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Overactive Arabs

Written by Ahmed Naoual

We used to keep a low profile,
Watching the world go by.
Nice show, very showy indeed,
This western world,
You'd hear us say, nodding our heads
In appreciation-and disgust.
But we never took part;
Too busy living in our past,
Licking age-old wounds,
Whining, sometimes, in agony
And in despair,
In our little corner of the world,
Far from the festive crowds
Of the wild western world.
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