Word: arabism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Leung plays Lam, a master burglar out to nick a pair of ultra-valuable currency-printing plates, which, if they fell into the wrong hands, would allow criminal forces to flood the U.S. market with counterfeit bills. That's why both Korean mobsters and "Arab dissenters," in the curious words of Leung's character, are desperate to get their own hands on the goods. (Maybe they've invested heavily in the euro.) Leung nabs them, but on his way to claim his reward from a grateful U.S. government, he's waylaid and re-robbed by rival thief Owen Lee (Richie...
...pace of reform in their society. "We made a mistake," a Saudi official told me. "We thought that when teachers cursed Christians and Jews, that it was just words and there would be no impact. It is said that communists take control of a country using trade unions and Arab nationalists take control through the military...
...government official privately dismissed the three academics as an ex-communist, a radical Islamist and an extreme Arab nationalist...
...pace of reform in their society. "We made a mistake," a Saudi official told me. "We thought that when teachers cursed Christians and Jews, that it was just words and there would be no impact. It is said that communists take control of a country using trade unions and Arab nationalists take control through the military. Well, the Islamists take control through the schools. We gave them free rein starting in the 1960s. They have penetrated everywhere, and it is difficult to roll back...
...government official privately dismissed the three academics as an ex-communist, a radical Islamist and an extreme Arab nationalist. "What nonsense," said Ibrahim al-Mugaiteeb, spokesman for Human Rights First Saudi Arabia. "How extremist can they be if they're willing to work together? When these people submitted their petition, the Crown Prince said, 'Your project is my project.' But nothing happened. If the government really wants to say no to terrorism, it must say yes to greater democracy...