Arab Countries Share Their Passion About Obama

Barack Obama in Middle East

Barack Obama is not only popular in the US, in Arab countries, this U.S. president-elect is very popular. In the poll involving 500 business leaders and journalists in Egypt, 85% of theme supported Obama more than John McCain.

“When Obama speaks, he really inspires you,” said the Almighty El-Gazzar, a senior editor Community Times, the media Cairo, Egypt. According to analysts, the Arab world put quite attention on the U.S. election this year because of U.S. policies to reach these areas in mid-east.

“They were so interested because of Iraq, because Iran, due to our situation,” said Ali Jarbawi, political scientists, such as Palestinian origin This Sydney Morning Herald, Friday (31/10/2008).

“People have high expectations,” said Khaled intimate, political sociologist in Saudi Arabia. “They expect Obama will attract teams from the United States of Iraq,” he added.

In Palestine, about 40 percent of Palestinian citizens always follow the news about the U.S. presidential election campaign. However, according to the opinion survey released this week by the Arab World for Research and Development, an independent research center in Ramallah, Palestine.