Word: arabism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...shoot in India, a country of Hindus? This is dealt with in a scene. A government official tells me, "There are over 150 million Muslims in India. That enough for ya?" Even if I wanted to shoot in the Arab world, I wasn't able...
...Arab moderates who share values or aspirations with the U.S. are often demonized in their own countries as American agents. Such charges are frequently lobbed at Egypt’s Ayman Nour, whose al-Ghad opposition party supports a democratic transition away from Hosni Mubarak’s enduring autocracy, and at Saad Eddin Ibrahim, who has advocated democratization through strengthening civil society organizations in the Middle East. Both were imprisoned by the Egyptian government on what are widely considered to be trumped-up charges, and both received vocal and public support from the U.S.—further shaping...
...news that Iraqi journalists who speak optimistically about the American occupation are on the Pentagon’s payroll will certainly reinforce these types of suspicions. In an environment in which democracy and America are too often equated with suffering and aggression, Arab democrats already have an extremely difficult time convincing their fellow citizens that their ideas are formed from an honest and heartfelt conviction that democracy is the best path towards the future. Because of this Pentagon program, their fellow citizens now have an additional reason to believe that moderate and democratic ideas are foreign-funded rather than organically...
...often ask how America can win the battle for Arab hearts and minds. It is time to recognize that in the current climate of hostility and paranoia towards the U.S., that is not the right battle to be fighting. We should be searching for ways to convince Iraqis and Arabs that democracy is in their own interest, not just in America’s interest. Only Iraqis and Arabs advocating genuine and organic forms of reform and democracy can prevail in that struggle; formulaic editorials and Pentagon storyboards can never replace authentic Arab voices. A program which casts doubt...
David M. DeBartolo ’03 is a joint law and M.A. in Arab Studies student at Georgetown University. He is co-director of the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED), and he was editorial chair of The Crimson...