has your view of the middle east changed since watching the English version of Al-Jeezra?
926339
the 'view' will depend on how the viewers chose to view it: with an open mind..or a set of prejudices.
66364
from the middle east country who is blessed with it
1006552
Since your religion started in the middle-east, why are you surprised that your prophets were from that region?  I don't think there was a lot of communication between that part of the world and Europe, America or Russia when your books were being written.  Do you?
990815
yeah, i'm an arab but live in another country
563477
This must be a question for the left, because one must be on some serious hallucinogens to be able to visualize that.\n\nAfter all, according to the liberals... \nSaddamn was never a threat to anyone, Al Quida doesn't exist, and we're the only ones causing trouble and violence over there. \n\nJust a second, I'm going to go huff some aerosol....\n\nOkay, I got it. Back before we started that completely unprovoked Desert Shield-Gulf War B.S., the whole middle East was like Switzerland. \n\nChildren playing in the streets, women able to walk freely about without being harassed or forced to wear tents on their heads, the governments allowed newspapers and television to embrace our first amendment as their own, and Americans could visit freely, come and go as they please. Just read Den of Lions by Terry Anderson if you don't believe me.\n\nI grew up watching national news stories about Beirut. It was my childhood dream to visit that Paradise. Thank you, H.W. and son. You ruined the Middle East for all of us. \n\nMight as well let Iran have their nukes. With any luck, they'll blow the whole frigging thing off the map and we can start all over.
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I'm from Iran and everyone gets me mixed up for an arabian. The differance between them is the cultures (yes some of then can both be muslims), haritage (the ways they dress) there language (araby and farsi and sometimes turkish), also the ways that they were brought up in life and were tought. theres also the waays that they write. yes they look very simular but the thing is that they are the same it's just that arabian writing has more sounds then farsi writing that makes it have to use more little lines and coma like stuff alot more.\n\nBut something that they have in comman is that they ALL hate Bush. Don't get me wrong i live in the usa, it's just that i'm tired of being made fun of.
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Yes, Last week I quoted the Joker from Batman.A Muslim tried to convert me,After I said I'm only laughing on the outside.My smile is just skin deep. If you could see inside I'm really crying. You might join me for a weep. And others wanted me to stop hating America so.All I said was, Decent people shouldn't live here they'd be happier someplace elts.
436927
yes , Lebanon is a small country in the middle east. don't you watch the news??!!! it was the main subject of the media a year ago and there are a lot of lebanese living outside
1044834
No, not at all. I live in Ireland and, just like the U.K, we are generally an anti-Bush country.\nHowever, despite this, absolutely NOBODY I know, know's what Israel and Palestine is about.\nI have read a book on Arab history and it is, to me, the most interesting piece of history and yet it is not featured in the schoolbooks.\nI don't know why, but our history book are very secluded and focuse solely on European history (+European explorations).\nIt is disgraceful that my people don't know about Arabian history and how the countries there were oppressed for many years.\nFor informtion on Israel go to http://www.wikipedia.com and search under Israel or Palestine- it is that simple!!!!!!!!!!!!!
199787
obviosly many people around the world go on yahoo answers and the arab used to be one of the biggest religions
336065
there are alot of countries responsible for what has happened in the middle east. Every western nation has had a hand in dividing up the middle east for either religion or oil. Isreal is only the most recent example. If we gave every country in the middle east the support we give Isreal, that would be a very different region today. \n\nThe cultural divide is the only thing I see that has stopped us. For instance, after 9/11 many groups were advocating that we lock up all muslims in the US in concentration camps because they are muslim. The people of the middle east's reaction to this attitude is what is causing the problems. They hate the way we think of them. \n\nWill there be another attack? probably. Will we hear about it? I hope not, but some politician will probably want to reap the political rewards of making us afraid despite what it would do to this country. Thousands of people die in the US every day. Terrorism is the least likely cause, and our government should recognize that.
128941
with us maybe, but there has always and will always been turmoil of some sort in the middle east. I believe it will all depend on how the middle east continues to treat the rest of the world as a whole.
124128
No. But my best friend is a Kurdish Iraqi, and she spent 4 months there last year. She had her ups and downs. But what speaks volumes is that she saw her family's oil being taken by US officials with her own two eyes. (she comes from a wealthy family and they have lots of that). She was also staying in a mansion made of marble but there wasn't even any water to flush the toilets with. Pretty depressing.
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The short answer is 'No'. I think it is hard to define what you put as "Anglo-American" powers.  Do you mean the West, or specifically England and the United States?  In any event, we must realize that neither the West nor the Islamic world is a monolithic entity.  There are widely varrying strains and currents throughout both.  From a strategic perspective, the US is unrivaled.  From an ideological perspective, there are ongoing shifts toward conservativism and fundementalism in both the West and the Arab world.  These shifts are largely reactionary to the rise of globalism.  Ultimately the historical trend toward openness and integration, driven by a global economy, will overcome zenophobic impulses in both the West and the entire Islamic world.
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Im muslim.I have lived in Jordan. People there are very good and polite :) What I didnt like there was that the girls even these who were with hijab were puting sooo much make up...plus i saw such combination: hijab, tight jeans, make up and high-heeled shoes. I didnt like this ...
555673
I live in the UK, and the newspapers I read are certainly critical of Israel, but also condemn Palestinian suicide bombings. People here definitely have a different view of Israel than the Americans I know. A few years back a group of Palestinians came to Edinburgh and was hosted by a youth organisation I'm part of. However, I don't think it was a particularly constructive endeavour, as it turned out our visitors were wealthy and priviledged, hardly representative of Palestinians, and had a tendency to steal.
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I did something exciting yesterday. I watched George Clooney's Syriana and I was astonished to know that the corruption and instability in the Middle East are necessary for the US to be the most powerful country in the world.\n\nI'm gonna see it again today!