User:Jshin47/Arab public opinion polls

Despite the rapid growth of scientific public opinion polling since the early twentieth century, such polling of the Arab world has been limited in both quantity and scope. Reasons for the dearth of Arab public opinion polls include repressive governments, technical gaps, rural and sparse populations, and/or cultural differences and mistrust of pollsters. Nonetheless, businesses, governments, and other organizations have always been interested in the word on the Arab Street in order to gauge popular opinion on a variety of topics. Since the September 11 attacks, the Western public has also become increasingly interested in Arab public opinion with respect to religion, politics, and extremism.

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