Reply #79: the cultural clash....

[pelsar]

thats a far better description of the worlds situation today as opposed to a specific religion and its geographical positioning in the world.....though it too, if we really try to "pin it down" will find it full of exceptions etc.

and interesting detail:
I do think she is possibly being a bit dishonest about her own upbringing though......so too was edward said. His actual upbringing being that of on the nile and not in jerusalem, which brings us to a very fascinating and a political impossibility to discuss of the arab culture.

The question which probably can never be answered:
western ideas of truth within the arab society.....and yes i know it borders on racism to even bring up such an issue, but that too is a western concept is it not?

sure makes for a impossibility to both discuss let alone understand the cultures involved-which is what its all about. Strikes me a somewhat ethno centric for us western educated to try to understand arab/islam using western tools.....