Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with great astonishment that I read the Society of Arab Students' (SAS) polemical leaflet endorsing the now fossilized belief that Zionism is a form of racism...
Just two months ago, the Society, with its supposed commitment to Arab affairs (a dubious subject) did not deign to offer its support for the Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid, Spain. And, now, the Society has once again disserved Arabs at Harvard with an offensive manifestation of its extremism and baseless understanding of the apodictic realities in the Arab world...
Doubtless, the extremism of the Society's political stances reflects its largely Palestinian makeup. Unfortunately, the homogeneity of Society members' political views--rabidly Pan-Arab with nostalgic memories of the golden days of Nasser--has hampered the Society from fulfilling the aims of its founders: to expose the "rich, cultural heritage of the Arab world," as well as to serve the needs of all Arabs at Harvard...
...Society has been relegated to acting as a mere political-interest group, spewing ludicrously contrived opinions as "Arab perspectives" and thereby embarrassing moderate Arabs such as myself and my colleagues in the Gulf Arab Alliance...
...Society of Arab Students told me two nights ago that they weren't interested in promoting a productive discourse about the Arab-Israeli conflict...