Arab world has mixed views on Obama.Byline: ANI Washington, May 25 (ANI): A new survey has found that just over half of the Arab respondents from six countries say they are "somewhat hopeful" or "very hopeful" about US President Barack Obama's Middle East policy. A Jerusalem Post report says that twenty-eight percent are neither hopeful nor discouraged, while 14 percent are somewhat discouraged or very discouraged. The 2009 Annual Arab Public Opinion Survey also found that 77 percent of respondents have a "very unfavorable" or "somewhat unfavorable" attitude toward the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , down from 83 percent last year.nd most considered Israel and the United States, in that order, to be the countries that posed the greatest threat to them. The results of the survey, conducted by the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
1. ^ About us. Zogby. Retrieved on 2007-10-11. , were released ahead of Obama's highly anticipated address to the Muslim world The term Muslim world (or Islamic world) has several meanings. In a cultural sense it refers to the worldwide community of Muslims, adherents of Islam. This community numbers about 1.5-2 billion people, about one-fourth of the world. , to be delivered in Cairo on June 4th. The poll queried nearly 4,090 respondents during April-May 2009 from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. . ccording to the survey, the most central issues in judging the Obama administration will be his performance on Iraq, the Arab-Palestinian conflict and attitudes toward the Arab and Muslim world. Obama has made a special effort to reach out to the Arab and Muslim world since he took office earlier this year, apparently attempting to refashion Re`fash´ion v. t. 1. To fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time. Verb 1. refashion - make new; "She is remaking her image" redo, remake, make over America's foreign policy image, which took a beating during the previous US administration. The poll, which has an error margin of 1.6 percent, also found that 45 percent of respondents have very positive or somewhat positive views of Obama himself, while 24 percent have somewhat negative or very negative views. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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