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The West should speak to the Arab in the street
His lectures circulate in book form, but video is his main vehicle of communication. The use of CNN-like \"zippers\" (the ribbons of words that stream beneath images in newscasts) shows that al-Qa'eda takes the Arab world's rising levels of education for granted. Earlier this year George Tenet, the CIA director, told the Senate about the \"Arab street\", a \"new phenomenon of public accountability\" linked to news and opinion coming out of al-Jazeera and CNN. Uncensored broadcasts increasingly shape public opinion, even in places such as Damascus, forcing Arab governments to be more responsive to their citizens. Tony Blair's decision to give an interview to al-Jazeera suggests how to take this emerging Arab public seriously. There are other encouraging examples. Ironically, at almost the same time that Condoleeza Rice asked the American networks not to air al-Qa'eda videos unedited, Graham Fuller, a former senior CIA officer, was explaining in Arabic on al-Jazeera how US policy-making works. The broadcast made a significant impact.
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Ibn Khaldun
On the life and works of Ibn Khaldūn, 1332-1406, Arab Muslim historiographer and historian.
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