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| | A Clash Of Cultures |
 | | Although more than 600 English wordsincluding algebra, admiral (from amir al bahr, or prince of the sea), alcohol, assassin, cotton, magazine, traffic, tariffhave an Arabic derivation, Westerners usually have a frightful time mastering the language. |
 | | However disturbing it is to some traditionalists, the clash of cultures from East and West is slowly becoming a marriage of cultures in the Arab world, and young, educated Arabs are nudging their countries into the mainstream of the world community. |
 | | David Lamb, a reporter on leave from The Los Angeles Times, is chronicling the Arabs today. |
| www.aliciapatterson.org /APF0901/Lamb/Lamb.html (2549 words) |
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