!0 reasons to love arabs

Ok! So I am so tired of hearing about Arabs being the target of negative publicity. We are NOT all terrorists. We do NOT all believe in radical ideas brought forth by crazy religious extremists. We DO NOT oppress our women. we DO NOT belief in 72 virgins in Heaven. We DO NOT have any more of a backwards ideology then other races. We are NOT sand-dwelling camel riders.

All of these stereotypes plus the many more that exist in which Arabs are portrayed in a negative light are just down right hurtful and untrue. The stereotypes make an accusation and place blame on a culture deeply rooted in tradition and value. Arabs are a people who tend to be humble and gracious. Their hospitality is second to none....truly first rate.

So therefore below I have come up with a list of ten reasons to love arabs for the wonderful people that they are.

10) If it weren't for arabs and muslims: the world would never know the number 0. we would never know algebra! Arabs and Muslims also advanced the field of trigonometry as well.

9) Good Food!!!! If it was not for the arabs/muslims the world would not know the beauty of hummus, falafel, yogurt, koshari, tahini etc.

8) Hospitality: the Arabs are the most hospitable and giving people I have ever met in my entire life. They will literally give you the shirt off of there back if they know you like it. They will go out of their way to help a person.

7) modern day international law for refugees is based off of the teachings from over a thousand years ago in the Quran, the holy book for Muslims. One of the major components of international law for refugees is the idea of non-refoulement or forced return---this idea is not new to mankind in modern day..it was mentioned in the Quran 1,400 years ago. Thanks to Islam modern day international law for refugees is a little better off due to the teachings found in the Quran.

6) the Arabs brought you great actors like Tony Shaloub and Omar Sherif or great inventors like Steven Jobs, creator of Apple (his biological father is Syrian), great writers, poets, activists, scientists, professors and even great comedians like Dean Obeidallah and Aron Kader.

5) Arabs gave the world the harp, drum, tambourine, oud and other instruments.

4) lets not forget about a major major major contribution to civilization: the phonetic alphabet!!

3) cosmetics: thanks to the ancient arabs the world knows the beauty of eye liner, body lotions, nail polishes, lipsticks, jewelery etc.

2) the magnetic needle discovered by medieval arabs helped to improve navigation since the 9th century.

1) Arabs and Muslims brought you everything from makeup to navigation to food to dance to clothing to science to law to perfume. whats not to love about them?