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Friday, April 10, 1987/The Battalion/Page 3
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By Lee Schexnaider
Reporter
The Spring Heights apartment
being used as a classroom looks like
any elementary classroom. There
are small tables and chairs and a
blackboard. There also are posters
of animals on a wall, the word that
names the animal and the first letter
of each word.
While the pictures look familiar,
the words may not — they are in Ar
abic.
“We started some classes for our
kids to teach them Arabic,” says
Mansour Almalik, president of the
Saudi Student Club.
“The reason we have it is because
when a Saudi student comes to the
United States, he finds himself in a
dilemma,” Almalik says. “If he has
kids, the problem is that he is going
to stay here for four or five years,
and his children are at school age
when he is attending college here.
“When they go hack to Saudi Ara
bia, they are four or five years be
hind because of the language. They
have learned math, science and ev
erything, but they have learned it in
a different language.”
The only alternative — not a good
one — was to send the children back
to Saudi Arabia, he says.
“We decided to teach the kids the
Arabic language so that when they
go back to Saudi Arabia, they have
“We decided to teach the
kids the Arabic language
so that when they go back
to Saudi Arabia, they have
the ability to attend the
same grade they were in
here. ”
— Mansour Almalik,
Saudi Student Club
president
the ability to attend the same grade
they were in here,” he says.
Most of the club’s activities center
around the student’s needs, Almalik
says. He wears a white robe-like
thove — the national dress of Saudi
Arabian men.
“If we have a new student coming
to the United States, he doesn’t
know how to get a house, car, insur
ance or a driver’s license,” he says.
“So the first thing he does is contact
the club. We will send somebody
with him to help him.
“When a Saudi comes to the
United States, there is a huge differ
ence in cultures. In order for him
not to get shocked by this new cul
ture, the Saudi Club can help him
get adjusted. ”
Club member Sarny Rahimaldin
says one of the most difficult prob
lems Saudi students have is to make
friends and know their neighbors.
Club member Abdolaziz Alkaabi
says the students will accept anyone
as a friend, if he is a real friend.
The other main purpose of the
club is to present Saudi culture to
the community, Almalik says. The
club has sponsored seminars on top
ics ranging from terrorism to Jesus
in Islam.
“A lot of Christians were shocked
to know the Muslims praise Jesus
and love Jesus as much as the Chris
tians do,” he says. “They didn’t know
that, and the seminar seemed to
have really helped a lot.
“We are trying to bring other reli
gions and other people to under
stand each other’s religions.
County commissioner opposes
tax-supported elective abortions
FORT WORTH (AP) — A Tar
rant County commissioner said he
will urge officials at John Peter
Smith Hospital to stop performing
elective abortions at the tax-sup-
ported facility.
Commissioner Bob Hampton said
he will urge — in a letter outlining
budget issues for the Tarrant
County Hospital District — the elim
ination of any abortions that are not
life-or-death decisions.
The Republican majority on the
commissioners’ court apparently is
ready to back the proposal.
The letter will be submitted Mon
day to commissioners for a vote, and
Commissioner O.L. Watson, like
Hampton a Republican, said he will
vote for the letter.
County commissioners J D. John
son and Dick Anderson, both Demo
crats, favor the current abortion pol
icy, which allows abortions for
medical or psychological reasons.
County Judge Roy English has
made it plain he opposes the hospi
tal’s abortion policy, but said he
would wait to read the letter before
deciding how he will vote.
The court voted 3-2 last year to
support the hospital’s abortion pol
icy, but the November election re
versed the political makeup of the
commissioners’ court.
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