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Middle Eastern Children Explain a CULTURAL Reason Why Moderate Muslims are...
Living in the Middle East, I often get asked the question, “If all Muslims are not extremists, then why aren’t the so-called ‘moderate’ Muslims not publicly denouncing the extremists (or their...
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Why Foreigners Sometimes Think that Americans View the World as Geography...
What Americans are first taught about the world as children. This looks like a 1970-2005 point-of-view. These maps represent what Americans are first taught about the world as children. For a majority...
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Can the Arab Spring Be Equated to the American and French Revolutions?
This picture was taken at the 2010 "Arab African Summit" in Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown. The four leaders in front: Tunisia's Ben Ali (deposed), Yemen's Saleh(soon-to-be deposed?), Libya's Gaddafi...
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What We Can Learn About Africa and the Middle East Today from the...
Taiaiake Alfred, the world’s foremost expert on the effects of colonization on indigenous peoples, speaks about the ongoing anger felt by people who have been victims of colonization. Listening to...
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My North African Postman’s Confusing Behavior
Typical North African house with wall in a prosperous neighborhood For the past several months, instead of putting the mail in our mailbox, our postman has often been just handing it to workers who are...
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“Know Your Enemy”
“Those Peace Corps workers are spies in our country!” As an American living in the Middle East for twenty years, I am amazed each time I hear this. Whenever I ask, “Why would you think that?” I...
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The REAL Reason Arab Men and Boys Are Still Treated as Pashas by Women
“Kitchen! Kitchen!” Most North African boys still make fun of each other by saying this, which means, “Sissy!” (For my foreign readers, this means, “You’re acting like a girl!”) North African mothers...
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