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...hypothetical negotiating position and the prospect of coexistence with the U.S. at the same time as warning of new violence-was notable less for its content than for the fact that it was released at all. Despite directly addressing Americans, its primary purpose may nonetheless be to remind Arab and Muslim audiences of his existence, and to reiterate his claim to primacy among the jihadists. Bin Laden last message was released in December 2004, although the movement's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has continued to release occasional videotaped missives from his hideout in the wilds of western Pakistan. (Zawahiri...
...interview was when she addressed her daughter's kidnappers in Iraq, saying, "Jill's welfare depends upon you." To those not familiar with the Middle East, that might seem nothing more than as a passing remark, but I'll bet that phrase makes the headlines in the Arab media. The appeal to the Iraqi and Arab sense of responsibility for one's guest is bound to resonate in the region...
...Like most Western journalists in Iraq, Jill always wore a headscarf and ?abaya,? or Arab cloak, when she left her hotel. Many journalists regard these as nothing more than protective garments, designed to help them blend into the Iraqi crowds. But Jill said she wore it out of respect for the local culture, and she felt Iraqis responded to that and respected her in return. I pray that she is right...
...country to talk with high school students and college counselors, Shakir said. The group will make longer stops in Dubai, Kuwait, and Cairo, where it will hold larger information sessions for multiple schools in addition to specific visits.“Our goal is to spur the number of Arab applicants to Harvard by encouraging to apply and advising them in the process,” said Shakir, “and to engage in and promote future cross-academic exchanges between Harvard and the region.”The trip is being sponsored by the Governance Initiative...
...state settlement with the Palestinians, was rendered irrelevant by the failure of successive 1990s peace negotiations. Meanwhile, the vision of the old Likudniks--of a Greater Israel, stretching from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River--has been rendered just as untenable by the rapid growth of the Arab population in the Palestinian territories, which would eventually make Israel an apartheid state, with a Jewish minority ruling over an Arab majority. Sharon and Olmert accepted that reality before most others on the right did. "We cannot have Israel without a Jewish majority," Olmert said in 2004, explaining the rationale for Sharon...