So, an Iranian, Iraqi, Palestinian and Jew walk into a USF political science class …
No, it's not the setup for the funniest joke ever (although it does raise some comedic possibilities), but instead reflects the reality inside on USF class this fall, where four students from nations or faiths that have been contentious came together. The group included a former Arabic tranlator for an NBC news crew in Baghdad who fled Iraq after she was targeted for kidnapping for helping Americans.
Read about their thoughts on the Middle East and just how much Americans don't understand about that region in this interview.
This article appears in Dec 13-19, 2006.