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Article: U. becomes Libya at Model Arab League meet
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- April 28, 2003
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If Deborah Dilley became a little overbearing and bombastic, it
was all part of the plan.
After all, the University of Utah student was representing Libya
at the recent Model Arab League competition in Washington, D.C., and
everyone knows Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has a reputation for
being difficult.
"We got very much into character," said Dilley, president of the
local Arab League chapter. "We all wanted to be like Gadhafi. He's a
leader with crazy ideas."
The U.'s Middle East Center sponsors the local Model Arab League
group. The university's students join others from colleges and
universities all over the country in studying Middle East issues.
Each group is assigned one of the 22 ...