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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
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News article / media clipping (wall street journal)
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Summary
This document contains page 20 of a larger file (Bates stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025016), featuring a Wall Street Journal article titled 'From 9/11 to the Arab Spring' by Fouad Ajami, published on September 8, 2011. The text discusses the concept of 'shamata' (schadenfreude) in the Arab world following the 9/11 attacks, contrasting the reactions of populations versus regimes in countries like Egypt and Iran. While part of a House Oversight collection potentially related to an investigation, this specific page does not contain direct references to Jeffrey Epstein or his known associates.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Fouad Ajami | Author |
Author of the Wall Street Journal article 'From 9/11 to the Arab Spring'.
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| Bernard Lewis | Historian |
Noted historian referenced by the author regarding the paradox of pro-American regimes with anti-American populations.
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| Osama bin Laden | Terrorist Leader |
Described as 'the avenger' who received admiration in wealthy Arab homes after 9/11.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Wall Street Journal |
Publisher of the article.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' at the bottom of the page.
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| The Pentagon |
Mentioned as a symbol of American military power that was hit.
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Timeline (2 events)
Post-September 11, 2001
September 11, 2001
The 9/11 terrorist attacks (referred to as 'when the Twin Towers fell 10 years ago').
New York, The Pentagon
Osama bin Laden
Young Arabs
Locations (6)
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Mentioned as the location of the 'commercial empire' (Twin Towers).
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Place where sweets were handed out in celebration of the attacks.
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City where 'no tears were shed' and where the author traveled.
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Location where sympathetic vigils were held.
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City the author traveled to in the aftermath of 9/11.
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Referenced throughout as the target of the attacks and provider of aid.
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Relationships (1)
Ajami cites Lewis's historical observation in the text.
Key Quotes (5)
"The Arabic word shamata has its own power. The closest approximation to it is the German schadenfreude—glee at another's misfortune."Source
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"Everywhere in that Arab world—among the Western-educated elite as among the Islamists—there was unmistakable satisfaction that the Americans had gotten their comeuppance."Source
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"This occasioned the observation of the noted historian Bernard Lewis that there were pro-American regimes with anti-American populations, and anti-American regimes with pro-American populations."Source
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"He was the avenger, the Arabs had been at the receiving end of Western power, and now the scales were righted."Source
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Quote #4
""Yes, but . . . ," said the Arab"Source
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Article 5.
Wall Street Journal
From 9/11 to the Arab Spring
Fouad Ajami
Wall Street Journal
From 9/11 to the Arab Spring
Fouad Ajami
September 8, 2011 -- The Arabic word shamata has its own power.
The closest approximation to it is the German schadenfreude—glee at
another's misfortune. And when the Twin Towers fell 10 years ago
this week, there was plenty of glee in Arab lands—a sense of wonder,
bordering on pride, that a band of young Arabs had brought soot and
ruin onto American soil.
The symbols of this mighty American republic—the commercial
empire in New York, the military power embodied by the Pentagon—
had been hit. Sweets were handed out in East Jerusalem, there were
no tears shed in Cairo for the Americans, more than three decades of
U.S. aid notwithstanding. Everywhere in that Arab world—among
the Western-educated elite as among the Islamists—there was
unmistakable satisfaction that the Americans had gotten their
comeuppance.
There were sympathetic vigils in Iran—America's most determined
enemy in the region—and anti-American belligerence in the Arab
countries most closely allied with the United States. This occasioned
the observation of the noted historian Bernard Lewis that there were
pro-American regimes with anti-American populations, and anti-
American regimes with pro-American populations.
I traveled to Jeddah and Cairo in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. In
the splendid homes of wealthy American-educated businessmen, in
the salons of perfectly polished men and women of letters, there was
no small measure of admiration for Osama bin Laden. He was the
avenger, the Arabs had been at the receiving end of Western power,
and now the scales were righted. "Yes, but . . . ," said the Arab
The closest approximation to it is the German schadenfreude—glee at
another's misfortune. And when the Twin Towers fell 10 years ago
this week, there was plenty of glee in Arab lands—a sense of wonder,
bordering on pride, that a band of young Arabs had brought soot and
ruin onto American soil.
The symbols of this mighty American republic—the commercial
empire in New York, the military power embodied by the Pentagon—
had been hit. Sweets were handed out in East Jerusalem, there were
no tears shed in Cairo for the Americans, more than three decades of
U.S. aid notwithstanding. Everywhere in that Arab world—among
the Western-educated elite as among the Islamists—there was
unmistakable satisfaction that the Americans had gotten their
comeuppance.
There were sympathetic vigils in Iran—America's most determined
enemy in the region—and anti-American belligerence in the Arab
countries most closely allied with the United States. This occasioned
the observation of the noted historian Bernard Lewis that there were
pro-American regimes with anti-American populations, and anti-
American regimes with pro-American populations.
I traveled to Jeddah and Cairo in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. In
the splendid homes of wealthy American-educated businessmen, in
the salons of perfectly polished men and women of letters, there was
no small measure of admiration for Osama bin Laden. He was the
avenger, the Arabs had been at the receiving end of Western power,
and now the scales were righted. "Yes, but . . . ," said the Arab
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