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Article: Who would be best for the Arabs? The Middle East and America's election.(The Middle East weighs up Barack Obama and John McCain)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- August 9, 2008
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Schmoozing from the left……and schmoozing from the right
Schmoozing from the left……and schmoozing from the right
Weighing up the relative merits of Barack Obama and John McCain
SIX months ago, in a mock poll conducted at the US-Islamic World Forum, a gathering of influential Muslims and Americans held every year in the Gulf state of Qatar, Barack Obama won a resounding victory as the preferred choice for the next American president. If one is to believe internet chatter from America's extreme right, the Illinois senator's popularity among Muslims in the Middle East might be due to the allegations that he is 43.75% Arab by ...