The Arab World

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This paper explains that the image the West has of the Arab world has always been formed to a certain extent by misperception and misunderstanding. The author points out that religious, cultural and political tensions, which have ebbed and flowed over the centuries between the West and the Arab world ,have been due to real grievances on both sides. The paper states that much of the mutual enmity between these two civilizations has arisen because Arabs and Westerners simply don't understand one another very well.

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"The image the West has of the Arab world has always been formed to a certain extent by misperception and misunderstanding. The religious, cultural, and political tensions which have ebbed and flowed over the centuries between the West and the Arab world have been due to real grievances on both sides, but much of the mutual enmity between these two civilizations has arisen because Arabs and Westerners simply don't understand one another very well. September 11, 2001 was a defining moment, for the West reacted dramatically to the al Qaeda terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. The negative image many Westerners already had of the Arab world was reinforced by the carnage unleashed on America that autumn morning."

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