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To: lh56 who wrote (8312)	10/30/2001 10:24:23 PM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

absolutely. his latest, Dream Palace of the Arabs, is the place to start. amazon.com Ajami is the favorite Middle East expert of most American foreign policy types, because he combines deep and authentic regional expertise with a strikingly pro-American and even pro-Israeli perspective. Other Arabs, of course, along with some Arabists and anti-Zionist types, have the opposite opinion, and consider him a kind of "Uncle Abdul" who just sucks up to dominant U.S. power circles. Me, I'm in the first camp. Folks around here might also want to check out A Peace to End All Peace, David Fromkin's wonderful, rollicking account of the creation of the modern Middle East during the closing years of WWI... amazon.com tb@gotenoughunclesaroundhereanyway.com PS here's more on the ibn/bin question: slate.msn.com