(New York Times) - The Arab Human Development Report 2002, written by Arab intellectuals commissioned by the UN and issued in Cairo, warns that Arab societies are being crippled by a lack of political freedom, the repression of women, and an isolation from the world of ideas that stifles creativity. Intellectuals are fleeing, half of Arab women are illiterate, productivity is declining, research and development are weak or nonexistent, and science and technology are dormant.
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