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… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 7, 2002 - 3A Mail storm floods students with e-mail Blood pressure treatment made more effective Kenneth Jamerson, associate professor and…

… mail storms and to affirm a policy that will allow abusive users to be suspended more quickly. Some students hope that measures will be taken or utilities be available to restrict and monitor e- mails…

…. Student go' "I probably got 50 to 60 e-mails, it was kind of annoying," said LSA freshman Gabrielle Szyman- sky. "I wish there were some kind of program that U-M had to restrict all those e-mails." Other…

… students were concerned with the ability to block and filter e-mails themselves. "I think you should be able to block or filter what comes in," said LSA freshman Kaema Akpan. She added that students should…

… Staff Reporter Eight student government delegates from every Big Ten school will arrive in Ann Arbor tonight to take part in the tri-annual Association of Big Ten Students conference, which will be hosted…

… the struggles with other students, that’s what I’ll miss the most,” Elharake said. Being of an Arab-Muslim background, as well as being a first-generation student, Elharake has spent much of his…

… come from my communities,” he said. “That drive of changing this institution and changing campus for it to best fit my communities.” Elharake was the host of Arab Xpressions, the Arab Student…

… students and faculty members, formed the Islamophobia Working Group, a group of students, faculty and administrators who meet monthly to address anti-Muslim and anti-Arab sentiments on campus. Elharake…

… like to see.” With this goal in mind, Travioli threw numerous cultural and educational events in Martha Cook throughout November — Native American history month. She educated students on traditional…

… foreigners By Layla J. Merritt For the Daily Citizens of some foreign coun- tries who are in the United States, including University students, could face deportation if they do not register with the…

… registration date, but most were released within three days, the Associated Press reported. Slim Mchela, a finance student who is permitted to study at Eastern Michigan University on educational visa, registered…

… extra attention he received in the airport. "At first, it bothered me because I was the only one. The whole plane was waiting for me because I have an Arab name." Mchela said. See INS, Page 7 BRETT…

… ed, funds ISR plans survey of local Arab values By Emily Kraack Daily Staff Reporter The University's Institute for Social Research has an ambitious New Year's resolution. This spring, the ISR is…

… set to launch a study investigating social val- ues within the Detroit-area Arab American and Chaldean community. In addition, investigators hope the study will begin to break down stereotypes held by…

… many non-Arabs. The principal investigators are Profs. Wayne Baker and Ron Stockton of the University's Dear- born campus. Stockton said he believes the study will show the Arab American community shares…

… many of the traits valued by non-Arabs. "I think you'll find a lot of convergence," Stockton said. "I think we'll find that Arabs and non-Arabs are very similar on a whole variety of things…

…." Specifically, Stockton cited that - like other Americans - members of the Arab community are very family-oriented. He said the Arab-Ameri- can community is also diverse, something com- monly associated with…

… American society but often overlooked when referring to Arab Americans. "(There are) wealthy and poor Arabs, Christians, Muslims and different groups within those cate- gories," Stockton said. LSA senior…

… Ehab El Sharkawy said tha, in his experience, values within the Arab community are much the same as values in other American groups. "For the most part, the values are similar," he said. "It's not like…

… questions went against the government and Faure asked for the confidence Arab, Israeli Students Air Controversy Refugee Problem Causes Debate By MARY ANN THOMAS Three possible solutions to the Arab…

…-Israeli dispute were offered in a heated debate between Arab and Israeli students yesterday. Representing the Arab viewpoint, Khalid Al-Shawi, Grad., and Hus- ni R. Alul said peace could be possible with Arabs and…

…. , Their broad policy aim is to stall the Soviet drive for friends and influence in the sprawling and seething Moslem world. Tension is mounting between the divided Arab nations and be- tween the Arabs and…

…. Sharett Comments In this conference city, Premier Moshe Sharett told reporters "I hope to God that Israel will not be driven" to a preventive war against the Arabs. And in the Arabian Desert, where…

… showers throughout. U' Students To Help Plan' Coed Dorm By LEE MARKS A large group of students will be involved in the early stages of planning a coed dorm, Vice-Presi- dent for Student Affairs James A…

… plans for North Campus also include building a fraternity and sorority "row" and 800 -married student apartments. IHC members questioned Vice- President Lewis and Prof. Lionel Laing, of the political…

… distasteful to every Arab student on campus. Students, Iraqis as well as others from Arab States are disgusted at the falseness of the analogy of Mr. Essaid's statements.' For this we choose to mention the fact…

…Painting As A Hobby Sixty-Ninth Year -- EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN When OpiniOns Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Truth Will…

… Prevail" STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. 'This must be noted in all…

… been raised ... caution sig- nals have flashed ... and still no substan- tial reason for the lack of American represen- tation at the Vienna Youth Festival has been offered. The National Students…

… has unfortunately obscured the advantages to be gained from at- tending the Festival. Better understanding of Communists and students from other cultures is one of the greatest benefits of the Festival…

…. One need not participate in radical Communist demonstra- Lions, but through meetings and discussions a student can begin to comprehend the vari- ous manifestations of the Marxist doctrine. The learning…

… real factor in men's actions at a festival in' Vienna. THE VIENNA MEETING offers a rare oppor- tunity to American students. It is not often one will be able to freely, and inexpensively meet those from…

… reasonably, diverting, but unfor. tunately, are stll'not much et." ter than the rest of theshow. -H. M. Lasky.. Oh, Help! By The Associated Press LONDON - Parental pressure on students to make good has been…

… national average. At Cambridge and London University College it was three times as great, he said. wHO ARE THE students who are affected by the University's paternalistic social regulations? Are they not…

… mature enough to conduct their personal affairs? Although age alone is no measure of ma- turity, it is a factor. So the Daily Cardinal yes- terday called the office of student statistics to find out just…

… me different … I didn’t expect it at college and I didn’t expect it at Michigan.” Dagher learned about the Arab Student Association through a group chat she created with members of her Dearborn…

…Daily.com Read more at MichiganDaily.com CARTER FOX/Daily Students perform “Wil3it Dabke,” choreographed by Sally Kafelghazal and Nicola Nunu, during the Arab Xpressions event at the Power Center Saturday evening…

…Ann Arbor residents and University of Michigan students gathered Friday Night in the tea room of Crazy Wisdom Bookstore to discuss ways to protest conservative author and commentator Ben…

… Michigan this past fall hoping to find a close-knit Arab community similar to the one she had at home in Dearborn. But initially, Dagher didn’t see this community on campus. She recalled how she didn…

… Arab community. After attending events and meeting people with similar backgrounds to her own, Dagher became more involved in the Arabesque Dance Troupe and ASA. This past Saturday, Dagher took…

… part in Arab Xpressions, a celebration of Arab heritage. Xpressions is an annual performance partnered with Arabesque and ASA that showcases Arab culture through aspects such as music…

…, poetry, dance and song. The theme of year’s performance was “Ajyal,” Arabic for “generations.” Dagher found herself involved with many different parts of Xpressions this year. She had a role in a…

… conclusion of the show. “You see Xpressions and you see, ‘Oh, this is a way that my culture’s never been portrayed to me before,’” Dagher said. “It’s Arabs who are holding the narrative in their hands…

… preparations began in October. He said the implemented theme, generations, demonstrates the changing Arab identity over time and works to navigate the idea of what it means to be an Arab American on campus…

… ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor residents and ‘U’ students organize against conservative author ALYSSA MCMURTRY Daily Staff Reporter Presentations center around theme ‘absolute zero,’ discuss challenging…

… said that the test is for new students and those who missed previous exami- nations. Deadline for returning applications is May 9. By BOB JONES General disdain of the Arabs, coupled with poor handling…

… student center at 438 Maynard. The center is open daily to all students. "Activities of our group are three-fold, including recreation, education and spiritual training, Bob Bacon, retiring president of the…

…." ARABS WANT FREEDOM: Algeria May Be Future Trouble Spot 00011, THIS ONE IS MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE Variety Marks Gomberg Tie Sale By HARRY STRAUSS "Everybody wins. Nobody loses." "Look at this gorgeous…

… one for only ten cents!" The Gomberg House tie sale was in full swing and loud voice. The annual South Quad event began Saturday when hundreds of high school students passed through the Quad and were…

… colors. Prices Twelve Scholarships Available For Annual N.S.A. Seminar 4 Twelve all-expense scholarships are available for the National Stu- dent Association's third annual international Student…

… Relations Seminar, July 11 through August 30. American students' relations with students in other countries will be the subject of the semi- nar. Speakers at previous seminars have included Prof. Carl Fried…

…., Apr. 28, in the left room of the Michigan Union cafeteria. Mid-Week Vespers in the sanctuary of the Presbyterian Church sponsored by the Westminster student Fellow- ship, 5:10-5:35 p.m., Thurs., April…

… 28. Episcopal Student Foundation. Stu- dent Breakfast at Canterbury House, Thurs., April 28, after the 7:00 a.m. Holy Communion. The Clugstone Inheritance, a new play by James Harvey '53, will be pre…

… with a 'special rate of SOc for students opening night. Tickets on sale at the Lydia Mendels- sohn Theatre box office, open 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. WCBN East Quad staff meeting Thurs., April 28, 7:15 p…

… students to .commemorate Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's trip to.Jerusalem. One man slowly thumbed through his copy of the welcoming address to be given to Arab students. He never got the chance to deliver…

… that address. ONLY ONE ARAB student came to the gathering in East Quad's Greene Lounge. "We are very sad," one Israeli woman said of the low Arab turnout. "Let's talk nicely for a change," she continued…

… as others sang and clapped to a Hebrew song of peace. Even the songs are not military." THE LONE Arab student who came to the predominantly Israeli gathering was a representative of the campus chapter…

… of the Organization of Arab students who passed out condemnations of Sadat's visit and then hurried out. The condemnation, printed on the official stationery of the Arab organi- zation, said in part…

… collaborators . . . Down with Sadat. Down with Zionism. Long live the Palestinian revolution." Despite the low Arab turnout for Sunday night's gathering, Israeli students vow not to give up on a meeting between…

…The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, November 22, 1977-Rage7 Sadat re (Continued from Page 1) Sadat,;" Sadat's Center party made every, effort to assure a triumphant welcome to demonstrate to other Arab…

… Sadat's dramatic trip did not bring definite concessions from the Israelis. AMONG ARAB leftists Sadat's visit to the capital of the Israeli enemy, his recognition of the Jewish state and his call for…

…." Israeli riot in the Israeli-held The practice-which gets its West Bank of the Jordan River. name from a management ne- Arab students staged violent gotiator who first used the demonstrations in the West…

…. ARAB MAYORS in West Bank towns called on students to sto their protests and told them th interests of Israeli - occupie Arabs should be left to Aral states. But new demonstration were reported in East…

… stoning bus es carrying Arab workers t< jobs inside Israel. Israeli security forces sail they detained 40 Arab youths iv East Jerusalem after they be gan pelting police with stones More than 230 students…

…, Morris tween students at the top of tl >ciate Dean of Academic said the average grade point C range and those at the bc eling Marion Jackson de- here has hovered near a 3.0 for tom." d her reaction to the…

… a bit more discriminating grade difference in perform- across the University." m the student who is good ance." However, he did predict the ie one who is very good. the faculty would have to set…

… spokesman said yes- retroactive to September 1 un- terday's raid was partly to less a contract is signed before avenge the death of an Arab the end of the term, is "Boul- girl last weekend to an anti- warism…

… take hostages for the release of Archbishop Hilarion Capudji, C the Greek Catholic prelate of C Jerusalem on trial for smug- gling weapons to Arab terror- do w ha ists, and 13 Palestinian guer- rillas in…

… Jerusa lem and several other towns. In Bethlehem, a Molotov cock tail was thrown at an Israel car, but it failed to explode Students hit the streets in town from Ramallah to H e b r on blocking roads and…

… were rounded up after violent demon strations in Bethlehem and Jerusalem on Monday and 60 were sentenced to short jai terms and fines, authorities said. } ARAB MAYORS in West Bank said. I rn HOW IS…

…Seventy-Sixth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS April6:I'm Glad You relVotin Control s Are Free. 420…

…. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6,1966' NIGHT EDITOR: ROBERT KLIVANS Recent Campaign Work Proves SGC's Effectiveness STUDENT GOVERNMENT Council took a decisive step in asserting itself as the voice of the student body…

… re- mains significant." In a unanimous resolution, SGC strong- ly urged University students registered to vote in the Ann Arbor election to support Douthat as the candidate most aware of. and…

…Thursday, May 15, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five Thursday, May 1 5, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PaceFiv Advertisernent--Paid fr by the Organiza/ioi, of Arab Students Most of those who en so…

… creation of Israel on Arab soil ing discussed in 1947, nigrated did tary affairs would believe that for Israel's security within the the world are not citizens of their ate" directly with the Arabs, Is…

…-j were perse- such an elaborate, coordinated areas under its military occupa- respective countries but of Israel. rael has left the Arabs nothing toI ey were en- attack had not been planned well tion or on…

… its expanding borders. (2) That the natives of the "prom- negotiate about, by openly annex- That's why before and probably rehearsed." In fact the Arabs would be less ised land" are either not people or…

… through sly provocation they are doing by resisting the fact that they represent the indi- from the Arabs and denying any ved accusa- is the attack on Tawafiq in 1960, piecemeal invasion of their land…

…. genous stock of the area which responsibility toward the refugees. ng historical the preliminaries of which are de- The Arabs could not be expected had undergone little racial change Israel's treatment of…

… the Arabs scribed in U.N. report S/4270, to accept the occupation of their throughout its known history. under its occupation is summed February 16, 1960, "An Israeli land any more than the French Many…

… diary during four Years as a prisner of "Our fathers made the borders of Burns, U.N.T.S.O. in his book "Be- '47. We made the borders of '49. tween Arab and Israeli" says: You made the borders of '67. An…

… expeience in Pal- what the United States role in the estine when Arabs and Jews were Middle East should be. The Amer- living in peace. He points out that ican mass media have failed the the million Arab…

… congressional Neither the Semitic Arabs, the speeches supporting Israel. Con- non-Zionist Jews, the American cern for Arabs or an understand- Negroes nor the entire United Na- ing of their position was non- tions…

… speech into something wholly new. May its sound always evolve but its color stain forever. Bless it despite its ugliness. Bless it anyway. Every year, the Arab Students Association…

…, United Asian American Organizations, the umbrella organization for several A/PIA- interest organizations on campus, partners with the Office of Multi- Ethnic Students Affairs to plan this month of…

… events. Last year, A/PIA Heritage Month featured many large- scale events like the Generation Asian Pacific American Cultural Show (GenAPA) and the Midwest Asian American Student Union 2017 Spring…

… Brown Show, and Chroma — a show exhibiting artwork by people of color. Finally, every year Heritage Month is ended by a closing ceremony to recognize the achievements of A/PIA students on…

… campus. Below are some photos from different events that happened during A/PIA Heritage Month last year. This year, UAAO and Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs are looking for people to work on…

… hosts Arab Xpressions — a cultural show dedicated to featuring the beauty of Arab culture. Join us Feb. 17 to enjoy traditional Arab dances, music, clothing, poetry and more. As we explore the…

… unique experiences of Arab Americans through detailed displays and hilarious skits, we hope to provide a powerful and entertaining night for you and your family. The following spoken words were…

… presented at Arab Xpressions 2017: Who am I? A Bearded face, A Handsome face Brown Eyes, Caring Eyes Dark Hair, Silky Hair Tanned Skin, Exotic Skin Child’s thoughts, Loving Thoughts Pause Who…

… look in the mirror. And within me, I see my grandmothers. My sito marrying into the Arab culture, choosing to embody both worlds. My tata, raising five children within a civil war. And within me I…

…. These Arab women. Defying the stereotype unrightfully placed upon them every day. They have inspired me. They have inspired me to redefine what being an Arab means to me. They are my role models…

… of the Unknown Women's Memorial in Washington, D.C. A L1' b e itbadat U i stij Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 a Vo Un car of t ON…

… ser pagan ospecifi area. school what t mind "Arab "terro almost p search of a sc 6ussto l. C, No. 64 signed editorials represent a majo toons, signed articles, and letters he Daily. rity of the Daily…

… legitimate y severe anti-Arab racism that has aspirations for self-determination. singly marked the U.S. political It is even more outrageous that The Calling for people to "beware of South End would choose to…

… Israel and the United 1 PLO policy is to bomb tourists, States from seeing Palestinians as put out by a group calling itself people with rights rather than terrorists onist Student Organization, used who…

… throw bombs. To reinforce such arged term terrorism to imply that myths is to practice the very terrorism abs were terrorists, and that all that groups such as the Zionist Student hinking people should…

… the PLO children were asked last year has accepted Israel's right to exist - he first word was that came to the Zionist Student Organization relies when they heard the word on the same propaganda which…

… has ," all forty of them answered prevented such dialogue for years. rist." And, just this past week, sixty Arab schoolchildren were When Palestinians and others here ed as a group for knives because…

… of fire and blood." The UN blamed the The rights of the Jewish community are for Palestine" (Daily, 11/15/89) we felt Arabs for the war. Husseini later told the guaranteed by Israeli law. In contrast…

…, compelled to reply, not to the intent of the UN Security Council, "... We told the nearly every Arab state proclaims Islam as editorial, but instead to the plethora of fac- whole world that we were going to…

… fight." the state religion and minority groups are tual misconceptions which are rife b) According to the UN Relief and harassed or oppressed. Other Arab states throughout the piece. Rather than assault…

… forthwith and unconditionally to the internationally-recognized boundaries of Lebanon. RAMI KISHEK Chair, Arab-American Students' Association Get involved wM staff members in this day of community service…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 25, 1993 U Ej £ichgjanailg 62s Mac (-~ AA4Y 420 Maynard Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan JosH DUBow…

… Several weeks ago I read an editorial/letter, written by Katherine Metres, that was comprised of inaccurate claims regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict. The first time I read this letter, "Real Peace Starts…

… frustration would be through understanding the origin of the author's animosity. I telephoned Katherine and asked her if we could meet to discuss the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. We met twice over…

… that I read and those that were subsequently told to me during the course of our discussions. I was most disturbed, however, thinking that the hatred, felt by many Palestinian-Arabs living in the…

… of terrorism. within the seven week stay in Israel and the Territories, Katherine would seek out Israeli-Jews to listen to their ideas about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Yet, as we continued our…

… discussion she told me that she had felt no need and thus had not done so. This one sided approach is often the case for most people who are so vehemently radical, either supporting Palestinian-Arab extremists…

… knowledge tends to balance one's judgment. It was interesting that when Katherine and I brought up the fact that there are Israeli human-rights lawyers who represent Palestinian- Arab causes, she…

… automatically t retorted that these lawyers, although they were Jewish, were adored by the Palestinian-Arabs. Obviously what was not taught at Bir-Zeit University was that within the last year two such lawyers…

… were murdered by the people they were trying to protect. In one such instance, in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian-Arabs, masked with khafias, barged into a meeting between Palestinian-Arab leaders and an…

…14A -The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 28, 1996 NATION/WORLD Arabs call for end to Israel crackdown Los Angeles Times AMMAN, Jordan-Across the Arab world, anger is replacingthe initial sym…

… process. As a follow-up meeting to the "Sum- mit of the Peacemakers" gets under way today in Washington, Arab coun- tries are demanding that the agenda be broadened to bring an early end to what they call…

… the "collective punishment" of all Palestinians for the crimes of a few. "What Israel is doing every day is humiliating the Arabs - both the Pal- estinians who are our neighbors and the whole Arab world…

…," said Jordanian writer Mounes Razazz. "They deal with people as if they information about terrorist groups and have been defeated, and in this case they cannot make peace." Rising Arab outrage at the…

… them. But Egypt, the co-sponsor of the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, is joined by the Palestinian Authority, most Arab states and France in trying to broaden the agenda. They say the current Is- already…

… Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson. Governors pledge to set more rigorous goals for students 0 & & Olga Sara I I 4 9 I I 9 I h F I f FL L The Washington Post PALISADES, N.Y. - The nation…

…'s governors pledged yesterday to revive the campaign for higher academic stan- dards by setting more rigorous goals for theirown students in the nexttwo years. The governors said that attempts to create new…

…Sixty-Ninth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN hen Opinions Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Truth Will Preva' STDN…

…'ve Really Got 'Em Worried This Time" 1 Z To TheEtor f-- AY, FEBRUARY 25, 1959 NIGHT EDITOR: SUSAN HOLTZER Neither East Nor West Concern Arab Minds 'ANDWICHED BETWEEN the contrasting ideologies of the…

… powerful East and West the political philosophy of the Arab world. tatesmen have branded these Middle Eastern ountries as nationalistic with varying shades f pro-Western and pro-Eastern sentiments, epending…

… on the issues at stake. A hodge-podge of kings, dictator-heroes and ibal chieftains, the Arab world is undergoing propaganda barrage primarily designed to oo the underdeveloped countries into one of he…

… ideologically opposed camps, and also, sec- ndarily to control the valuable oil reserves ontained there. MAN WHO LED ARABS for some seventeen years recently called, while in Ann Arbor .st Friday, for a new…

… outlook in the West's ropaganda appeal to this "new audience that as appeared on the stage of the world." The an was Sir John Glubb, former commander f the Arab Legion and a loyal British subject…

…. riticizing the West's attitude toward the Arabs, -lubb called for "ideas . . . that the people can aderstand and absorb." The soldier-statesman eent on to say the West should not tie its ;peal to these peoples…

… so closely to the possi- .lity of material gain, but to higher ideals. "We iould inspire them with a future world they an see, and which the Arabs and the West, as irtners, help to create…

… "future world." Both the East and West are slowly waking up to the fact that Arab nations have only one immediate goal in mind-their own economic productivity. Any means available to further their aims are…

… eyed with interest by the Arabs. TODAY'S ARAB world wants trade, money and guns. The Nassers of the Middle East have little use for the future world that Glubb has called for on the part of the West…

… clear skies in the evening. 39 LOW: 26 Tomorrow www.michigandaily.com -H 11 Many int'l students find fitting in difficult By Tomislav Ladika Daily Staff Reporter While the University aims to encour…

…- age interaction among students of all races and ethnicities, several internation- al students say campus organizations are not sufficiently facilitating such interac- tion. Michigan ranks ninth in the…

… nation for the number of international students with 4,149 enrolled, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, but many of these students do not complete- ly integrate into the student body. Although…

… LSA junior Joy Kaung left Hong Kong three years ago to attend the University, she said she feels she has only partially succeeded in associating with American students. "In terms of integration, there…

…'s the part where people just don't personally reach out," Kaung said. "It's not really working that well because for most of the students I know that are international students, they don't mingle well…

… with the locals" But international students do not always avoid associating with American students by choice - they just have fewer opportunities to interact with American students, LSA sophomore Pragav…

… Jain said. "International students do feel left out," he said. "At orientation you only meet a few people. Initially in the first year, they don't hang out with American students." LSA sophomore Akshay…

… Bajpaee, who is an Indian from Hong Kong and a member of three international student groups, said the University needs to cre- ate "more programs promoting the mix- ing of international and American…

… students. "I don't think mentorship programs or other programs on campus have achieved that success of mixing yet," he said. The University is not entirely respon- sible for encouraging greater interaction…

…THURSDAY, 15 APRIL 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY VIA r4 WIMY" THURSDAY, 15 APRIL 1965 THE MICHIGAN BAlKY P~AE FIVlG I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Criticizes U.S. Arab Policies t/.^: t:TJ54V.h: J.:4…

… 23, 24, 25) represent an effort to distort the historical facts and events which led to the existing Arab- Israeli conflict. Barlev ... abetted by Zionist/Israeli special interests, had better wake up…

… a choice in 1947, chose Israel for an ally and began the process of alienating the Arabs. ZIONIST PRESSURES succeed- ed in getting the U.S. government to refuse arms to Egypt in 1955, while abetting…

… as the Arab states (4,154,000 square miles and over 100 million population) became official U.S. policy. Presi- dent Nasser, bitterly regretting the necessity, was forced to turn to Russia for arms…

… Valley waters has confirmed the Arabs in their conviction that whenever Arab and Israeli interests conflict, the U.S. sides with Israel. Add to this the constant stream of abuse poured out against Arabs…

… generally, the United Arab Repub- lic in particular and President Nasser personally, on the floors of the Senate and House; the better than 50:1 ratio (on a per capita basis) in American aid and philanthropy…

… as between Arab and Israeli governments and institu- tions; the billions in profits being taken from the underdeveloped Arab world by American oil com- panies-add up all these griev- ances and it is…

… not difficult to understand the critical state of current Arab-American relations, created by roosting Zionist chick- ens. Posit the fact that, despite the fairly successful Department of State theory…

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… human nature back into proper focus. The recent tea for the wives of international students was just such an incident. When ap- proximately 100 wives of Ann Arbor business men, professors and factory…

… Yemen, Asiatics from India, Euro- peans, and a large North African and Arabic contingent. The majority of this conglom- erate is united by the fact of their Judaism. But there is a minority of about ten…

… per cent which does not share this common denomin- ator. This is the Arab Minority. After the area that was formerly Palestine was partitioned in 1948, the lines of division were altered by the ensuing…

… war. Certain areas which were predominantly Arab were included in the new Jewish state. In addition, there were cer- tain Arab areas which asked to be included in Israel because over the years they had…

… government. Having just completed a war with seven Arab countries, without having any signed peace treaties, there re- mained in the country 200,000 Arabs. The paradox was whether these should be treated as…

… the military situation, most Arab areas were under martial law and Arabs required travel permits to move from one place to another. Curfews were enforced and there were many searches to determine if…

… infiltrators were being hidden by the Arabs. In the early years he martial rule was particularly harsh, and the issuance of travel permits be- came a powerful force in controll- ing the Arabs. In urban centers…

… such as Nazareth, there was not enough local work to employ the full population, so one had to travel to other cities to find work. If an Arab was refused a travel permit it meant that his livelihood was…

…OPINION The Michigan Daily Ghe Otirbigan t tilg Vol. XCV, No. 12-S 95 Years of Editorial Freedom Managed and Edited by Students at The University of Michigan Editorials represent a majority opinion…

… discrimination on type of action do you advocate to help racist movement called "Kach", Arab-Israeli communities or in- correct it? meaning this way. The way he is dividuals. YERMIYA: I will tell you in brief…

… Arabs alike. even the establishment who tried to ject of education. Education for Now we, unlike the other ignore any such movement has coexistence and against racism in the movements, have started…

… together, acknowledged that we have a Jewish schools in the first place, and actually the Arabs were the ones who problem on our hands. certainly in the Arab schools in the called us to join such a movement…

… stage real it, a grass roots movement? behavior. It started in Nazareth provocation toward the Arab com- YERMIYA: Exactly, you helped where there is a Jewish Nazareth and munity of Israel. We have found…

… it me. It's a grass roots movement. I'm an Arab Nazareth. Citizens of upper necessary to stand-by our Arab frien- a grass roots activist. I'm not a Nazareth tried to prevent Arab ds and to drive back…

… those politician. I'm not running for the representatives of lower Nazareth provocations. In cases where Arabs Knesset. When I could farm and sow from renting or buying apartments. as a community or as…

… our Arab neighbors and to stop any and coexistence and that we give a heard this name, came to Israel ten provocation. chance for the peace to come. BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed CAAWC gre J ,ht, YWs…

…, Muslim American, Latina, I had access to Latino studies classes that were meaningful to me, but in order to learn about Arabs or Muslims, a student — which is common at many universities — would take…

… help students thrive in the very difficult world that we’re living in, and also an academic home for Arab and Muslim students on campus, and it’s also been very rewarding to work with them on…

… am also proud to leave with the Arab and Muslim American studies program in such a strong position and to have contributed something to this campus that some students find meaningful and who will…

…by Islamophobia and Islamophobic incidents on campus. Alsultany is also known for her book “Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11,” published in 2012, and for…

… her work co-editing “Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, and Belonging” and “Between the Middle East and the Americas: The Cultural Politics of Diaspora.” At an event celebrating…

… the scholarship of Alsultany last Thursday, several students, colleagues and faculty members spoke about their experiences working with Alsultany. Aside from her academic accolades, the…

… panelists spoke of Alsultany’s work to expand and improve campus prayer rooms, her role in arranging a closed town hall meeting for Middle Eastern, North African and Muslim students following the murder…

… of three Muslim students at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in February 2015, her advocacy for the ME/NA box to be included on all University forms that require demographic…

… community and nationally, and most importantly, to our students individually and collectively,” Horton said. Law student Areeba Jibril said through Alsultany’s course, “From Harems to Terrorists,” she…

… imagined it would be this way, and what has been the most rewarding? The seed was planted when I was an undergraduate student here in the early 1990s and it was planted through the classes that I took…

…. I know I sound rash but I am, as I imagine other students on this campus also are. -Harrison Baruch, '59 IF OFFERING no solution, the Thursday de- bate between Israeli and Arab points of view did…

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… doing the ed to women in certain activities varies in pro- "right thing" for its students. Portion to the size of the residence. In sorori- It has often been said, half jestingly and half ties and league…

… houses, the student has a special truthfully, that the reason women are given key which she takes on the nights she is to have curfews is to make sure that the men get in a late permission. In dorms, a…

… house director at a reasonable hour, but this has never really waits up for the student. In addition, the been an important issue in the problem, women themselves, close the house in sorority and League…

… only a small World Series seen by millions all over the minority of the students; or whether the world. apathy of which the students are so often Beginning as a 17-year-old pitcher, Griffith accused and…

… during the to close the house each night of the week-- second World War, for its maintenance. and perhaps for only one or two students. At the age of 85, Clark Griffith died Thurs- This is probably to be…

… between classes. This is probably the poor- est example of college life I have witnessed in my short stay here; one of the most disgusting sights presented to the new student. The lobby is not only blocked…

… manage to hit on the problem pretty well. In a nutshell, it's the matter of existence. Israel maintains that it has the right to exist in the Middle East, the Arab states insist that it does not. That's it…

…. Students will be required to reg- ister their cars before any driving can be done. Victories Cited By Both Sides In Holy Land Fighting in Palestine Continues Unabated By The Associated Press Both Arabs and…

… northern part of the new city, Arab shells set afire Jewish targets near the Russian cathedral. SL Committee Chairmen Named Chairman of special action committees of the Student Legis- lature were named in a…

… on Speech Ban A majority of the student body-62 per cent-does not approve of the Board of Regents' action regarding political speeches on cam- pus, an independent, scientifically-controlled srvey by…

… the Bureau of Student Opinion has disclosed. However, interviews with more than 400 students by the Bureau produced evidence that many students either knew nothing whatever about the Regents' decision…

… or misconstrued it. Only 12 students among those interviewed understood exactly what the decision was until Bureau interviewers briefly explained it to them. In the second phase of the Bureau's poll…

…, students were asked if UN Delays Cease- Fire Deadline in Palestine Battle - .:. Truman Asks Wider Social SecurityLaw Says Action Needed In Time of Inflation WASHINGTON, May 24 -- (P) -President…

… the highest levels on record." Announcements Senior Literary Announcements' for students with names from L through Z will be distributed from 1 to 5 p.m. today in University Hall, Penny Klausner…

… approved or disapproved of the Regents' decision to prohibit public meetings in support of a particular candidate or platform. on University property. By their action, student organizations were permitted to…

… hold private meet- ings to further candidates, how-! ever. The Bureau, which is directed by Survey Research students, con- ducted its poll by valid sampling methods, applied to the student population. A…

… representative sample of students, chosen at ran- dom from University files, was compiled. Students thus selected were questioned by trained and impartial Bureau interviewers, and the results were carefully tabu…

… Performing Arts to attend Arab Xpressions — the University’s annual showcase of Arabic culture. Xpressions is organized by the Arab Student Association, and featured Arab dances, skits, poetry and…

… student talent to celebrate the beginning of Arab Heritage Month. It is the only Arab culture show produced on such a large scale at the University of Michigan. LSA seniors Jad Elharake and Haleemah…

…-start built into most undergraduate classes at the University. Michigan time is a MAYA GOLDMAN Daily News Editors Event Arab Xpressions showcases dance, skits CAMPUS LIFE Event by Arab Student…

… had similar stories to her, and that it doesn’t have to be a stigma.” On Saturday night, close to 1,400 students, faculty and community members flocked to the Power Center for the…

… Aqel were the hosts of the event. On stage, they described how Arab Xpressions had transformed in terms of attendance and venue, year by year. Starting in the dorms, it was later moved to the…

… regular affair would gather at one of about a dozen homes equipped with cameras and other broadcasting gear. A program for teaching handi- capped students who cannot leave home was tried once experiment…

… students simultaneonsly by fliping the channel from student to student. THE SHOPPING SERVICES will become available when it becomes feasible to Install the boxes with adding machine key- boards in more than…

…' Conference for a brief telephone chat in the lobby of the Saraha Tahoe Hotel in Stateline, Nev. The governors' meeting began Monday and ends today. WAR MEMORIAL: Israeli police halt Arab shop strike JERUSALEM…

… () - Arab shops closed briefly yesterday to observe the sixth anniversary of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, but they reopened as soon as police began marking striking shops with black paint. Arabs in the Israeli…

… strike was "another failure" for Arab guerrillas. CEREMONIES also were held elsewhere in occupied Jordan to mark the anniversary. Armed troops patrolled east Jerusalem streets in trios, but the Holy City…

… were held in Arab town halls. Some town councils declared a half holiday, to mark the Arab defeat and to protest the Israeli occupation. ASIDE FROM the pressure on shopkeepers, the Israelis made no…

… visible attempt to halt the demonstrations. One Arab merchant told Israel's state radio "it is my democratic right to close my shop and Israel is a democratic country." But like the others he reopened for…

… by the Michigan Student Assembly's Elec- tion Court Saturday for forging a fellow candidate's signature. The court fined Burks five dollars. The court also ruled Corey Mornon, whose signa- ture Burks…

… a nigger?" See BURKS, Page 2 Arab nations call for peace conference RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Eight Arab governments yester- day endorsed a proposal by Presi- dent Bush that calls on Israel to…

… re- linquish territory in exchange for peace in the region. But Secretary of State James Baker rejected an Arab request for a Mideast peace conference. "This is not the appropriate time," Baker said…

…, reiterating the administration's stance opposing such a meeting. Baker met with the foreign min- isters of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar. Avi Pazner, a…

… advises Shamir on the land-for-peace ques- tion, said on state television that "if the Arabs come and tell us that territory is the primary objective of negotiations, it is a sign they're not really aiming…

… issue has violence between Israelis. caused renewed Palestinians and In Jerusalem yesterday, an Arab man who said he was sending a "message to Baker" fatally stabbed three Jewish women and wounded…

… another. After the attack, angry Israelis shouted, "Baker go home!" and anti-Arab slogans. Bush, pledging to move quickly toward a lasting peace in the Middle East, told Congress last week that any…

… "some very good progress," and emphasized the Arab acceptance of a proposal for a permanent security force to protect the oil fields in the Persian Gulf. But there was a clear difference between the…

… United States and the eight Arab nations on a Middle East peace conference. "Our objective is to convene an international conference under UlN auspices," Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa told…

… parties announce platforms S Common Sense party advocates both negotiation and activism by Jay Garcia Coalition leader would abolish Peace and Justice Commission Daily MSA Reporter As Michigan Student…

… fishbowl site because it is a "mass confusion area where student can be peer-pressured. In the past this has resulted in unintended registration by students." ASSERTING THAT "our duty is to make regis…

… Republicans with discrimination against students. Councilman James Kenworthy (D-Fourth Ward) said at the meeting, "We have a ten- dency to lose sites in the campus area." He added, "It seems people are playing…

… refuses blame for oil costs (Continued from Page 1) Arab League in Cairo said speeches by Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger sharp- ly criticizing the high level of crude oil prices had shocked the…

… Arabs. In ' Caracas, a government source said Venezuela is study- ing the possibility of increasing U.S. and other foreign oil com- panies income tax payments by between 10 and 15 per cent on f each…

… ranking exporter. In Beirut, Lebanon, the Arab press accused the United States of waging a war of nerves against Arab oil producers in an effort to force price cut- backs. "THE UNITED States wants to appear…

… to the world as the good guy fighting the Arab oi producers who are the villains" wrote Michel Ahou Jawdeh in the independent newspaper Al Nahar. At the ministerial conference in Vienna earlier this…

… coun- E tries in the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries but also the non-Arab states of Indonesia, I r a n, Venezuela, Ecuador, Nigeria and Gabon.. S &IQ $2.50 ~ f the s ribune re"' FRI…

… Treasury Secretary Wiliam- Si- mon in the past week have warned of a disastrous interna- tional economic disruption if the price of Arab oil is not low- ered. FORD AND KISSINGER, par- ticularly, indicated…

… consideration for meeting the oil threat, ranging from+ diplomatic isolation of the Arab states to a last-resort use of military force. But an analysis of projected remedies and discussions with administration…

… offset the Arabs' economic power and encourage a com-, mon front. THE THEORY is that if all the big' oil users cut their de- mand the Arabs will have no other major market and will be forced to reduce…

… students, mostly Arab-American. gathered in the Michigan Union Wolverine Room to defend and debate racist implications in media coverage of developments in the EgyptAir crash. Youmans said he and other Arab…

…-American students have been angered by press releases that allege Arab-Americans r r Daily Staff Reporter Toilets exploding. Raw sewage back- ing up into basements. Sparks shooting *m outlets. Ceilings collapsing…

…Weather Today: Partly cloudy. High 47 Tomorrow: Haze. High 52. * it a *arO . Low 33. One hundred ninze years of ediatrfrredom Thursday December 2, 1999 _'4 I Students will no longer get…

…Elvain said the need for paper markers of students' academic records has become obsolete. Beginning this term, students will not receive a mailed By Hanna LoPa copy of their final semester grades. The Office of…

… the Daily Staff Reporter Registrar notified students of the change late Tuesday night At four feet s a mass e-mail. years of age, Dr. "It doesn't accomplish much," McElvain said. a typical sex syn Under…

… the old policy, students received fall semester report ing icon of sex i cards at their University address and winter semester grades More than I to their permanent address. munity member McElvain said…

… that the University has mailed grade sheets Theater last nig for "certainly more than 25 years," and the number of grade sex therapist g access options has improved in the last five. Students instant…

…Elvain said, explain- introduced U Sthat students can get the more up-to-date grade informa- Nursing Prof. E t through these other means, whereas the mailings as the "Dr. Ruth become inaccurate in some cases…

…. "All these transactions are -n.---:-Fair.and running" immediately "through the University database." Inside: Fair and For LSA first-year student Rachel Kelly, Tuesday's e-mail was news to embrace. "I…

… transcripts, with the exception of same-day requests, which cost $ 10. cElvain said discussions between the Registrar's office a d student groups set up by the Office of Student Affairs helped the office make…

… of the EgyptAir investigation. Fifty other students, mostly Arab-American, gathered in the Michigan Union Wolverine Room to defend and debate racist implications in media coverage of developments in…

… the EgyptAir crash. Youmans said he and other Arab-American students have been angered by press releases that allege Arab-Americans - 1-4~ r Toilets exploding. Raw sewage back- gup into basements…

…Weather Today: Partly cloudy. High 47 Tomorrow: Haze. High 52. O'trabl ti Low 33. One hundred nine years' of editorial freedom Thursday December 2, 1999 E u mi u in m Students will no longer…

…Elvain said the need for paper a( markers of students' academic records has become obsolete. Beginning this term. students will not receive a mailed By Hanna LoPa copy of their final semester grades. The Office…

… of the Daily Staff Reporte egistrar notified students of the change late Tuesday night At four feet s a mass e-mail. years of age, Dr. "It doesn't accomplish much," McElvain said. a typical sex syr…

… Under the old policy, students received fall semester report ing icon of sex i cards at their University address and winter semester grades More than 1 to their permanent address. munity member Mc…

…Elvain said that the University has mailed grade sheets Theater last nig for "certainly more than 25 years," and the number of grade sex therapist g access options has improved in the last five. Students…

…Elvain said, explain- introduced U. , that students can get the more up-to-date grade informa- Nursing Prof. E Ton through these other means, whereas the mailings as the "Dr. Ruth become inaccurate in some…

… cases. "All these transactions are In.ide:.Fair'an running" immediately "through the University database." Inside Far and For LSA first-year student Rachel Kelly, Tuesday's e-mail Was news to embrace. "I…

… transcripts, with the exception of same-day requests, which costS 10. *McElvain said discussions between the Registrar's office and student groups set up by the Office of Student Affairs helped the office make…

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… Original Side of Exodus' To the Editor: HERE SEEMS to be little doubt why the letter by Messrs. Kamel, Hussein, and El-Boulkainy, concerning the Arab-Israeli situa- tion contains nothing but grotes- que…

… Arab state. It was part of the Arab Caliphate from 637 AD to 1071 AD and from 1071 through 1516 was ruled by a succession of Seljuks, Crusaders, and Mameluks. From 1516 until WWI Palestine was under…

… Jewish and Arab states. The Jewish agency accepted the world body's decision, and on May 15, 1948 Israel declared her in- dependence. Eight hours later the countries of Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and…

… Lebanon sent their armies in an invasion aimed at crushing the newly born state. IN THE PROCESS of the in- vasion, the invading armies called for Arabs in Israeli territory to leave their homes, and leave…

… Is- rael. Thus began the story of the Arab refugees. Indeed, prominent Arabs in the Middle East do not deny these facts. Mr. Jamal Hus- seini, at the time Acting Chairman of the Palestine Arab Higher…

… Com- mittee declared, at the United Nations Security Council in 1948: "The Arabs did not want to submit to a truce . . . They rather preferred to abandon their homes, their belongings and everything…

… the emmigration. " . . .We (the refugees) left our homeland on the strength of false promises by crooked leaders in the Arab states. They promised us that our absence would not last more than two weeks…

…, a kind of promenade, at the end of which we would re- turns." BUT HARPING on the past will not bring the desired goal of peace. Unfortunately, the Arab states re- fuse to acknowledge peace as their…

… goal. Repeatedly Arab leaders have called for war to annihilate Israel. President Nasser of Egypt has said "Israel is an artificial state which must disappear." Further, a government controlled radio sta…

…,p Sixty-Seventh Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone…

… TODAY'S DAILY, there are two pages filled with a great many faces and even more words. This is the SGC Election Supplement. It was designed to help you pick students to repre- sent you for the next year…

… months which may very well de- termine whether or not the Regents will ap- prove it permanently. Now is not the time for the perennial student government deadwood. Perhaps now, more than any other time in…

… its short history, SGC needs thinking, doing people; leaders who are aware of more than the bicycle problem; students of integrity and ability. OF THE FOURTEEN candidates, many do not fill those…

… Nations, and the proclamation of the state of Israel, the armies of seven Arab states invaded the newly established na- tion. Their proclaimed intention was to "throw the Jews into the sea". Many of the…

… Arab inhabitants of Palestine encouraged by the Arab invaders left their homes "temporarily" to escape the un- pleasantness of a war which they thought would soon come to a victorious conclusion. Nothing…

… these top- An Arab free press, Man's 'cre- ics was assigned to a student, whc ation of God, and off-shore li fnits has done research on the topic are topics under discussion in 1 ;tu- and will introduce…

… the best service a free Tunisia, who directs the fort Imsp, pi can offer the Arab world?' - -J ournalism student Azzat Saf- f oun, Spec., introduced the topic, Persecution No Free Press (n debate which…

… Egypt, Miss Holland ent, Magidoff became acqu- 1nted said. with Pasternak as well as se veral Since the Arabs were numeri- other Russian writers and n lusi- cally superior, one student main- cians. tained…

… place in :aRus- industrialization centered on the sian life, he said. "The me n' of diversity of the Arab community. letters found ways of circumx si nt, One student compared the sac- ing the strict…

… Champion. A Rifle Club meeting will be held tonight at 7:00 at the Wo- men's Athletic Building and all students interested in joining the club should attend the meeting. Sawyer To Speak To Grad Students Prof…

… Lounge of the Rackham Building. All graduate students are in- vited to participate in the discus- sion. This is one of a series of graduate student mixers given throughout the school year. -Daily…

… Hoyles, Ronald Peters, William Skinner, and William Roman. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 ... 7:30 P.M. UNION CONFERENCE ROOM THIRD FLOOR All Members of…

… general discus- dent Government Council's Na- siort on it. tional and International Comr nit- Sunday afternoon, for example tee Forums. .the students present discussed Ahmed Bel-Khodja, Grad., of "'What is…

… followed,.Bel Itkodja pointed out that there is Of Pasternajk r io free press in the Arab world tod ay. The rest of the session was ad Tra 1c deoted to organization for dis- cW;sion next week on the other 0…

… great personal tr ge- was far more lively, with debate dy, but also a great tragedy for on peventive warfare, industrial- Russian literature," Robert M-' igi zation of the Arab world, and bo- doff of the…

… number of Arab students and University to recognize Arabic as an who held a high position as a interpretation. In Nazi Germany, Middle Eastern dictatorship. So I'm Jewish students from Central America…

… days representatives to student government. Opinion page editor Karen Klein te hing I rought 1 activities begin? a new Jewish-Arab student movement Whatawas unique about this student Oiincharacter…

… elected in 1971, to be the editor The court decided that I should be the aeemen first, I established to promote Jewish-Arab of the student paper. I transformed it to Spiro explains: I refused to serve h h…

… to space. Some of the Central American fight and die for your country. disturbing that a person who wrote to develop a peace initiatve . Instead of Arab students, so they had to have more students…

… screaming that the University was: peace between Israelis and mentioned. The judge who tried me violation of civil rights, and this is studies at 35, the age when most people giving too many rooms to Arab…

… student; Palestinians, spoke in Rackham widened the charges beyond the living proof that totalitarian norms in the United States are applying for but they neglected the fact that no one onhs govrn men's icy…

… in he prosecutor's demand. I was found don't stop with Arabs and that slice by tenure as professors. wanted to rent a room to Arabs. Occuied erritoris.iy Sir, e guilty in violation of the spirit of…

… of the law. There is no such safeguards of freedom and civil community. We had a high number fight for recognition that Arabs as a for writing letters critical of the interpretation in democratic…

… society. rights, to raise support for my case, of students who were Kibbutz group had the right to elect their own Israeli invasion of Lebanon. A Daily: When did your peace members. We established in those…

… witnesses who said what a group was that it succeeded in 1972 to interviewed him while he was wonderful person I am. If only half of . M which was a new phenomenon. You win election to the student government…

…Marchers mourn for Ashley St. home t' The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, November 20, 1990 - Page 3 Work-study bill heads to by Michelle Clayton ally Staff Reporter Students and Ann Arbor resi- dents…

… make a change." House by Bethany Robertson Daily Staff Reporter A bill that would give work- study students new job opportunities with non-profit organizations is scheduled for discussion and vote on…

… the Michigan House of Rep- resentatives floor Nov. 27. Student lobbyis s2from the Michigan Collegiate Coalition (MCC) in Lansing are worried that a time crunch may prevent the bill from passing through…

… Congress before winter break and the end of the Congressional session. MCC represents the state's 15 public universities through lobbying efforts in the state legislature. Students employed by non…

…-profit organizations through the work- study program are paid 80 percent by the state and 20 percent by their employer. If Bill 5441 passes, the state work-study fund would pay 100 percent of the wages of students…

… unused funding would pay for the proposed program. "(The bill) will benefit the non- profit organizations primarily but also the students because it will open up opportunities (for more organizations to…

…'ve scheduled," Swift said. LSA sophomore Julene Mohr, a work-study student working at '(The bill) will benefit the non-profit organizations primarily but also the students because it will open up opportunities…

… Stevens, executive director of the council, said the meeting gave members of the council and students the opportunity to discuss common agendas. MCC and the council's relations committee briefly addressed…

… the Americans decide to go to war with an Arab country. They expected more patience and restraint," he added. A group of approximately 50 students calling themselves the Ad Hoc Coalition of People of…

… A group of students join the other protestors at the SOS (Support Our Soldiers) rally on Saturday. JENNIFER UUNET: £Weekend The Great Schism One week of war splinters While opposition to Saddam…

… Hussein was prevalent, many questioned why the U.S. would so easily send forces to fight an Arab leader and his country when similar aggressions have been virtually ignored in the past. "My initial reaction…

… are nothing new to the world. Most Arabs think of the West Bank as well as the Golan Heights and Lebanon when they think of aggression. The U.S. can wait, dawdle about those occupations, the violation…

… of humanities, and the dismantling of those governments... What's different?" he asked. University Public Health Prof. Rashid Bashshur, a Syrian- American, summarized the dismay many Arab…

…-Americans felt when the U.S. bombed Iraq. "Although I never liked Saddam Hussein and was completely against his occupation of Kuwait, I hate to see an Arab country being decimated in the way Iraq is being…

… decimated. They are totally overwhelmed by the technology of the U.S.," he said. "Arab-Americans are stunned... They are stunned because of the extent of the humiliation of the Iraqis and the ease with which…

… Color Against the War in the Gulf and Racism at Home called the Persian Gulf War racist. They condemned its "anti-Arab" nature and pointed out the numbers of minorities in the military are…

… two sisters serving in the Gulf, first-year Engineering student Africa Freeman explained her opposition to the war. "People have to Students f Support Lu KELN SMOLLERi/eekenld Mike Richardson, a…

… Vietnam veteran from Detroit argues with a pro-war student in the Diag last Thursday. students' views on Two days before the United States bombed Iraq, reporters flooded The Daily with calls, asking how…

… plan to re-settle the refugees somewhere in Sinai. qTHE LAST accusation, that the Arashe neurae marauding. is Arab, Israeli Students' Views on Arab Refugees (EDITOR'S NOTE: The following two articles…

… by Israeli student Mordechal sap!s oMt juaasad vanu jvW TaV31 aAlIv uasasdai qnl; q3 v puS ululaiN on the problem of Arab refugees from Israel.) *1 …

… interest to the administration at East Lansing. THAT the students at the Pretty School on the Red Cedar river are blessed with more than their share of creative talent; this is something that no one-not even…

… doubt exists that talent such as this deserves to be channeled into more con- structive drives. As to just whether the students at "State" could come up with a Model-T cow on a fast assembly line-this is…

… instructed to indicate wheth- er or not specific chairmen of commit- tees are to be members of the Student Government Council or not. The com- mittee will report back as soon as pos- sible, Serving on the…

… be responsible to the Student Government Council. The following policy proposals were includ- ed in the report: 1) The name of the organization shall be "Cinema Guild." 2) The Cinema Guild Board, its…

… of disbursement of profits. 6) That Cinema Guild be the only student organization authorized to pre- sent a regular program of motion pic- tures for an admission fee. 8) That Cinema Guild Board be…

… Installation Night calendared for April 13. The April 15 meeting will be held at 3:00 p.m. Student Government Council agenda for meeting to be held Fr., March 25 1955 at 3:00 p.m. in the Union. Homecoming Dance…

… Administrative Organization S.L. Recommendations to SGC National Students' Association SUMMER PLACEMENT .EQUESTS Camp Navarac, Upper Saranac Lake (28 miles from Lake Placid) New York requests applications from…

… upper class- men & grad students (either sex) for specialty counseling positions. Season of 8 weeks during July & Aug. months; salary ranges from $250-$500 per sea- son. Ratio of 3 children to everycoun…

… Jewish and Arab states 4, EDITOR'S NOTE: The fol- lowing article was written by the Ann Arbor Israeli\ Student Organization as a reply to an earlier article by the local Arab Student Organization.) WE…

… WELCOME this opportunity for an exchange of views on paper with the local Arab Student Organization. We further hope that it might lead to a true, open, direct and perhaps friendly future exchange of words…

… ~e SirhinDaily Eighty years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The…

…-the po- lice's side. A spokeshian for the Black Action Movement said recently that the student involved in the case, T. R. Har- rison, was never asked to present his side of the story during Larcom…

…'s investiga- tion. Furthermore, students who were pres- ent in the crowd say the group was an amorphous one, lacking any leadership; Initially it was awaiting the Regents' de- cision on the BAM demands…

… with respect to the crowd." From the accounts of student witnesses, who were interviewed during the investi- gation, it is clear that police reports and their impressions were the main source of…

… information. Pictures of the incident show the arrest being made in a clearing with few stu- dents nearby, much less a crowd. Com- panions of the arrested student say he never threw a brick or any other missile…

…. Larcom further excuses the officer on the grounds that the officer's first blow never hit the victim, but hit the officer holding the student instead (breaking a blood vessel in he officer's wrist). The…

… of the sit- uations with which they must deal (ie. confrontations with students) and the responsibility which they possess, police officers should not be kept on the force if they cannot remain calm…

… to the crowd size and the flying bricks. On the basis of these findings, one must conclude that the officer in ques- tion is not suited to the job of police work. The fact that he missed the student…

…- leased a report last week supporting the officers' decision to use weapons "In the Angell Hall incident the officer knew there was a cement wall behind the perpetrator and there were no students or passers…

… weapon, then (Tate) would proba- See POLICE, Page 2 Arabs spurn invitation to talk in Israel MADRID, Spain (AP) - Arab delegates spurned an invitation yes- terday from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak…

… Shamir to go to Israel to negotiate. In their first exchanges on the floor of the historic conference, Arab and Israeli leaders traded re- criminations and clung to familiar positions. The Arabs demanded…

…. Shamir called it a "garden of thorns." The Arabs argued that peace was conditional on Israeli willingness to give up the captured territories. "Every inch," insisted Syria's for- eign minister, Farouk al…

… Kamel Abu-Jaber. "We are willing to live side by side on the land," said Haidar Abdul-Shafi, representing the Palestinians. Shamir began his speech with a simple "Shalom." Although the Arab and Israeli…

…-to-face bargaining be- gins. "There is no better way to make peace than to talk in each other's home. Avoiding such talks is a de- nial of the purpose of the negotia- tions," Shamir said. The Arabs want to talk on neu…

…, the Days of the Dead celebration that takes place Nov. 1 and 2. Foreign students experience by Gwen Shaffer Daily Higher Education Reporter While approximately 1,000 University of Michigan students…

…, cost, and academic ranking, several for- eign student counselors said. Once here, foreign students often must overcome not only problems faced by domestic students, such as adjusting to a new environment…

…, but the added stresses of language barri- ers and a strange culture. Language is the main obstacle for foreign students, said Louise Bald- win, program coordinator at the University of Michigan Interna…

…OPINION Pn *6 The Michigan Daily I I vas v 0 ed and t nichigan Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan Trend growing in linking Palestinians to Nazis: Stop the political…

… Daily. cized Mitterand for meeting with Arafat, particularly on the day for commemorating the Holocaust. IS OR OreThat comment enraged Clovis Maksoud, the Arab League's Am- TOMORROW THE head of the Fed…

… an honorary de- Movement, the Student Non-violent viously, Palestinians had nothing to gree. Given the FBI's history of Coordinating Committee, and the do with Nazi atrocities. But a dis- violating the…

… continues to maintain files on Di A L5 1t! after numerous law students pres- LASC and the Coalition, but refuses '-j s R E sSlc sured the dean to respond to the FBI to release them to the organizations. - fl…

… who polls show would have voted claim because the debate is political. for Kahane in the last election, had But then Lewis lists anti-Jewish he been allowed to run. statements made by anti-Zionist Arabs…

…. He even claims that "some Then he would have to explain Arab countries... have become the how the conflict has fostered racist main centers of international anti- sentiments, and he would have to…

… Semitism," a term he uses despite disassociate the Arab-Israeli dispute its racist tone and lack of supporting from the history of European anti- ?& D ECCD. S - - - Y -- -k -"1,4M - - -- - - 0 r i s date…

… the Holocaust, no mention of how the Palestinians treated the Jews nor how Arabs treated the Palestinians. It's a pure propaganda piece that I'd compare to Leni Riefenstahl's 'Triumph of the Will"' [a…

… Nazi pro- paganda film]. Here again is a casual equation of Palestinians with Nazis. evidence. He concludes that his ex- amples are "representative of Arab and Muslim opinion and that a Eu- ropean…

…-style anti-Semitism is now widespread in the Arab and Muslim world." Lewis attempts to show a conflu- ence between European anti- Semitism and Arab anti-Semitism, without investigating the historical contexts…

… Seventy-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICMIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Black Perspectives on Two Elections…

… editors. This must be noted in all reprints. I SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1967 NIGHT EDITOR: WALLACE IMMEN SGC and Vehicle Regulations: Driving the 'U' to a Solution STUDENT GOVERNMENT Council on Thursday…

… night eliminated all student regulations concerning the operation of motor-driven ,vehicles. The University administration, in the person of Vice- President for Student Affairs Richard L. Cutler…

…, countered by claiming that SGC cannot "wipe out a Regents bylaw." It appears, though, that the students are clearly in the right. For years the administration has at- tempted to regulate the rights of student…

… at this time pre- paring to make a decision on the matter. HE ADMINISTRATION'S timeless de- fense of its system of allowing only a part of the student body to drive in Washtenaw County has revolved…

… we are given. It re- minds one of that classic Arab proverb: "Though the ass may make a pilgrim- mage to Mecca, still an ass he will re- turn." -ROBERT KLIVANS Editorial Director the Primaries But…

…THE MICIGAN DAILY PG World's Fair at Union Brings Brussels to Ann Arbor THE SPHINX ... at the UAR exhibit TYPEWRITERS RENTED SOLD BOUGHT REPAIRED Student Supplies doubtful shopper seems unable…

… EAST -. The twain met at the World's Fair, where students from the East, such as this Japanese dancer (left), performed on the same program with students from the Ukraine. SETTING UP-The Union was…

… traditional art. The Fair erected their displays. This woman, an Indonesian student, is African students on campus presented these intriguing native administering a last-minute check to the objects in the…

…?-This elaborately engraved coffee-serving set was part of the many oriental objects on display at the exhibit of the United Arab Republic. The coffee "cups" are porcelain bowls set in the engraved brass holders. This…

… Seventy-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom EDI ED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ROGER RAPOPORT: Where Opinions Are…

… resignation of the vice-president for students, and the vice-president for students is glad to know ahead of time who the new English department chairman is. EVERYONE IS ALWAYS begging us to leave stories out…

… laments the decline in morality, asks for full law" enforcement, and an end to corruption and graft. MUCH OF THIS is to be expected from the adults. But the depressing fact is that many students reflect an…

… even more narrow-minded attitude. "Why couldn't you print it next year, after I gradu- ate," said one student. "I don't want the teams on pro- bation now." "The Daily really did it this time," said a…

… spawned y the Six Day War, everyone has ignored a most critical question: what is the relationship between "Arab Socialism" and the "Israeli Co-operative Movement?" Israel's economy is largely so- cialist…

… summit of social organization and above all a system that works in the Middle East. Now recall that the Six Day War--from the Arab side-was a socialist war.. The Arabs fought to counter alleged Israeli…

… aggres- sion, which they say has grown steadily since 1955. Many kibbutzim have Arabs working on them- Arabs who live there with their Israeli comrades. During and after the Six Day War, the Arabs deli…

…- berately bombed Kibbutz water towers and power plants. So the Arab states are tiying to build socialism by condemning Is- rael-which has the most com- plete socialist units in the world. Arab leaders are in…

… forced to pay Kelly Services $6.50 an hour per employee while it continued to pay its student employees $3.35 an hour, said Nick Sheath, general manager of the MUG. IN RESPONSE to the dearth of student…

… applications, the MUG raised its starting wage from $3.35 to $4.00 an hour, arnd the number of student applications increased. In addi * in to their pay, students who work at the MUG receive a 10 percent…

… Oz speaks to a crowd of several hundred at Rackham Auditorium last night. See story, Page 3. Arabs, Jews create Middle East dialogue By TIM DALY While diplomats search desperately for peace in the…

… Middle East, a Palestinian and a Jew are traveling across the country promoting dialogue between Arabs and Jews living in the United States. Walid Mula, a Palestinian living in Israel, and Ronny Brawer, a…

… member of the Progressive Zionist Caucus (PZC), will visit about 70 universities and 25 cities during their two-year national speaking tour, which began in September. At the University, Jews and Arabs have…

… already formed an informal discussion group, which met over the weekend. It offers Jews and Arabs a chance to get to know each other as people - not as members of an ethnic group. Mula and Brawer, who spoke…

… at the Law School last week, urged Jews and Arabs interested in the Middle East conflict to take part in the workshop, which was directed by Len Suransky, a former University faculty member, and Mula…

…. WORKSHOP participants discussed Jewish and Arab culture, group stereotypes, and how their identity as a Jew or Arab affects their lives. Miriam Roth, a PZC member, has been participating in an Arab…

… placed in smaller groups so they can get to know each other. "The small groups allow people to get to know each other as individuals instead of knowing each other as an Arab or a Jew," Roth said. The…

… dialogue group's main purpose is to emphasize the importance of personal relationships between Jews and Arabs, Roth said. Political issues are discussed, but only after the participants have gained a better…

… disabilities and to strengthen their legal rights. Arab stereotypes need to be fought. By Dina Khoury Suppose a survey were conducted of University of Michigan students to deter- mine their attitudes towards…

… community, such results should be met with alarm and despair. Such a survey was recently conducted on campus, but instead of testing student attitudes about Blacks, the survey was concerned with Arabs…

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…. Roughly 90 percent of those responding agreed that Arabs were both intelligent or competent and hard- working or diligent. And roughly 90 percent disagreed with the statement "Arabs are unclean." However, a…

… core group ranging from 20-35 percent of the respondents consistently agreed with negative statements such as "Arabs are terrorists," "Arabs are warlike," and "Arabs hate Jews." While these statements…

… might cause other ethnic groups to bristle, the Arab- American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the group conducting the poll, was somewhat encouraged by the results. Khoury is an LSA junior. The…

… racist stereotypes. This can only breed further tension on campus. The ADC conducted the survey to de- termine what stereotypes are most preva- lent among University students and there- fore in what ways…

… we must educate the community to help end these stereotypes. The survey was conducted by phone and the respondents were chosen at random from the University student directory. The students were…

… replies. Our goal is to humanize Arabs in the face of traditionally dehumanizing media portrayals. To have 20-35 percent of those polled holding such negative attitudes to- wards Arabs in an educated…

… community is unacceptable. In order for us to move for- ward to an atmosphere of greater tolerance, we must strive to understand one another rather than condemn in ignorance. Anti-Arab stereotyping is not a…

…. Judges question free trial for Moussaoui I U.S. Arab population doubles over 20 years WASHINGTON (AP) - The Arab population in the United States has nearly doubled in the past two decades, according to…

…- lion Arabs in the United States in 2000, compared with 860,000 in 1990 and 610,000 in 1980. About 60 percent trace their ances- try to three countries: Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. While earlier Arab…

… immigrants came from countries with large Christian populations, newer arrivals come from heavily Muslim countries such as Iraq and Yemen. "Immigrants from the Arab world come for the same reason all immi…

…- grants come - economic opportunity, opportunities to have an education, to develop a professional career," said Helen Samhan, executive director of the Arab American Institute Founda- tion, a research…

… group. Samhan said the lifting of U.S. immigration quotas in the 1960s opened the door to people from Arab countries and many took advantage during the 1980s and 1990s, with a large number coming from…

… nations such as Lebanon and Iraq where there were wars. Almost half of the Arabs in the Unit- ed States live in five states - Califor- nia (190,890), New York (120,370), Michigan (115,284), New Jersey (71…

…,770) and Florida (77,461). . "It would be better to come to America than Europe or Canada," said Zak Trad, 33, of Anaheim, Calif., who came from Lebanon three years ago. "It's the largest Arab community not…

… in an Arab country. I didn't think I would be a stranger here." New York City, the first stop for mil- lions of immigrants for more than a century, had the largest Arab popula- tion among U.S. cities…

… States League Special charge accounts for U.M. students By MALINDA BERRY The first effort to unite the9 Arab world was attempted in 1450, B.C. by an Egyptian Pharoah-it, failed, for much the same reasons…

… MICHIGANENSIAN is only $5.00 "Ensian-the yearbook that's Your book" where else but at GREENE'S? 1 GREENE'S CLEANERS credit application name address phone' SINCE 1450 .. . BC: Disunity Continues To Plague Arab…

… that the modern League of Arab States is failing. , The league, which predates the United Nations, has spent 17 dif- ficult years trying to resolve the dichotomy between its members' desire for unity and…

…, each of which is aware of its indepen- dence and wants to preserve it," Prof. George Grassmuck of the political science department said Wednesday. "The development of Arab unity has failed because of the…

… said. Constitutional Exchange "There has been a great effort to gather cultural information such an exchange of constitutions. They are also working to stand- ardize Arabic," he noted. The league has…

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… of "need-it-now-but-no-ready-cash," doesn't it? This is just another way for us to say- we appreciate our student business. We try to make it a pleasure to deal with Greene's. cleaners and shirt…

… attacks by Syria and Jordan on Nasser. Because of its many differences, it has trouble taking positive ac- tion on anything - instead it spends its time condemning un- assailable enemies of Arab unity and…

… pan -Arabism - Israel and colonialism. The most positive action the league has taken was when Iraqi Gen. Abdel Karim Kassen threat- KRU V P-qqg*v 012 Subscribe ened to seize Kuwait; the league1 sent…

… a combined Arab force to1 prevent him. Reasons for internal strife are not hard to find in an Arab world that comprises Nasser's socialism at one extreme and Saudi Arabia's desert monarchy at the…

…, which shows that the number of both undergraduate and graduate students tak- ing Arabic courses more than doubled in the years between 1998 - when those students began their studies - and 2002, according…

… six, according to the 9/11 Commission Report released in July 2004. Many University students of Arabic said they view Arabic proficiency as a useful skill because of this recent demand for translators…

… in media focus on the Middle East has also led many students of Arab or Mus- lim descent to enroll in Arabic classes in order to learn more about their own cultures or the lan- guage of the Quran, said…

… Fawzia Bariun, a lec- turer for Arabic 102. However, media portrayals of Arabic culture have also had a negative effect on the participa- tion of some Arab students in the community, said Mahmoud Fadlallah…

…, LSA alum and interna- tional relations chair of the Arab Student Asso- ciation. Fadlallah said while many students of Arab or Muslim descent who may not have previous- ly affiliated themselves with Arab…

… culture have become interested in it, there are also many Arab students who have chosen to disassociate them- selves with the Arab community because of the negative media portrayals of the culture, creat…

… showings will be at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday. Grad student fair to " be held in Union The Michigan Union and the Michi- gan Union Bookstore will be holding a Grad Fair to provide a one-stop opportunity…

… for graduating seniors to find everything they need for gradua- tion. Students will be able to join the Alumni Association, buy their caps and gowns and order their class rings and graduation…

… for academic affairs in 1986, and was appointed presi- dent of the University in 1988. During his tenure, which lasted until 1996, Duderstadt crafted and enacted the Arabic courses gain popularity at…

… 'U' By Laura Frank For the Daily With the media's attention and career opportu- nities geared more than ever on the Middle East, enrollment in the University's Arabic language classes has increased by…

…. "Eliminating ignorance of the Arab political situation will also eliminate some of the stereotypes about Arab Americans," said Basil Salah, a senior LSA student and head of organization for the Arab American…

…The Michigan Daily-Friday, March 25, 1988- Page 13 Minority politics addressed By TED POPELY As part of Arab American Awareness Week, more than 50 people attended a speech last night on the…

… introduction of increasing numbers of minority Americans in the national political system. The awareness week - which has featured Arab and Middle East cultural events - is sponsored by the two…

…-year-old University chapter of the Arab American University Graduates Youth Section. The events continues tonight with a display of Middle East handcrafts and finishes tomorrow with a fashion show in the Michigan Union…

… University Graduates Youth Section. The AAUG Youth Section is a campus organization dedicated to informing people about the Arab American community and about the Arab situation abroad. Salah said the…

… organization also performs an important social function for Arab Americans. In a place where it is often difficult for Arab Americans to adjust, "We create a bond with one another," said Salah. About 50 people…

… attended a talk given by Jim Zogby, founder of the nationally recognized Arab American Institute and national co-chair of the Jesse Jackson presidential campaign. His speech, entitled "Ethnic and Minority…

…," said Zogby in his argument that today's American foreign policy organization is not representative of the constituent members of American citizens. Zogby said that Arab Americans have made progress in…

… terms of governmental representation. "We've come a very long way in a short period of time." Zogby connected his wish fot Arab American and minority involvement in government with a call for support of…

… Council at the WQBN meeting yesterday evening. Stephen Wert, an LSA first-year student and Rumsey House representative, read a typed speech to other house council members citing the reasons for the…

… T N J 4 U L LETTERS: Arabs can overthrow Zionist apartheid To the Daily I have followed with great in- terest the debate over Israel and Palestine taking place in the pages of the Daily. I want…

… Arabs were forced off their land in order to create a "Zionist state in Palestine. 2) The expelled Palestinians and the Palestinians remaining in Israeli-controlled territory are oppressed by Zionist…

… Palestinians follow the PLO and Arab- leaders who support terrorism, the government is right to refuse to deal with them." Changing a few words, we get exactly Botha's argument for apartheid. "South Africa is…

… Jewish state of Israel is based on the nonexistence of an Arab state of Palestine. The national rights of the Palestinians cannot be realized without the abolition of Israel as a Zionist state. Abolition…

…Seventieth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS or THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY Of BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS When opinions Are Free ThUth wn Preva" STUDENT PUBLICATIONS…

…: Blind Obedience, Watchism' AY, MARCH 11, 1960 NIGHT EDITOR: THOMAS HAYDEN Arab Unity May Result In, Increased Tensions Red tassels with glory are not as good as' sleeping in peace. -Chinese Proverb…

… Communists in China seem to have adapted this philosophy to fit their own needs. The mass conformity in appear- rHE RISE of Arab nationalism and its drive for Arab unity could, quite definitely, be a rive…

… toward peace. However, this drive may -ell backfire and could eventually cause in- reased friction in the Middle East. Arab unity is an expression of a desire of he Arabs to rectify the artificial…

… political ivisions of one people. A few decades ago, treat Britain and France, party in an effort i maintain their colonial policies, divided up he Arab world into small states under the ssumption that when…

… divided they would be asier to control. Today the Arab states want to unite ii an (fort to better their political, economic and illitary positions, and this plan is viewed by >me Arab leaders as a move…

… divisions between eoples who think of themselves as Arabs in- ead of, for example, Iraqis, would reduce msion in the area. It is easy to understand he annoyance of the people in one Arab state, hen their…

… externally. ?ab economic unity would eliminate the conomic conflicts, for example, trade barriers r customs disputes between Arab states. Fur- her, a rising standard of living, given impetus y economic unity…

…, would decrease the discon- nt of the Arab peoples and increase chances f world peace. Even militarily, there is considerable logic in the assumption that a more militarily se- cure Arab world, and hence…

… one less fearful of aggression and foreign expansion into Arab territory by Israel or imperialistic countries would be much more likely to promote peace. However; this is the point that could back- fire…