Despite increased contact between the West and the Arab world, even top American political leaders have only limited awareness of the realities and complexities of their Arab counterparts. Arab Voices asks the questions, collects the answers, and shares the results that will help us see Arabs clearly, bringing into stark relief the myths, assumptions, and biases that hold us back from understanding this important variety of cultures. With a new afterword chronicling the importance of the recent uprisings across the Arab world, Zogby shows why it's more important than ever to base policy and perception on reality, rather than stereotypes and theories.

'Persuasively illustrates . . . that Americans tend to project their fears and desires onto Arabs . . . It's hard to deny the validity of Zogby's larger argument' - The New York Times Book Review

Preface * Chapter 1: The Day That Didn't Change Everything * Chapter 2: Listening in the Levant * Chapter 3: Knowledge Wars * Chapter 4: Lord Balfours, Then and Now * Part II: Beyond Super Myths: Who Are the Arabs and What Do They Want? * Chapter 5: Super-Myth One: This World Is Flat * Chapter 6: Super-Myth Two: A Fictional Unity * Chapter 7: Super Myth Three: The Angry Arab * Chapter 8: Super-Myth Four: The Lens of Islam * Chapter 9: Super Myth Five: Immutability, or the Frozen Camel * Part III: Why It Matters: Blunders, Failures, and Fallout * Chapter 10: Iraq: History Cuts Like A Knife * Chapter 11: Lebanon: Hearing Half the Story * Chapter 12: Saudi Arabia: Their Reform, Not Ours * Chapter 13: Palestine: A Wound in the Heart * Chapter 14: Arab Americans: Bridging the Divide * Part IV: Getting It Right * Chapter 15: What Government Can Do * Chapter 16: What We Can Do