Arab American

fashionable notion of moral equivalence between all deeply-held beliefs. I believe in the rights of the individual over the collective. I believe democracy is better than dictatorship, both morally and practically. Not necessarily democracy as we or the Americans or the French practice it, but the idea that in every possible practical way, you should let people make their own decisions, and if these decisions need to be circumscribed in any way, then you should only do it with the explicit approval of a majority

The poor Arab Street Jul 3rd 2002 From The Economist Global Agenda A new report from the United Nations analyses why the Arab world has fallen so far short of its potential. Its answer? Three deficits: of freedom, of knowledge and of womanpower. But without progress, a disaffected populace is turning its anger on the West AFP | | | Women in the shadows | WHAT went wrong with the Arab world? Why is it so stuck behind the times? It is not an automatically unlucky region. Fatly endowed

blacks, whites, Arabs, or foreigners. It’s true that humans standout from each other, morality, the acquired culture, but that does not mean to classify others as stereotypes. One stereotype concerns Arabs and Muslims, people should recognize that not all Muslims are Arabs and not all Arabs are Muslims, not all Muslims are terrorists, and last not all of the Arab women are “housewife”. Most people think or classify that Arabs are Muslims, which is totally erroneous. Not all Arabs are Muslims, for

ideology to children especially, the one of the United States. Hollywood movie is also subjected to criticism often by Richard De Zoysa or Otto Newman (2002) as a tool of expanding American soft power. Although there are lots of reasons, I will bring two of them. First reason is violence. Many of Hollywood movies, appealing American ideology such as Avengers, have an element of violence. However,

are like so we can figure out how to relate to them. David Lamb’s book The Arabs is a learned look at the Arab culture through his eyes. David was a correspondent and has been all over the world. As a reporter he has used his ability to merge with the cultures he reports on, to get an overall picture that he presents. The Arabs, by David Lamb seems to try and give an accurate presentation of the current world of the Arabs, but does reinforce some of the Western stereotypes in his book. Lamb opens

For Thanksgiving, my roommate invited me to spend the holiday with her at her uncle’s house back in New York City. They welcomed me into their home when I arrived. Then my roommate and I passed the time downstairs before dinner.I don’t remember the conversation, but it led us to watch a show called The Carrie Diaries.. Saya told me how it’s the perfect show for me to watch. The Carrie Diaries features one of the most iconic characters of the millennial generation: a young small town girl who learns

and prejudiced. The perception of Arabs and the Islamic religion has created a system in which prejudices and stereotypes worked their way so thoroughly into literature, education, history, language, and social mores that they seem to govern the conflict as much as they are created by it, while newspapers and television news play a major role in the way we perceive Arabs and the Islamic religion. Movies, books, and sitcoms also play a major role in shaping

he acts with purpose. Meursault, on the other hand, acts with mostly passive indifference, doing things simply because he doesn’t have a reason not to do them. The next afternoon, Raymond calls Meursault at work and tells him about a group of Arabs following him, and that

In the debate for democracy in the middle east, many scholars suggest that Islamists are the main obstacle to overcome. By the last decade, Islamist parties and candidates have engaged in elections throughout in about eight Arab countries with almost modest results. Thus, Islamist may have a heavy degree of support among most of the consitunets who agree with anti-regime sentiments. At the same time, ruling elites also give overwhelming support to maintain security and other privileges. There are

the diversity of the Arab’s identity will be shown according to how others perceive them (using “Jackals and Arabs”), how they perceive themselves (using Hanan El-Sheikh’s novel: “The Locust and The Bird: My Mother’s Story”), and finally how I perceive them according to what I read in Tayeb Salih’s novel: “Season of Migration to the North”. To begin with, how others perceive the Arabs is a tricky viewpoint to tackle, since it’s not at all objective, and would be influenced by many religious