'Allthe shopsareclosed. Onlythose whohave stocked up onfoodhavesomethingto eat, ' saidIbrahimMohammedSaad, a 40-year-old who ferried his wifeandchildren to safetySunday.
Stereotypes, as described by the conference's first keynote speaker, Dr Saad Eddin Ibrahim, are categorical beliefs about groups, peoples, nations and whole civilisations.