October 21, 2020 (vol. 130, iss. 4) • Page Image 6
… States have a duty to save the Arab World from itself. Fueling the political agenda, numerous politicians have honed in on efforts to “bring peace” to the Middle East, with the latest attempt…
… politics is not lost on Arabs like myself and each take is more nauseat- ing than the next. Whether reflecting on 2011 during the Arab uprisings or focusing on current politics surrounding each nation…
… savior complex on steroids, and unfortunately this mindset and its detrimen- tal effects have wreaked havoc in the region while affecting the mainstream American per- ception of the Arab World and…
… like UAE, Qatar and Saudi Ara- bia — has in no way suffered similarly to other countries in the Arab world, as they, along- side the West, continue to exploit the rest of the Middle East for monetary…
…-backed corrupt gov- ernments. Another affronting assumption is that the Arab general public agrees with the governments of their coun- tries, an idea that is blatantly false. The Middle East does not have a…
… it does, it only discusses its failures. Rarely discussed when analyzing the roots of a troubled Middle East are the flawed borders in the Arab world created by a drunk Churchill and his allies…
… framing. As a student studying political science, I have heard awfully misguided opinions on the Middle East — opinions that lack a true understanding of the region. For instance, I have heard…
… terrorist state and Israel is the only “democracy in the Middle East,” purposefully excluding Israeli Occupation of Palestinian lands. Every single issue that relates to the Arab world gets its one…
… believe Zionism is a threat to Arab sovereignty and the Palestinian people, will they assume I state that solely because I am Arab or because I have come to this reasoning through solid evidence…
…? Every- one but fellow Arabs and I are able to speak without seeming as though we are predisposed. It is impossible to truly sepa- rate myself from my identity, nor do I want my identity as an Arab…


