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The Arab Future

“The Arab world today is ruled by contradiction,” writes David Ottaway; extreme wealth surrounded by crushing poverty will determine the culture’s future.
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“The Arab world today is ruled by contradiction,” writes David Ottaway; extreme wealth surrounded by crushing poverty will determine the culture’s future. “Turmoil and stagnation prevail, as colossal wealth and hypermodern cities collide with mass illiteracy and rage-filled imams. In this new diversity may lie disaster, or the makings of a better Arab future.”

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