Arabs in Forein Lands

In the essay Arabs in Foreign Lands by Moises Naim it is argued that Arabs are not only doing well in the United States, but doing better than Americans. Naim mentions that it is great that 24% of americans have college degrees but 41% of Arab Americans have college degrees. On top of this Arab Americans are earning 4.6% more than the Average American Family. Most of them are in professional or manager possitions. Naim makes it clear that is no surprise that they are doing better than they did in their own country, the unique thing is that they are doing better than the average person in America. Naim also brings up the fact that it has been argued that they are doing better because, the people that have th drive to come to America have the drive to succeed and do well. If this were true, Naim argues, then why would they not be able to succeed in other countries that they immigrate to. The essay discusses the fact that the Arab countries are doing poor because there is a lack of information for the work force and they do not accept new ideas and techniques. Naim states that it would take the Average Arab 140 yrs to double their income. Naim is very adimit that the reason Arabs are doing so well in the United States is the opportunity for growth.

I found it crazy that it would take so long for an Arab to double their salary when the Average American is predicted to double theirs in 10 years. Besides this, this essay seems very reasonable. My best friend's dad is from the middle east, and where he is from is not doing well and they are constently at war, but here he is doing extremely well. Much of her family holds very respectable jobs and I'm sure her father makes much more than the average American. Although I agree with Naim's argument, I somewhat disagree. I disagree in the sense that the Arabs must have some type of drive that we don't have since they are doing better than many of the Americans just don't seem to have!