Word: arabism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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During my senior year of high school, a teacher I had known for four years asked me off-hand where I had learned my English. He was so impressed that I managed to rid myself of all traces of an Arab accent. After an awkward pause, as it slowly dawned on me that no, he was not joking, and yes, he really thought I was an immigrant, I had to explain to him that I had been born 10 minutes away from the school building. The reason my English was so accent-less was because I really was an American...
...PetroChina case demands action in a way few causes do. PetroChina, by doing business with the government of Sudan, is providing some of the money that has been used to kill 340,000 non-Arab Africans. Harvard’s money is contributing to mass murder. This isn’t some far off problem where people we’ll never meet are killing other people we’ll never meet. The University we all attend owns part of a corporation that is funding genocide...
...international community claim that what is happening in Sudan is not genocide. While nobody disputes that many of the paramilitary groups funded by the Sudanese government intend to perpetrate genocide, some have claimed that the government of Sudan does not itself wish to wipe out all non-Arab Africans. If that helps you sleep at night, I suppose you can ignore the issue. I personally have trouble calming my conscience by claiming that the atrocities in Sudan are genocide in effect but not in intent...
...dinner Sunday night sponsored by the Society of Arab Students, Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations Director S. Allen Counter emphasized the importance of bringing international student leaders to campus...
...discussing the possibility of replacing the coalition forces in Iraq with friendly or at least neutral forces from Arab countries? Egypt and Jordan should assist in the peacekeeping. Muslim countries should help Iraqi Muslims until an Iraqi army is in place. Peter B. Saadeh New York City...