 21-26), the Society of Arab Students has launched its first annual Arab Awareness Week, which seeks to introduce the Harvard community to a side of the Arab World that is rarely exposed. Perhaps this week's poster exhibitions, distribution of information sheets and dance and cooking work-shops will show that there is more common ground between Arabs and Americans than many suspect. It is high time to build mutual respect through enriching cultural exchange...
Ahmed T. el-Gaili '98 is co-president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Arab Students...