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      James Zogby

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      After receiving his PhD in Comparative Religions and Middle East Studies and then teaching for a number of years, Dr James Zogby began a career in politics. During the past five decades, he founded a number of Arab-American civil rights organisations, served in a leadership role in the Democratic Party and in five Democratic presidential campaigns, and received appointments from both presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He also founded Zogby Research Services, which has conducted groundbreaking public opinion polling across the Middle East.
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      Hafsatou Diallo, originally from Guinea, embraces her friend Yulia Kohut after the conclusion of a naturalisation ceremony in New York City on September 17. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services held its largest naturalisation ceremony welcoming nearly 200 new citizens from 46 countries since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Getty Images / AFP
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      CommentOctober 18, 2021
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      The president needs to get the Tunisian economy back on track while he enjoys broad public support

      CommentOctober 12, 2021
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      Sympathy for Palestine in Congress has rarely been matched by action

      For decades I have been talking to high-level figures in government about the need to enact change. At best, I got empty words in return.

      CommentOctober 05, 2021
      US President Joe Biden, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on August 27. EPA
      Arab Americans must have equal protection under Israeli law

      Difficulties for Arab Americans continue at airports at home and abroad

      CommentSeptember 27, 2021
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      The Middle East's water crisis isn't only due to climate change

      With Turkey planning to construct 22 more dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the situation downstream will only worsen

      CommentSeptember 21, 2021
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      For Arab Americans, 9/11 was a double whammy

      We were pulled away from our grieving, as some struck out against us with hate

      CommentSeptember 07, 2021
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      CommentAugust 31, 2021
      US President Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington earlier in the week. Reuters
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      America's chaotic withdrawal could be a stain on his legacy but it's unlikely to be an electoral issue

      CommentAugust 24, 2021
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      I want to remember what there is to love about the Lebanon that was - and I hope will be again

      CommentAugust 17, 2021
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      Candidates seeking a more balanced approach to the conflict are being outspent and defeated

      CommentAugust 08, 2021
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      The long history of anti-Semitism and bigotry against Arabs

      Both groups have suffered a history of vilification and endured campaigns of systematic violence

      CommentAugust 03, 2021
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      CommentJuly 26, 2021
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      CommentJuly 20, 2021
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      The insanity at the heart of the Palestine-Israel conflict

      The players appear determined to repeat the same mistakes without learning their lessons

      CommentJuly 12, 2021
      Waves of protests have swept Lebanon since 2019 amid a severe economic crisis and waves of high-level corruption scandals. AP
      The long arc of the Arab world's uprisings

      Despite widespread frustration and economic hardship, political corruption and sectarian conflict continue in the 'Arab republics'

      CommentJuly 06, 2021
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