Word: arabism
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...never thought I could get a scholarship to America. This is my first time here. I was surprised how friendly the people are, because I didn?t think that they would be. It goes back to the stereotypes: I heard from people at home that Americans don?t like Arab people. After Sept. 11, I heard that Saudis were not welcome in America anymore...
...minute, I'd like to discuss what a national-unity government would mean. What are the forces that should constitute this government? On that, there is broad agreement -not unanimous, but broad agreement - that it should be formed from the Shi'ite alliance, the Kurdish alliance, the Sunni Arab alliance and across sectarian groups, [the secular block] led by Iyad Allawi. The second issue is that there has to be a process for decision-making in which these forces could participate and that's important for a variety of reasons. There is a strong polarization along ethnic and sectarian lines...
...When Shi'ite mobs came into a Sunni Arab neighborhood, they came into a mixed neighborhood, Shi'ite families pointed out, "That is a house of a Sunni." This is new and different. It points to a cleavage in society itself. That trend seems to be going in the exact opposite direction to the political direction you want the parties to take. How do you make those two line up? How do you make people come back to their neighborhoods...
...might not be a good idea. Attending an American school had been almost a rite of passage for ambitious Saudis, but after the 9/11 attacks and the discovery that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from the desert kingdom, many Saudi students, as well as those from other Arab and Muslim countries, rushed home fearful of repercussions. Few filled their places. As he made the long journey from Riyadh to Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va., al-Dehaim, 18, admitted he was still "nervous that American people would get nervous about Saudi people...
...other man Clinton has to watch out for is her husband. The Senator and the former President got crossways a few weeks ago on the Dubai Ports deal when it turned out that he was informally having conversations with United Arab Emirates representatives about how to cope with opposition in Washington at the same time she was helping get that opposition organized. No one who knows either Clinton has any idea how to bring a man renowned for his voracious need for information into anything approaching the marginal role of political spouse. How--or even whether--to integrate into...