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    'Head Start' in Arab Cultural Awareness

    AS SALIYAH, QATAR

    08.04.2009

    Photo by Dustin Senger 

    Area Support Group - Qatar

    Sharif Abuhuzaimah, from O'Fallon, Ill., teaches Arabic language lessons during "Head Start," a cultural sensitivity awareness course, at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, Aug. 4. All service members at the U.S. military installation in Qatar, an Islamic state located on the western coast of the Arabian Peninsula, are offered an opportunity to learn an essential ingredient in maintaining healthy international relationships: respect. "It's important for Americans to learn ways to avoid offending anyone here," said Abuhuzaimah, "to avoid hurting the relationship between the United States and Qatar... and the entire Arab world. As long as they keep showing respect for the local culture and religious beliefs – which are closely connected here – the Qataris will continue to consider them their friends. It's a matter of respect – we respect them and they respect us."

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    Date Taken: 08.04.2009
    Date Posted: 08.04.2009 11:52
    Photo ID: 192542
    VIRIN: 090804-A-9466S-019
    Resolution: 2391x3600
    Size: 2.19 MB
    Location: AS SALIYAH, QA

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