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1he dlfference ln Lhe way of Lhlnklng beLween LasLerners and WesLerners resulLs a loL of
problems lf you move from an Arablc counLry Lo Luropean one you should prepare Lhe
luggage of sufferlng ?ou should admlL LhaL hybrldlzaLlon ls your desLlnaLlon and paln ls your
galn ArabAmerlcans are hanglng beLween Lhelr aLLracLlon Lowards LasLern magneLlc forces
and Lhelr LhlrsL Lowards WesLern maglcal characLerlsLlcs So Lhey usually galn noLhlng buL
hybrldlLy and lLs faces 1hey wanL Lo be unlfled buL Lhere ls ulaspora Lhey wanL Lo be adapLable
buL Lhere ls sLereoLyplng and Lhey wanL Lo have a cerLaln ldenLlLy buL Lhere ls Lhe
mulLlculLurallsm
1he maln cause of Lhese problems ls usually Lhe blg hall whlch lles beLween Lhe Lwo
culLures 1hls hall ls noL [usL referrlng Lo Lhe dlfference ln prayer Llmlng buL lL refers Lo Lhe mlss
undersLaLlng beLween Lwo worlds ln LradlLlons ldenLlLles muslc dally hablLs and even klnds of
food Amerlca ls Lhe counLry of freedom llvlng freely democracy lL has a loL of mlnorlLles buL
Arablc one ls Lhe only one whlch makes lL afrald of because Amerlcans belleves LhaL Arabs are
LerrorlsLs
LeL's dlvlde ArabAmerlcans lnLo Lwo maln parLles llrsLly Lhere ls Alzhelmer parLy from
Lhe name lLs members Lry very hardly Lo forgeL all abouL Lhelr orlglnals ln order Lo reach
clearness of Amerlcan naLlonallLy 1hey wlpe Arablc rooLs from Lhelr mlnds and oLher's Loo
1hey are escaplng from reallLy llke Lhe osLrlch whlch hldes her head ln Lhe sand 1hey belleve
LhaL Amerlca ls Lhe force whlch could noL be compared whlle Lhelr orlglnal counLrles are noL Lhlng
buL savages
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8ecause l was LgypLlan ln Lhe pasL l know Lhe meLhod Lhrough whlch LgypLlans are Lhlnklng
1hey do noL seek learnlng because of Lhe pure sclence acqulslLlon buL Lhey wanL Lo have MA
and Pu ln order Lo caLch sulLable conLracL from Culf counLrles" (p cblcoqo%
1hls quoLe ls sald by 8afaaL SabeL whlch ls produced ln Lhe novel as an ArabAmerlcan Pls
characLer reflecLs Lhe alLlLude of Lhe flrsL school Pe ls denylng hls Arablc afflllaLlon and
wanLlng Lo geL rld of hls hlsLory 1hls appears very clearly ln Lhe underLone of Lhe quoLaLlon he
refers Lo hls LgypLlan naLlonallLy by Lhe helplng verb (was% he crlLlclzes LgypL ln harsh way and
accuses lLs freshness by belng opporLunlsLs
Secondly Lhe lsolaLlon parLy ln whlch Lhe followers Lry Lo collecL Arabs and creaLe sub
communlLy lnslde Lhe ma[or one 1hey do everyLhlng LogeLher dance celebraLe sLudy even eaL
LogeLher 1hey are escapers from reallLy Lhey refuse Lhelr new world so Lhey [usL revlve Lhe
old one ln Lhe form of mlnl lnslde Lhem We are Lhe only Lebanese Lhe only Arabs ln our
whlLe worklng class nelghborhood (p flve steps to cteote coltote%
!oanna kadl here represenLs Lhe second Lype of Arabs she dlvldes her place lnLo Arabs and
whlLes nelghbors She descrlbes herself as lsolaLed creaLure ln overcrowded world She geLs
hurL because Lhey are Lhe only Arabs Lhere She could noL communlcaLe wlLh any whlLes she
needs Arablc socleLy Lo llve ln
erhaps lf we had noL been lsolaLed from larger Arab communlLy Lhlngs would have been
dlfferenL 8uL as lL was Lhe people around us and socleLy ln generally percelved our muslc and
our good days as a serles of welrd lsolaLed and exoLlc behavlors LhaL for some reasons y famlly
engaged ln" (p flve steps to cteotloq coltote%
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kadl here dlscusses how Lhey are lsolaLed from Lhe general socleLy (Amerlca% and
sufferlng aL Lhe same Llme because Lhey are so far from Lhelr uLoplan socleLy whlch ls Arablc
one she also admlLs LhaL Lhe maln reason of Lhls allenaLlon ls Lhe manner ln whlch Lhey acL
wlLh Lhe oLhers Lhey behave uslng Arablc consLrucLlon whlch make Lhem acL llke exoLlc
creaLures ln normal place
1o sum up boLh of Lhem are ArabAmerlcans Lhey have Arablc hlsLorlcal rooLs and
Amerlcan leaves of fuLure 1hey are holdlng a rope beLween Lwo far Lowers 1hey are llvlng on
Lhe hyphen of hybrldlzaLlon 1hey are lylng ln endless flghL of mulLlculLurallsm because of Lhe
way ln whlch Lhe surroundlng socleLy sLereoLypes Lhem and Lhelr lnLeracLlon agalnsL Lhls
LreaLmenL by formlng new power called ulaspora
SLereoLyplng works badly on lncreaslng Lhe felllng of lnLellecLual dlspersal ArabAmerlcans
face Lhe bad LreaLmenL from Amerlcan socleLy only because Lhey are Arab Amerlcans belleve
LhaL all Arabs are LerrorlsLs AcLually we have Lo classlfy Lhe Amerlcan LreaLmenL Lowards Arabs
lnLo Lwo perlods afLer and before Lhe evenL of nlne eleven 8efore Lhe evenL Lhe sLereoLype
aLLlLude ls dlrecLed Lo whlLe man burden and how Lo be clvlllzed SLereoLyplng has a loL of
feaLures whlch form lLs Lrend
Amerlcan medla work Lo spread unaccepLable lmage abouL Arabs Lhrough Lhe ages 1lll
now Lhere are a loL of Amerlcans Lhlnk LhaL Arabs llve ln caves and rlde camels Pollywood
produces every year large number of records whlch sLereoLype Arabs even as barbarlans or
belly dancers ln 189 1homas Ldlson produces a shorL fllm called laLlma dances ln whlch
Lhere ls an Arablc women dances Lo seduce a male audlence
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nowadays and afLer Lhe evenL of nlne eleven sLereoLyplng overvlew ls domlnaLed by
bombers sLereoLype for example ueml Moor ln C l !ane movle plays a role of navy offlcer
who galns her sLrlpes by kllllng Arabs whlch were vlllalns and money keepers !ack Shaheen
says Cver LwenLy one ma[or movles released ln Lhe lasL Len years show our mlllLary kllllng
Arabs 1hls lncludes such hlLs as lron Lagle ueaLh before ulshonor navy SLALs and Lhe
Amerlcan resldenL" ln new ?ork 1lmes 8ussell 8aker wrlLes Arabs are Lhe lasL people excepL
whom Pollywood feels free Lo offend en masse
As a resulL of Lhls processlng any Arablc person Lhlnks abouL Lravellng Lo Lhe sLaLes he
should know LhaL he could face selflnspecLlon any Llme and Lhe alrporL offlcer has all Lhe rlghLs
Lo search hls luggage ln a humlllaLlon way Arabs are screamlng aL Amerlcan alrporLs noL only
because of bad deallng and complexlLles permlLs buL also from degradlng lnsulLs of belng
barbarlan and LerrorlsLs lronlcally ArabAmerlcans face Lhls processlng also ln Arablc counLrles
which occur under the auspices oI Luropeans. alesLlne lor example lles under Lhe lndlrecL
conLrol of Amerlca whlle lsrael lLself ls ruled from A Lo Z by an unchallenged whlLe man slLLlng
llke an Clymplan flgure ln Lhe WhlLe Pouse" (p tbe otbet Ametlco%
karlma 8ennoune says abouL her experlence on alesLlnlan borders 1he members of our
delegaLlon wlLh darker skln were sLrlpsearched Lven Lhe Lwelveyearold son of Lhe
alesLlnlan Amerlcan famlly was sLrlpsearchlng AfLer Lhe search we were deLalned for abouL
anoLher hour A soldler admlLLed Lo us LhaL we were consldered Arabs flrsL and Amerlcans
second" (p 106 ootool of lolestloe 5toJles)
1he quesLlon now lf Lhey are [usL pure Amerlcans Lhe LreaLmenL wlll be Lhe same?
Moreover we could call ArabAmerlcan Lravelers as a vlcLlms of 1WA" or Lravellng whlle
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Arabs" Some Arabs Lry Lo be adapLable so Lhey search for some helplng manners Some donL
brlng carryon bags Men shave Lhelr faclal halr CLhers arrlve early bellevlng Lheyre more
llkely Lo be quesLloned frlsked and deLalned" Sald lbrahlm Pooper spokesman for Lhe Councll
on Amerlcanlslamlc 8elaLlons says We have a runnlng [oke LhaL Lheres a hl[ab alerL buLLon
under Lhe Lable aL alrporL securlLy checkpolnLs (California Aviation Alliance. Web)
1hey could also geL halr dye or even change Lhe color of Lhelr skln by uslng make up buL
anyway Lhey could noL change Lhelr Arablc names" Women also could noL Lake off Lhelr hl[ab
So Lhey wlll be known by everyone Moreover lf we wanL Lo say LhaL Amerlca ls our favorlLe
place we should know aL flrsL whaL ls happened Lhere Lo our relaLlves SLereoLyplng works
badly upon Lhe process of creaLlng culLure 1o be reasonable person you should make a
mlxLure beLween developmenL flgures and hlsLorlcal consLrucLlons ?ou have Lo know Lhe
perfecL reclpe Lo form culLural ldenLlLy and know how Lo use lLs conLenLs ln order Lo galn
reallsLlc knowledge
Arab Amerlcans Lry Lo lnvenL a formula Lhrough whlch Lhey could mlx Lhelr sLaLlc easLern
rules wlLh Lhelr dynamlc wesLern lnformaLlon 1hey also should add Lhelr lndlvldual Louches ln
order Lo galn personal culLural ldenLlLy
l am a culLural worker l wanL Lo creaLe Lhlngs LhaL allow my loved ones noL only Lo survlve buL
Lo flourlsh (p1 flve steps to cteotloq coltote%
Any ldenLlLy musL conLaln Lwo levels sLaLlc and dynamlc SLaLlcs are consldered Lhe baslc of
our behavlor lL represenLs our LreaLmenL rellglon and human rlghLs lL could noL by
changeable wherever you go Lhey are Lhe same
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one Lrue self hldlng lnslde Lhe many oLher more superflclal or arLlflclally lmposed 'selves'
whlch people wlLh shared hlsLory and ancesLry hold ln common 'Cne people' wlLh sLable
unchanglng and conLlnuous frames of reference and meanlng"
(p coltotol lJeotlty ooJ ulospoto%
1here are also dynamlc feaLures whlch represenL Lhe wesLern developmenL and how we
could be more adapLable wlLh surroundlng socleLy Lhe way of Lhlnklng learnlng dlfferenL
languages and dlscoverlng new maLerlal 1he Lwo elemenLs should mlx LogeLher ln prefecL
aLmosphere ln order Lo creaLe culLure ldenLlLy
lf any unbalance occurs ln Lhe conLenLs of Lhls reclpe ulaspora wlll be only desLlny
ulspersed people suffer from Lhelr lnner confllcL whlch happens beLween Lhelr passlon for
Arablc culLure and Lhelr need for Amerlcan opLlons 1hey usually could noL forgeL or even make
balance beLween Lhe Lwo culLures 1hey conslder Lhe Arablc characLerlsLlcs as rules of Lhelr llfe
1hey belleve LhaL Lhe Arablc world ls Lhe cenLral of power whlch Lhey need
s Bialy stoker Jew wander |navenad| through out 2erica, he continues they discover `it`s
i2possible to Ieel at ho2e in United States`, and Iind that only drea2ing and writing about their
beloved Ior2er ho2e` provides the2 2any solace` in their i22ense suIIering .
(;Ld: in images of Western Europe).
1hey Lry Lo unlfy Lhemselves ln order Lo galn Lhe sLrengLh of selfconfldence 1hey even
prefer Lhe Lerm ulaspora" lnsLead of Arablc mlnorlLy because Lhe Lerm mlnorlLy" refers Lo
Lhelr weakness 1helr unlflcaLlon acLually ls [usL lsolaLlon from Lhe real world Lhey refuses Lo be
adapLable and Lhey choose Lo llve away from llghL Arabs always Lhrow Lhe whole load on Lhe
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Amerlcans sLereoLyplng behavlor wlLh Lhem and ulaspora ls Lhelr lnLeracLlon agalnsL Lhls
deallng
noL only ln Sald's 'CrlenLallsL' sense were we consLrucLed as dlfferenL and oLher wlLh ln
Lhe caLegorles of knowledge of Lhe wesL by Lhose reglmes 1hey had Lhe power Lo make us see
and experlence ourselves as 'oLher'" (p9 coltotol lJeotlty ooJ ulospoto)
1o sum up we have Lo flnd sulLable soluLlons for Lhese causes whlch generaLe hybrldlLy
CloballzaLlon ls our perfecL way Lo reach Lhe unlLy of world Lhrough globallzaLlon we could
communlcaLe wlLh oLher's culLures we could know Lhelr way of Lhlnklng and Lhe way of acLlng
ln real llfe lf Lhe world becomes one unlL Lhe problem of hybrldlLy wlll be flnlshed Moreover
Lhere are a loL of advanLages of hybrldlLy or Lravellng abroad lf anyone Lravel Lo any far
counLry he could galn experlence and knowledge he could be more clvlllzed and he could learn
new languages AfLer hls reLurn he could help hls orlglnal counLry by Lhe dlffuslon of culLural
awareness
%he point I a2 2aking is that to live in a world that is held in the grip oI an extraordinary
unbound great power there is a vital need Ior knowing as 2uch about its swirling dyna2ics as is
hu2anly possible (p. 2 The Other America)
We have to ad2it that, we are parLlclpaLlng ln Lhe exlsLence of sLereoLyplng whlch prevenLs
Lhe goal of globallzaLlon Lo be compleLed As we always refer Lo Luropeans as nonrellglous
creaLures and on oLher hand Arabs are rellglous people and opposlLes could noL be mlxed
Whlle Lhe LruLh ls mosL of Lhe Amerlcans are ChrlsLlans and Lhere are a loL of Musllms Lhere
Loo lL does noL maLLer whlch rellglon LhaL you are followlng belng rellglous equals Lhe
bellevlng of Cod exlsLence so Lhere ls no need for Lhls classlflcaLlon Lven Lhe pronoun Lhey"
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serves Lhe concepL of oLherlng So we should forbld Lhls rellglous sLereoLype and Lhen ask Lhem
Lo sLop sLereoLyplng us We all have Lo know our duLy Lowards Lhe pronoun we"
Amerlca ls Lhe world's mosL avowedly rellglous counLry 8eferences Lo Cod permeaLe Lhe naLlonal llfe
from colns Lo bulldlngs Lo common forms of speech ln Cod we LrusL Cod's counLry Cod bless Amerlca
and on and on (p. 3 The Other America)

Moreover Lhere ls uS lnlLlaLlve whlch alms Lo break down sLereoLyplng concepL lL ls
represenLed ln Lhe AmerlcanArab AnLlulscrlmlnaLlon CommlLLee (AuC% 1hls commlLLee flghLs
Lhe negaLlve porLrayal of Arabs especlally ln Lhe medla LaLer on ArabAmerlcans are
expresslng Lhelr needs and demands Lhrough lL ArabAmerlcans have sLarLed Lo organlze
Lhemselves ln a massbased membershlp organlzaLlon Lo promoLe Lhelr rlghLs and ralse Lhelr
volces on lssues of concern Lo Lhem" (p 6 lolltlcol vloleoce oqolost AtobAmetlcoos%
ln addlLlon Lo Lhe AccepLance from Lhe Amerlcan slde whlch represenLs ln Lhe cooperaLlon of
l8l wlLh Lhls commlLLee 1hey have meL wlLh us whenever we have asked Lo meeL wlLh Lhem we
speak Lo Lhem by phone from Llme Lo Llme and Lhey have conslsLenLly sald LhaL Lhls ls a Lop prlorlLy
lnvesLlgaLlon" (p 6 lolltlcol vloleoce oqolost AtobAmetlcoos%
Lveryone should begln wlLh hlm self ln order Lo reach success knowledge world love
and peace PybrldlLy sLereoLyplng ulaspora and even war wlll be dlsappeared and never come
agaln So we should keep Lrylng because successes are Lhere buL Lhe challenge ls very large
lndeed

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1hes|s: ArabAmerlcans are hanglng beLween Lhelr aLLracLlon Lowards LasLern magneLlc forces and Lhelr
LhlrsL Lowards WesLern maglcal characLerlsLlcs So Lhey usually galn noLhlng buL PybrldlLy and lLs faces
1hey wanL Lo be unlfled buL Lhere ls ulaspora Lhey wanL Lo be adapLable buL Lhere ls sLereoLyplng and
Lhey wanL Lo have a cerLaln ldenLlLy buL Lhere ls Lhe mulLlculLurallsm

,f|n |def 1: lnLroducLlon
Supporting idea (): parties oI rab-2ericans
Supporting idea (B): cultural identity contents (dyna2ic, statics)


,f|n |def 2: stereotyping as a 2ain cause oI hybridity.
Supporting idea (): nine eleven event and how it works as a night2are.
Supporting idea (B): adaptable rabs.

,f|n |def 3: Diaspora as an interaction against stereotyping
Supporting idea (): cultural 2ixture.
Supporting idea (B): Diaspora as a result oI the past.

Conc|us|on: -.DC co22ittee.
B- Our duty towards the pronoun we.
C- %he good side oI hybridity.




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kadl !oanna ed looJ fot Oot CtooJmotbets WrlLlngs by ArabAmerlcan and ArabCanadlan lemlnlsLs
8osLon SouLh Lnd ress 199

Said, Edward. "%he Other 2erica." Al-Ahram |Egypt| 3003: 1-9

""rabs Say irport Checks Single %he2 Out"" California Aviation Alliance. Web. 17 May
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8ennoune karlma An Arab Amerlcans Lxperlence ln Lhe Cccupled 1errlLorles ootool of lolestloe
5toJles 1061 uolvetslty of collfotolo ltess oo 8ebolf of tbe lostltote fot lolestloe Web novuec
1988 hLLp//www[sLororg/sLable/6 Accessed 10/0/011 016?our

korbrln 8ebecca 8ewrlLlng Lhe ulaspora lmages of LsLern Lurope oootboo kotbetfotJ (eJ) lJeotlty
commoolty coltote ulffeteoce looJoo lowteoce AoJwlsbott 191


Pall SLuarL CulLural ldenLlLy and ulaspora oootboo kotbetfotJ (eJ) lJeotlty commoolty coltote
ulffeteoce looJoo lowteoce AoJ wlsbott 1990


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