AN OLIVE BRANCH FROM WASHINGTON
In a speech lasting almost one hour at Cairo University in Egypt last Thursday, US President Barack Hussein Obama, called on the nations of the Middle East and the Muslim world to open a new chapter in their relations. What is the essence of this new chapter he is offering and what hurdles stand in the way of its implementation? Tempo interviews President Obama and reports on this “Washington Visit” to Cairo.
June 9, 2009
GOD blessed Barack Obama with a strong memory, as evident in the faultless delivery of his oration before 3,000 people who filled the spacious and regal Cairo University Auditorium last week. In his speech, he brought up, one by one, the highs and lows of US relations with the Muslim world, enthralling the audience with declarations that Islam was actually a part of the United States of America. In reality, disputes have damaged—and in many pla
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