The Arab World’s Ten Human-Made Wonders
February 25, 2012 § Leave a Comment
1. Sheikh Zayed’s Mosque
The Arab World’s Ten Natural Wonders
February 24, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Arab-Lands & The Brain Drain
February 24, 2012 § Leave a Comment
There are no exact figures of how many Arabs live in diaspora. Regardless of the numbers, there are many challenges facing Arabs in diaspora, especially the relationship with the motherland/fatherland.
First generation Arab emigrants are caught between their love for the motherland/fatherland that on hand increased by leaps and bounds following emigration and a resentment stemming from feelings of betrayal, of being driven out by what they perceive as unfavorable circumstances if not true hardship.
After an initial period of nostalgia and a degree of culture shock, many emigrant Arabs begin the slow process of acculturation/assimilation into their adoptive countries. In their “self-imposed” exile, they face daily the love-hate feelings towards their motherland and/or fatherland.
Memory polishes events, people and places. Memory plays tricks on the mind. The things that used to irritate Arabs-in-diaspora about the motherland/fatherland seem so trivial after a few months abroad. They start forgetting or minimizing the bitterness that drove them away and remembering only the sweet things about motherland/fatherland. Nostalgia makes the memory both deceptive and selective.
Biographies
February 24, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Majid Khadduri
(September 27, 1909 – January 25, 2007)
was an Iraqi–born founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program.
Mohamed Al-Maghout
(1934-2006)
Died in Damascus on 3 April 2006. One of Syria’s literary heavyweights, a great poet and playwright.
Moustapha Akkad
(July 1, 1930 –November 11, 2005)
film producer and director.
Samir Kassir
(May 5, 1960 –June 2, 2005)
Ahmed Zaki
(November 18, 1949 – March 27, 2005)
was a leading Egyptian film star.



