Word: tarazis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When Tarazi learned of his Palestinian background at 14, his first reaction was embarrassment. He thought immediately of "PLO, Yassir Arafat, every stereotype you've ever heard...
...grew up in a family that wanted nothing more than to forget," says Tarazi. His mother "felt that being Palestinian was like a disease, that you try not to give it to your children," he recalls. Tarazi thought for many years that his family was Arab simply because he spoke Arabic at home...
...that began to change when he enrolled at Andover. His parents stopped hiding the strength of their feelings about Palestine, and Tarazi grew more sensitive to comments like a reference to Arafat's "dishrag headdress" in a letter to the editor of his school paper...
Over his first Christmas vacation from Andover, Tarazi sat down with his parents and insisted on learning the family history. "It was like pulling teeth," he recalls...
...Andover grant to work with Palestinian refugees in Israel strengthened Tarazi's convictions further during his junior year...