programmed over ten institutions in the city of san francisco including the air film festival the arab culture and committee center but also with the tamp pais public library to have two events showcasing the rich arab america culture that exists here in the city of san francisco and i want to thank you all for coming and i want to introduce joaquin for resident who ska great member of our community and has helped organize this event. (applause). . thank you very much and good evening everyone on behalf of mayorly who will be joining us in a few moments i want to say thanks to all of you for being here tonight it's always a pleasure for you go to welcome the community into city hall - because you remind us our purpose in government so to serve and you you certainly bring life and culture and community into our very state halls and bring life to us, so thank you again. i want to thank the nominating committee and the planning committee for their excellent work in ensuring that those very important community members who do so much to ensure that our communities remain strong and vibrant,

and arab community know what to do when people walk through their doors so thank you so much vera. (applause). . >> thank you so much for your support san francisco we really appreciated it the arab community really appreciates it and tomorrow is a huge day for the community it's the beginning of the big holiday, so happy new year, (arab) thank you. you. >>> thank you vera. >> (applause). vera i do say with ask you to stay with us up here for a moment. hard work is never done alone and the best work is done in collaboration among very very strong key members in any organization. and so it's with great pride we are able to recognize someone who has been serving the community for song here in san francisco. and his name is abraham if you could please join us here on stage. (applause). . for those of you who are very strong supporters of the arab culture and community center you know abraham's work very well you joined in 2,003 as the america cultural and community center youth program coordinate 98or for over a decade he has provided services to the arab couldn't health and education

-arab relations, dr. john duke anthony to introduce the arab u.s.lation used in the arab idea session. dr. anthony. >> we used to have the session several times in the past and then not in the last two years, but we can't request, would we please restore it, especially nature of the substance and quantity of reporting that some of the misinformation and remission about event occurring in the region of the arab world in the past year and a half. so we've got three individuals to address these issues and take your questions. barbara ferguson will be the chair. she's been the chair through the last circumference is circumferences that we've had in this one on media issues chair twice before, so we look forward to she's been a stalwart preacher to saudi arabia and the united states with arab news, but she's no longer there, but she's also had a foot in the u.s. government. she was embedded with the u.s. forward deployed troops in the liberation of kuwait and iraq and has had has had an insight as well and the ongoing training and relationship with the u

, or the arab uprising. so from almost two years when a fruit vendor in tunisia lit himself on fire and has literally changed the region. what is this about and what has happened? >> so our comments today are going to be a little bit from the academic side, also a little from the personal side. i am half libyan and i spent 15 years in benghazi and also in alexandria egypt. my opinions in what was happening in the last two years is somewhat in comparison to what was happening in 1978 when i was there. what we are seeing now is that the u.s. has very little to do with what happened there. that the uprisings were very much from within and were very much about the economic devastation that many of the countries have experienced, and it was very much a grassroots movement. that means a signal of hope that this was something from the people themselves and not something imposed on them from outside. now i think we are a little impatient. it has only been two years. these countries have their own unique problems tha

even if there is palestine and arab government and everything is arab, it will stay like their religion, and i don't belong here and i'm very sure of that, you know. >> well, you mentioned that you have three daughters. we've obviously seen some tensions between the arabs and jews. for instance, if one of your daughters wanted to date an arab boy, would that be acceptable in your eyes? >> it's one of those questions that you hope doesn't happen, and in my case, i doubt very much it would happen. but if you want to be very hypothetical or theoretical, it would not be acceptable in my eyes. one of the reasons that we moved to live in a jewish society in a jewish state was to live in a place where the threat of intermarriage is very, very small. and besides the fact that my kids all got very strong jewish and zionist upbringings, it would be the furthest thing from any of their minds in any event. that's not to say that in their social life or in their academic life or in their sports life they wouldn't associate with arab teenagers. my youngest daughter, who's now in twelfth grade, plays

serving under our mayor lee who i would like to make a invite to make a few remarks in honor or of arab heritage month here in san francisco. >> thank you, thank you joaquin, thank you, welcome to our orange city hall. i want to welcome everybody here this fourthth animal america arab month of separation and it's my pleasure to join us here and many of us know that we are such a lucky city, and we are lucky because people around their world make their way to fraction, find hopey until the city they know that we celebrate our diversity and find strength in the different cultures that pretend together and now, i ask you also to bring me talent from the arab america communities to make me and help me lune run the city. yes, it's incredible. union, i think i can talk about how wonderful diversity is, but we have to get the talent from our communities to represent all of the different thing that we do in the city. and you know, tonight, even though there is something called a baseball game out there, but these wonderful events that we have in the city whether it's america's cup whether it's

nevertheless, after- thanks to our good arab guide, we were able to get in. we couldn't do any video taping in terms of interviews, but we were able to get just a vision of the beauty. these are like, you know, the seven wonders of the world, how beautiful these are. so let me quickly go to the roll-in at dome of the rock, and then we'll see a traditional muslim family. >> there is perhaps no better way to visualize the relationship between the mythic, ritual, and doctrinal dimensions than a visit to islam's third most holy shrine, located on the temple mount in jerusalem. according to the grand mythic saga in islam, this is the rock where mohammed, after a whirlwind night journey to jerusalem, ascended into the seventh heaven. a feature that first attracts the attention of visitors to the islamic world is the minaret- the high palace from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer five times a day. inside the mosque, the austerity and majesty of islam and its god allah are strikingly evident. unlike other faiths, the islamic tendency in decoration is to

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for them an arab is an arab. in september 2000 the palestinians started to shoot through the jewish neighborhoods, and the authorities had to protect the kindergarten over here, and they put up this wall put up by the neighborhood council. but nevertheless, it's quite ugly. but if they shoot from the other side toward the kindergarten, what other measure you can take in order to protect the children? >> before returning home we went to visit a palestinian farmer whose life was devastated when half of his land was taken by the israeli army to accommodate the bending of the wall. -- the building of the wall. majority of his land and the better part of his land is beyond that fence. all these walls he built by breaking this sporn land with his wife and his children and all his hard work is gone. he cannot go down and tend to his trees or cultivate it. >> i feel like i haven't found any anchor for the light at the end of the tunnel. is there any chance for people to believe that there is something else? >> i used to

well, a year ago, that was arab territory." there's still this business of, "sorry, you have to move on." and when you think about the situation of the indigenous peoples of this continent and how, "well, here's your reservation. no, i'm going to move further"- they're still getting pushed around, and that's messing with their mind, ethically. yeah, janet? >> right now what they're doing, i think, is they're refusing construction permits for palestinian houses, so you can't add a room addition on to your house while they're building those new subdivisions for the other people. so they're squeezing them that way- they're saying, "well, we don't care if your son or daughter got married and now you need more- no, you can't build onto your house." >> and as virginia said, it's not having rights, and without rights, you can't obey your obligations, you can't obey your responsibilities, and it puts you in ethical conflict right there. now to get in this extraordinary material we have, hold onto the questions. i want to kind of shift

interest or in latin america in the same period john's right that in the arab world the united states face faces mixed interests on the other hand he didn't mention libya where the united states joined a military intervention that did help lead to what's probably pro-democratic change for the arab world does present a mixed picture but i think it's actually compared to how the united states has approached democratic change in most other regions in the last twenty years ok tom if i could stay to stay with you do you think that the nato intervention in libya was in the name in the purpose for democracy or just geo political interest the un resolution yes the u.n. resolution was about humanitarian intervention and france and britain in the united states ended up taking further in and carrying out an intervention that helped lead to regime change i don't think it was due to sort of deep sinister economic interests i think the united states france and britain actually had the best interests of the b. and actually in their minds and helped contribute to an outcome which will probably be bet

there is new opposition bloc is welcomed and the arab world bugs recognize the region's main body stopped short of breath nies ing it as the sole voice of the syrian people. meanwhile syria's neighbors are increasingly being drawn into violent conflict with israel launching cross border shelling and lebanon turning into sectarian power cat. plus germany's bid to show support for portugal's hysteria drive is met with public outrage as people's patience with painful cuts and tax hikes are down. and a scowl that ousted cia chief david petraeus goes beyond a secret mistress it's now a matter of national security and political intrigue. at a study out of the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena josh the arab league has hailed the formation of syria's new rebel coalition but stopped short of recognizing the group as a soldier and voice of the syrian people leaders of syria's exiled opposition beset by mutual suspicion and infighting formed a new blog on sunday at are now seeking full international backing middle east policy or joins us live for more paul though the rebel coalition

uprising or an arab awakening or an arab empowerment. it's not just country to country. i think, yes, it started in tunisia and egypt. the satellite it's, you know, clearly had the power of communicating because you didn't need a lot of people in some ways to use the internet, because when you have one person taking a picture and then al-jazeera's putting it on, one person's communicating or even tweeting and then al-jazeera's putting it on, it's the mixture, it's the mixture of the social media and the satellite television. and according to my polls, you know, for the past decade if you look at where we started, wheral ya're rah -- al-jazeera in the 1990s had very little viewership in places like morocco in north africa, but last year half of the republic said al-jazeera said it was the first choice for news and another 20-30% said the it was the second choice for news. so just to give you a sense of how the local national media became marginalized over time, and that has been the story of the whole decade. >> let's start going through,

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arab spring. the u.s. held on to my mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very trepidations about actual democracy taking hold their inbox rain we're holding back in you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy movement there in yemen we did sort of the regime change with that you know didn't have much much to say about democracy was a one single candidate election and across the region and that's been true since after the cold after the. after world war two the u.s. has has preferred what what wanks like to call stability but wait what normal people like to call tyranny ok tom where do you came in on this because lot of talk about democracy paralysis certainly true that the. yes absolutely it's certainly true that the arab spring has presented harder choices for the united states than it faced in say central and eastern europe in the one nine hundred ninety s. where it clearly seemed that democratization would be in the u.s. interest or in latin america in the s

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a delegation from the arab league. there are two interpretations of the diplomatic if they routinely around the ceasefire talks. first of all they speak too much i think about the differences between sunni and shia. and. i saw a chance or a unit. uniting. the block headed by egypt hopefully. turkey. iran. and the reason for noor of qatar is reaching you full money to gaza also the you know what's considered a step in the direction i should say is that maybe if we. try to start a new chapter in the history of the middle east and it's a history of flaws the parties that this. will try a little above you know. you buy. this kind of problem let's try to do something together let's not play at the goal differences confessional differ because this kind of policy might trigger bigger trouble here you mentioned you mentioned egypt well actually mubarak was a great mediator he was one of the gurus of the political process going on in in the region in africa and how now today once again egypt. managed to to to to to play the mad

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a fine student of arabic. much more. he gave me careful and cogent advice and council as we wrestled together with the many growing problems that even back then were en endemic to the country's work. i learned about benghazi, as the critical changes in libya began to unfold. his leadership there at a time of great importance and danger was a tribute to his courage and bravery. his skill and dedication as a diplomat. to his commitment to a new and better libya. benghazi in a real sense, as you have heard today, became his city. as it is with a deep sense of fate that in benghazi he and his colleagues gave that last full measure for his country and his many friends in the city where he died, continuing to defend and prosper their hopes and their aspirations for the future. many have commented since on chris's salient commitment to the people of benghazi. john thorn writing in the christian science monitor noted that when he passed in the street, the young men would call out, hello, chris. they knew his face. would laugh an

but as you say, hamas has had the benefit of this post-arab spring support from arab leaders. they're all coming into gaza to stand shoulder to shoulder and in support of hamas and giving hamas, which the west would like to see isolated, giving hamas this legitimacy, unlike any previous arab leaders and they're also though pushing for this cease-fire. so trying to use their leverage in that way. >> christiane amanpour, our cnn international anchor and the global affairs anchor. thanks. we're getting some news in from cnn's reza sayah right now. he's joining us live from the egypt/gaza border. reza, what are you learning? >> reporter: wolf, obviously we're talking about the possibility of a truce and a cease-fire in the coming hours, about you we just got some emphatic, very loud reminders that the fighting continues. right behind us is the rafah border crossing. about two minutes ago at least three or four huge explosions. we can't independently verify what these explosions are, but we can tell you for the past two days that we've been here, we've heard the incessant buzz of w

globally since the end of the cold war and in particularly in light of the the the uprisings in the arab world well the u.s. has been very troubled basis about democracy promotion contrary to what you hear in the rhetoric of politicians and it's most apparent we can just look at most recently in the arab spring. the u.s. held on to boom up mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very troubled basis about actual democracy taking hold their inbox reign were holding back in you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy movement there in yemen we did sort of a. regime change with that you know didn't have much to say about democracy was a one single candidate election and across the region and that's been true since after called after the. after world war two the u.s. has has preferred what what wanks like to call stability but wait what normal people like to call tyranny ok tom where do you came in on this because a lot of talk about democracy pretty well it's certainly true that the. yes absolutely it's certainly true that the arab spring has presen

uprising or arab awakening or arab empowerment, not just country to country.es, it started in tunisia, egypt, the satellite television clearly had the power of communicating because you didn't need a lot of people in some ways to use the interpret because when you have one person taking a picture, and then one perp's communicating or even tweeting, and then al jazeera puts it on. it's the mixture. it's the mixture of the social media and the satellite television according to my polls, you know, for the past decade, if you look at where we started, where al jazeera in the late 1990s had very little viewership in places like in north africa. by last year, half of the arab public said al jazeera, specifically, was the first choice for news and another 20% to 030% said a second chance for news. that gives you a sense how the local, national media became marginalized over time, and that is will be the story of the -- and that has been the story of the whole decade. >> start going through with tunisia. good news story, so far, so good? >> yeah, i mean, tunisia had a

he's deeply familiar with arab affairs. during the 198 0s he was undersecretary general of arab league. in the 1990s he served as algeria's foreign minister. after that he was special envoy to afghanistan and then to iraq post saddal hussein. when he became envoy to syria earlier this year he described his mission as quote nearly impossible. he is in new york this week to report to the united nations and security council on that mission and on the situation in syria. i'm pleased to have him back at this table, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> rose: you must be exhausted. >> i'm all right. >> rose: what will you say to the united nations. >> you know what, i'm going to tell them what i have been saying all along about the situation in syria is extremely bad. and dangerous. and getting worse. until now nobody has found a way of bringing it under control. we know that this is part of the arab spring. we know that change is coming. but as i think you know very well, this arab spring has been surprising all the time, when mov

programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the r.p. interviews intriguing story to tell you. in trying. to find out more visit our big. welcome back you're watching r.t. a german chancellor angela merkel received a hostile welcome in portugal as hundreds of angry protesters greeted her in lisbon they blame the chancellor for their country's a sturdy drive resulting in painful cuts and tax rises and as i see sarah ferguson reports many wonder why go is following a pass which is yet to reap rewards elsewhere. these measures have been killing is due to give us no future it's only for cattle and employment and misery so many people are becoming desperate and it's almost like a visceral reaction a visceral reaction to these measures people that are getting angrier and angrier angela merkel says it supports the goal may have been bent as a sign of support for this seemed only to serve to highlight the. protestors message loud and clear way testers standing off against the riot police becom

many of the arab states harbored border disputes with their neighbors. some claiming the territory of the others, some claiming the islands in between the different countries. so, there was fear of what was to come in the absence of the british presence. although those concerns were most often aired in private and not in public. >> host: so, when the u.s. stepped up its involvement in the middle east, what were in your view, our successes, what were our failures? >> guest: well, again, with regard to the gulf in 1971, when britain sailed away for the last time and set these countries free, there was for the first time in 150 years, there was no major western superpower to help quell the disorder in between the feuding parties that had originally brought the british to the region. america, as we previously said, was not interested in stepping in to assume any of those same security commitments the british did. and the americans were happy to allow the iraniansians and the saudis to maintain some semblance of order there, even if it went they weren't the e

news programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks box seventy ip interviews intriguing stories for you here. in troy t arabic to find out more visit our big teeth dot com. evening. elite. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for monday november twelfth two thousand and twelve what happens when you take your medicine you've endured the pain but your sickness doesn't go away well you might want to ask greece out then passed a new austerity budget they've committed to public sector cuts privatization measures who grazes careening towards its sixth year of economic contraction that is six years of depression we'll get a report on the ground by greek journalist be honest paleologos live from athens and the international energy agency says the u.s. is on track to become the world's top oil producer in two thousand and seventeen and most entirely be energy self-sufficient by two thousand and thirty five what is this forecast dependent on a

arab spring is going.hatever season is in the arab world now, so they're waiting to see. but in that environment, opposition to economic assistance, in particular to egypt has declined rather sharply over the last two years. we don't have it on this graph, but the same pattern only more so with respect to economic assistance to pakistan and ghanistan. support for economic assistance to israel and military assistance to israel remains pretty stable. and finally let me turn to asia. we're going to see momentarily that americans now really are beginning to be fully focused on asia as a region, the region of rising importance to the united states. they see the rise of asia. they're comfortable with the rise of asia. they see chinese economic growth as both an opportunity and challenge. they're comfortable with the u.s. military role and presence in asia, unlike their discomfort, very deep discomfort, with u.s. military involvement at this point in the middle east. and they look to south korea and japan as our

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troy arabic. visit. welcome back you're watching r.t. rival libyan militias have fired guns and rocket propelled grenades at each other in tripoli in one of the worst collapses in security and the capital since formerly known as fall last year the country continues to be in disarray with residents of the city of benghazi calling for the autonomy of the oil rich east the outer of the pan-african news wire believes the nato backed revolution of two thousand and eleven has turned the clogged back for libya by several decades. historically during the period of the ottoman empire as well as a time colonialism the country was divided basically in its way different regions on three design in the south tripoli the time yet in the west and of course or annika in the east and as a result of the independence movement in libya after nine hundred fifty one and of course after the seizure of power by gadhafi and his cohorts in one nine hundred sixty nine there was a concerted effort to bring about some type of national identity and cohesiveness inside

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. >> in cairo, eu foreign ministers and members of the arab league discuss the syrian . the lenders in charge of patching up the eurozone have gone head to head in a very public disagreement on the best way to deal with grease. >> at a meeting in brussels, the head of imf and -- the heads of the imf and eurozone clashed over when greece should reduce its debt. >> but they did at least agree on a few things -- above all the grece could have at least two years to cut deficit. >> it is a question of how much progress greece can realistically be expected to make in a particular amount of time. >> greece's international lenders were playing down their differences the morning after the clash over athens' debts. the imf wants greece to achieve its lower ratio by 2020 while the eu foreign ministers want to allow the country two more years. >> there's no disagreement between the imf and the euro group, but the way forward is difficult. even if we agree on a target date, we have to figure out how to get there. >> the group's help long negotiations of the matter, but the head of th