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Good news. (signs of the times).


Random acts of kindness Kindness
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Allworthy, Squire

Tom Jones’s goodhearted foster father. [Br. Lit.
 have encouraged and comforted many Muslims in the U.S. who had become fearful of violence aimed at Arabs in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

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 a steady stream of e-mails to the Council on American-Islamic Relations The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is an advocacy group for Muslims in North America; its professed goals are to "enhanc[e] understanding of Islam, promot[e] justice and empower American Muslims. , Arab Americans This is a list of famous Arab Americans. Academics
  • Dr. Elias Corey, organic chemistry professor at Harvard University and 1990 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry[1]
  • Dr. Abdulrahim N.
 have been approached with unexpected hugs, handshakes, and apologies for attacks by others.

For example, neighbors and strangers sent cards and flowers and a local businessman paid for a new window after vandals threw bricks carrying notes with racist remarks into an Islamic bookstore owned by Palestinian immigrant Hazim Barakat.

"The people in the neighborhood were so nice," he told The Washington Post.
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Title Annotation:Arab Americans
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2001
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