She was kind enough to join us here in our Washington studio along with Abderrahim Foukara.

NPR: Obama Win Changes Perceptions Abroad

He conveyed the same message to Tunisian sports minister Abderrahim Zouari after the completion of the inspection tour.

BBC: Monastir is still under construction

And Abderrahim, before the break we were talking about the whole question of race and the color-caste hierarchy.

NPR: Obama Win Changes Perceptions Abroad

Brazil's Marilson Gomes dos Santos won the men's race, with Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco second, followed by Kenyan Daniel Rono.

BBC: Radcliffe romps to New York win

Mr. ABDERRAHIM FOUKARA (Washington Bureau Chief, Al Jazeera): Thank you.

NPR: Obama Win Changes Perceptions Abroad

I'm joined by Constance Ikokwu from Nigeria's This Day newspaper, Luis Clemens, a freelance reporter based in Mexico, and Abderrahim Foukara, he's the Washington bureau chief for Al Jazeera's Arabic language news service.

NPR: Obama Win Changes Perceptions Abroad

That method accounted for six bans, for Morocco's Abderrahim Goumri, Greece's Irini Kokkinariou, Turkey's Meryem Erdogan, and three Russians -- Svetlana Klyuka, Nailiya Yulamanova and Yevgenina Zinurova, the 2011 European Indoors 800m champion.

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Joining us now are Constance Ikokwu, she's the Washington bureau chief of Nigeria's This Day newspaper, Luis Clemens, a freelance reporter based in Mexico, and Abderrahim Foukara, he's the Washington bureau chief for Al Jazeera's Arabic language news service.

NPR: Obama Win Changes Perceptions Abroad