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Middle East Review of International Affairs
Thinking About Arab-American Relations: A New Perspective
by Khalid S. al-Khate
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Abstract
The relationship between Arabs and the United States must be seen as part of a wider challenge to Arab political rethinking. This article suggests that a new approach to Arab-American relations must come through internal political restructuring more than an analysis of specific issues. Such a change cannot happen as long as Arab debate is dominated by "sloganists" who apply predetermined ideologies and conclusions to this question.
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Endnotes
Note *: Khalid S. Al-Khater is a Qatari writer, Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This essay has its origin in a March 2003 debate sponsored by Qatar's National Council for Culture and Heritage on Arab-American relations as part of the second Doha Cultural Festival. Tojan Faisal, an ex-member of the Jordanian Parliament, was the other participant in the debate, representing the traditional Arab view. Back