February 12, 1996 (vol. 106, iss. 73) • Page Image 4
…4A - The Michigan Daily -- Monday, February 12, 1996 ti e llut igttn 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan RONNIE GLASSBERG Editor in…
… through any other organization on campus - services that we feelare necessary. We are scared that students will not feel comfortable coming to SAPAC for counseling services as a result of this controversy…
… bankrupting the organization's budget - is counterproduc- tive. It only hurts the humanitarian efforts the As any immigrant group in America, Arab Americans have had to face many chal- lenges: a new language…
…, cul- ture and economic instability, just to name a few. Arabs have accepted these challenges, like past immigrant groups, adjust- ing to this new nation while retaining much of their heri- tage. Arab…
…, discrimination toward Arabs is actively practiced and ac- cepted by much of the Ameri- can media, government and people. From Washington, D.C., to Hollywood, the Arab has been portrayed as violent, bar- baric and…
… uncivilized. This is why an unfair, inaccurate and biased piece, like the one printed in the Daily on Janu- ary 24, offends, angers and saddens the Arab American community. The article, titled "Israel a lonely…
… champion of democ- racy," made many inaccurate statements about Arabs, and left out important information crucial to the understanding of events in the region. Glar- ing errors in the article in- clude…
… referring to Iran and Mauritania as Arab nations and describing the "many theocratic dictatorships sur- rounding Israel," when in fact only Saudi Arabia is a theo- cratic government surround- ing Israel. The…
… article collec- tively labeled all Arab nations in the region "brutal, back- ward dictatorships." This statement is insulting and false. The Arab world, com- posed of 22 nations, consists ofa wide array of…
… diverse types of governments. From theoc- racies, to democracies, to dic- tatorships, the Middle East is a diverse political arena. Therefore, the article's attempt to lump every Arab nation into a…





































