The answer may lie not in the Arab world but in next-door Iran.
答案或许不在阿拉伯世界,而在隔壁的伊朗。
Only about a quarter of women in the Arab world work outside their homes, but 91% of women in Burundi do.
在阿拉伯世界只有四分之一的女性进入社会工作,但在布隆迪却有91%。
But what is crystal clear is that the mood in the Arab world has changed irrevocably.
但再明显不过的是,阿拉伯世界的情绪已无可挽回地改变。
The television reporter – whose actions have made him a star in the Arab world – called Bush a 「dog」 and said he was angry at the US occupation of his country.
该电视台记者管布什叫「狗」,并说他对美国人占领他的国家感到愤怒。 因为他的这一行动,该记者已经成了阿拉伯世界的明星。
That comment bolstered the view in Cairo and elsewhere in the Arab world that Washington had abandoned the protesters in favor of entrenched old guard it has relied on for the past 30 years.
威斯纳的这个评论,坚定了开罗和阿拉伯世界认为华盛顿已经抛弃示威者,支持其过去30年一直依赖的根深蒂固的保守势力这种观点。
Political change in the Arab world will be neither smooth nor immediate.
阿拉伯世界的变革绝不会一帆风顺也不会立竿见影。
The trend in the Arab world leans towards aridity.
这个在阿拉伯世界的趋势将趋向于干燥。
Egypt is a fundamental player in the Arab world and the Cuban influence in Latin America is well known.
埃及是阿拉伯世界的主要玩家,古巴对于拉丁美洲的影响力也尽人皆知。
Iraqi journalist Muntazar al-Zaidi, who became a star in the Arab world when he hurled his shoes at visiting us President George W. Bush and called him a dog.
伊拉克记者蒙塔兹·扎伊迪用鞋掷向到访的美国总统布什并骂布什是狗之际,他就成了阿拉伯世界的明星。
The big thing Mr Bush did in the Arab world was not to argue for an election here or a loosening of controls there. It was to send an army to conquer Iraq.
布什在阿拉伯世界做的大事并不是主张在这儿举行个选举或在那儿放松些管制,而似乎派遣了一批军队去征服伊拉克。
People in the Arab world do not share the general suppositions of the Western world.
阿拉伯世界的人们并不拥有西方世界的普遍想象。