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 The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East $26.95 I totally enjoyed this book because I so want to understand the Middle Eastern mind. MacFarquhar grew up in Libya because his dad worked for an American oil company there. Then he learned Arabic and became a foreign correspondent in the Middle East. I was impressed by how he was not content just to chase bombings but sought out learned individuals to explore their thinking. He concludes that American policymakers and the public should support Middle Eastern reformers by working for change within the context of each countries' cultures and values rather than imposing our Western values. We can do this by encouraging civil rights - free speech, free press, and freedom of assembly.  Strange Relations $14.98 This is one of my favorite movies. It is a story of a man having grown up rich who never knew he was adopted. So he becomes ill and goes to England to find his Mother. The ending always makes me a bit unhappy, as does not really end, but otherwise I loved it!It stars Paul Reisner and Julia Waters.  Foreign Affairs $53.70 Articles in Foreign Affairs are extremely well written, and researched. Editions are published every two months. This is no ordinary magazine, it is clear that the editors, and writers take their time to polish and clarify the viewpoints in the essays, and reviews. I would recommend this magazine to students interested in global affairs. Often articles in the magazine help the reader understand the causes beyond current events, and some even go so far as to predict the future. In 1993, Foreign Affairs published a piece titled "The Clash of Civilizations" that proposed that future conflicts will be based on culture and religious ideology. Now, sixteen years later, the conflicts in Iraq, and Afghanistan have supported and verified the thesis in this article. |
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