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To: frankw1900 who wrote (18691)	2/12/2002 7:14:36 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 281500

What is the thing with Paris universities 500 years ago, was that when they started study all the arabic things not yet banned in the "west"?? (that was in the 1600s??) Might show some more insight to talk about the european enlightment of the 1700s, Jefferson, reading and writing skill even for women, visting Paris as Gingrich (although he 300 years too late) and going on to colonialism of the 1800s?? Culminating in "western" Jim Crow, Nazism, KKK some 100 years later??? Ilmarinen

To: frankw1900 who wrote (18691)	2/12/2002 8:09:30 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi frankw1900; Re: "SA is King Arthur and Sir Gawain with cars, tanks, guns and rice krispies. Its schools and universities have medieval curricula. " #reply-17051744 and also "Rant! Are you saying I exagerate when I claim Saudi Arabia is medieval Medina with guns, cars and rice krispees?" #reply-17052248 A google search for physics research on Saudi Arabian web sites: google.com I don't know whether you're being funny or not. It is a common misconception in the United States that the majority of the world is completely backwards. For example, I've heard it said that if the northern hemisphere were destroyed in a nuclear war, the state of the world's scientific development would be set back 100 years. None of this is true. Every nation on the planet has a certain amount of scientific elite. You don't hear much about Saudi Arabia's, but it's not exactly a big, densely populated country. Suffice it to say that there are plenty of Saudi Arabian physicists, engineers and scientists. For one thing, there are huge numbers of Arabs (from one country or another) studying in the United States. What do people think they're here to study, American History or English Literature? Of course they're here to study mathematics, engineering and the sciences. A lot of them stay in the United States, but more of them probably go back home. When they get home, they get jobs teaching in their universities. You want a job teaching computer science at King Fahd University? Here's the application, note that there is very little medieval knowledge required, but it would help to have some refereed journal articles, books and papers out there: ccse.kfupm.edu.sa kfupm.edu.sa -- Carl google.com