Word: arabize
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Arriving in Tripoli feels like stepping into an Arab capital of the nationalist 1960s. Most of the buildings are that old, and slogans of Arab unity and portraits of the leader stare down from every wall, every square, every corner. Still, at least my cell phone worked. And while it's hard to escape from Colonel Ghaddafi's image or his words - his every statement is read word-for-word on the evening news - every building appears to sport a satellite dish, and the city is dotted with Internet café s where Libyans try to keep up with...
...Book" in which he outlined his ideology. The book itself is displayed in a glass cabinet at reception, on the shelves of the hotel's business center and in the bookstores outside. Excerpts are printed in green - easily the most popular color in Tripoli - alongside the leader's picture. "Arab Unity is a social must," reads...
...with Libya feeling increasingly abandoned by its Arab allies, Ghaddafi has changed his emphasis. Now he proclaims a "United States of Africa," and slogans such as "We Are Africans" are everywhere...
...streets are wide and people drive fast, many of them in late-model Japanese and Korean cars blasting a mix of Western and Arab pop music. Besides a few leftover buildings from the Italian era and a collection of high-rises overlooking the sea, Tripoli's architecture consists mostly of the dull and functional. But the corniche is wide, well paved and clean, with cafés and colored parasols and some children's toboggans, jungle gyms and a merry-go-round. With an epic leap of the imagination, one can almost be reminded of the French Riviera - except that...
...case of Ghaddafi, it worked well for him, because cooperating with the court eventually got him a suspension of sanctions and warmer relations with the Europeans and Arab world. And, of course, the pressure that preceded the trial helped bring about a situation where Libya is no longer a state sponsor of terrorism. So the Lockerbie case shows that as one arrow in the quiver of diplomatic pressure, a court case can in fact be a useful weapon in the fight against terrorism...