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Acknowledgments From Yvonne The courage of Jack Shaheen and Barbara Nimri Aziz inspired me to write this book and their guidance and encouragement helped me finish it Thank you Dr Jack for taking the time to be our professional reader I am indebted to you Barbara for directing me to activities and places I needed to be Kathleen Brown McNalley and Dawi Winston you ground me wado Thanks to my son Jiman and friends Angela Irma Sharon Khadija Arlene and Luca and especially my very patient husband who took over my tasks Thanks for your attention to detail Michelle Schoob Cynthia Sherry wado for doing the right thing with both my books Your vision and commitment to helping make America the inclusive society it needs to be is remarkable From Maha Thanks to the people who will read this book with an open mind and heart and to my children who give me the peace of mind to write Maha and Yvonne are both grateful to these won
derful folks who filled in the blanks and didn't mind being interviewed and pumped for information Adil Oualim Akram Khater Douglas Haddad Elsa Marston Jeffrey Saad Joseph Haiek Joseph Kassab Khalil Hachem Laila Al Qatami Liz Behrend Malika Zarra Musa Hamideh Naef Al Mutawa Paul Ibrahim Pauline Kaldas Ray Saeid Sarab Al Jijakli Naomi Shihab Nye Helen Zughaib Hani Shihada Susan Joseph
