● Arabs have exaggerated visions of America as the l and of opportunity.

○ Believe money comes easily.

○ Jobs are always fulfilling.

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● Shows like “Desperate Housewives” and “Sex i n the City” which are top fare on Arab satellite stations.

○ Warped notion of American women who neglect their families and sleep with any man.

○ Some Islamist political groups and clerics deliberately depict the US in monochrome terms as drug and sex-crazed nation.

○ Validates their contention that the West i s the source of all evil.

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● Lots of Saudis love America.

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○ Crave American culture, model themselves on hip hop and ‘ street fashion’.

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● Lots of Saudis are American educated.

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● Criticism of America.

○ Can come in a social setting or after prayers.

○ But those i nvolved go home and then watch American TV shows and drive American cars.