"(Bendib) presents a perspective that I think is simply lacking in any meaningful way in the mainstream American media, he brings a cultural and nuanced understanding that goes a long way in helping Americans understand the Middle East."
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Cartoonists from the United StatesImmigrants to the United StatesMuslims from the United StatesSculptors from the United StatesArtists from Algeria
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Nidal Ibrahim (publisher of Arab American Business Magazine in Huntington Beach)
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