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  • He does use the word "shukran" when appearing on Arab media--I have to be fair here.

    Saturday, May 31, 2008 As'ad 2008

  • He does use the word "shukran" when appearing on Arab media--I have to be fair here.

    Wednesday, May 14, 2008 As'ad 2008

  • Dennis Ross of course never studied the Middle East, although he brags that he can say "shukran" when prompted.

    Thursday, July 31, 2008 As'ad 2008

  • Dennis Ross of course never studied the Middle East, although he brags that he can say "shukran" when prompted.

    Friday, July 18, 2008 As'ad 2008

  • Also, did you hear that President Obama used the word "shukran" which means "thank you," in Arabic, to say "thank you," to an Arab?

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • Could it be that the reason he didn’t say "shukran" on the campaign trail was because he wasn’t addressing, say, the king of Saudi Arabia, rather than the "emergence" of his "Muslim roots"?

    David Petraeus IS A SECRET MUSLIM | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • During President Obama’s Cairo trip earlier this month, the press corps finally uncovered the truth about President Obama: by saying "shukran" — the Arabic word for "thanks" — to an Arabic-speaking audience, he secretly converted to Islam.

    Obama Converts To German | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • And to all the Arab Americans who participated in one way or another by sharing their lives, experiences, thoughts, analysis, and insights with me, shukran jazeelan!

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • Instead of just saying a simple shukran, thank-you, Tayeb always had to say shukran jazeelan, and he never hesitated to add a rahmit Allah or a bismillah alrahman al-rahim when he could.

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • Instead of just saying a simple shukran, thank-you, Tayeb always had to say shukran jazeelan, and he never hesitated to add a rahmit Allah or a bismillah alrahman al-rahim when he could.

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

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