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...uncontested master of comic irony comes up with another ticklish situation: a writer named Philip Roth journeys to Israel to confront a Philip Roth imposter who is trying to persuade Jews to go back to Europe and re-establish Yiddish culture. This new Diaspora aims to avert an Arab-engineered Holocaust by returning Israelis to the countries of their ancestors. Seriously funny about Middle East madness, Roth riffs with an abandon not seen since Portnoy's Complaint...
...right choice -- has energized him. As he talks to his guests, it is clear he has thought deeply about what he wants to get across. ''Arafat carried out what I consider to be atrocities,'' he says. ''But I've said more than once in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, we make peace, or we negotiate meaningful steps toward peace, with enemies. Sometimes bitter enemies.'' Peace is not yet a fact between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Rabin and Arafat are Men of the Year because they have taken those meaningful steps from which it will be difficult...
...time when governments are ineffectual, human trafficking persists and natural disasters upend tens of thousands, it is so inspiring to read about "normal" people performing huge personal acts of generosity, sacrifice and brotherhood. Rather than a European issue (which was broad enough to include a Lebanese woman and an Arab-Israeli soccer player), perhaps you could introduce a special worldwide issue to remind readers that no one is too small to make a difference. Deirdre Smith Abu Dhabi...
...from what the average American moviegoer would usually find in Hollywood. “La Vie de Jèsus” explores the very sexual relationship between Freddy, an unemployed good-for-nothing, and his girlfriend, as well as the jealousy that Freddy feels when an Arab boy comes into the picture. In “L’Humanité,” a shy, unassertive boy-next-door (Emmanuel Schotté) investigates a rape and murder case while struggling with his feelings for his neighbor (Sèverine Caneele). “Twentynine Palms” traces...
Five Middle East experts discussed the roots of Arab public opinion toward the U.S.—and the “clash of misperceptions” between America and the Arab world since September 11—at the Kennedy School of Government’s John F. Kennedy, Jr., Forum yesterday. Former American Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine moderated the panel, which included veteran pollster John Zogby, University of Maryland Professor for Peace and Development Shibley Telhami, Pakistani journalist Beena Sarwar, and Jordanian diplomat Jafar Hassan. Zogby opened the discussion by presenting recent polls that gauged attitudes toward...