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To: carranza2 who wrote (73432)	2/12/2003 7:11:35 PM
From: epsteinbd	Respond to of 281500

Nothing went wrong! The Arabs are fine people,( ok not with their ladies, yet...) as long as they don't have some crazy leader to tell them how to think.

To: carranza2 who wrote (73432)	2/13/2003 2:21:35 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

What's gone wrong, if anything? Arab hospitality, from what I've learned in the last two years, IMO. It's one thing to want to kill your enemy, but when he's your guest, you still treat him with the utmost courtesy. There's a tradition in Arabia called the bond of salt. If you partake of an Arab's food, he is obligated to do you no harm. They have a different way of behaving. A Westerner would just cap your ass. ;) Here's a link that mentions the practice: Lecture 8, page 2. cwru.edu Derek