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...Tarazi says he sometimes worries that his two identities are headed for a collision. "There might come a day when I might help lead Palestinians to statehood and then realize that I might not be welcome in that state," he says. "That's always in the back of my mind...
...going to go into the PLO, I can't be openly gay," says Tarazi. He observes that no government in the world would accept an openly gay politician without prejudice...
Rather than give up a political career, Tarazi says he would underplay his homosexuality. "I don't want to lie about it, I don't want to hide it, but it's not something that defines me," he says...
...senior's eclectic set of opinions also includes "Republican leanings" on economic issues--though as for the Republicans themselves, he says, "when it comes down to specifics, they've been disappointing." He prefers the Rev. Jesse Jackson's views on gay rights and Israel. But Tarazi says he learned from his immigrant parents a belief in minimal government and a market society in which hard work pays...
Roommate Eric Kaplan '89, a former Lampoon vice-president, thinks Tarazi uses his outrageous sense of humor to ease the tension of these conflicting loyalties. For example, he says the humor of wearing drag may appeal to Tarazi because it mocks and exaggerates conventional roles...