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cited three causes for what it called the severe "backwardness" in the Arab World. One of these principal causes was the widespread lack of opportunity for a good education. Not just having the chance to go to school and learning how to read, but children need to be taught to think for themselves, be
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The network consists of four channels: SAT-7 Arabic, SAT-7 Kids (Arabic language), SAT-7 Pars (Persian language), and SAT-7 Türk (Turkish language). SAT-7 Academy, an Arabic complementary educational brand, airs programs on the SAT-7 Kids and SAT-7 Arabic channels. More than 80% of programming is
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Iraq, satellite access is approaching 90% of the population. An independent survey indicated 1 in 3 Iraqi children and 1 in 4 Saudi
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standard way of maintaining class and home discipline and where an obsession with coming up with "the right" answers has stunted any free thought...or the concept that there might actually be no right answers to some questions.
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