| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
248 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references ( pages [215]-219) and index. |
| Summary |
"The co-founder of the renowned polling firm Zogby International draws from 40 years of the most extensive polls from the Arab World to lift the fog that has obscured this culture for centuries"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Hearing problems -- 1. The day that didn't change everything -- 2. Listening in the Levant -- 3. Knowledge wars -- 4. Lord Balfour, then and now -- Beyond super myths : who are the Arabs and what do they want? -- 5. Super myth one : they're all the same -- 6. Super myth two : there is no Arab world -- 7. Super myth three : the angry Arab -- 8. Super myth four : the lens of Islam -- 9. Super myth five : immutability , or the frozen camel -- Why it matters : blunders, failures, and fallout -- 10. Iraq : history cuts like a knife -- 11. Lebanon : hearing half the story -- 12. Saudi Arabia : their reform, not ours -- 13. Palestine : a wound in the heart -- 14. Arab-Americans bridging the divide -- Getting it right -- 15. What government can do -- 16. What we can do. |
| Subject |
Arabs -- Attitudes.
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Public opinion -- Arab countries.
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National characteristics, Arab.
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United States -- Foreign public opinion, Arab.
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| ISBN |
9780230102996 hardback |
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0230102999 hardback |
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