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Middle East Review of International Affairs
Causes of Anti-Americanism In the Arab World: A Socio-Political Perspective
by Abdel Mahdi Abdallah
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Abstract
This article gives an overview of the rationale given for the causes of anti-Americanism in the Arab world. The author asserts that anti-American hatred is enflamed mainly by U.S. economical, political and military support for Israel, which has enabled it to defeat and humiliate the Arabs. In addition, the author points to U.S. air strikes and sanctions against several Arab countries and its occupation of Iraq; support for certain undemocratic Arab regimes; its military bases in a number of Arab countries; and its campaign against Islam and its citizens of Arab and Islamic origin. The author concludes that if the United States wants to end this hatred it should help to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict and changes its policies towards the Arab world, including ending its occupation of Iraq, closing its military bases in the area, and encouraging freedom and democratization.
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Note *: Dr. Abdel Mahdi Abdallah is an expert in Arab politics. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Sociology from Keele University and has worked at several research centers across the Middle East. His recent works have dealt with Islam, Democracy, the Arab state and the West; political reform in the Arab World; and obstacles towards democracy in the Arab World. Back