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Obama losing popularity in Arab World amarcnn | July 15, 2011 at 10:55 am | Tags: CNN Editors | Categories: Islam, Middle East, Politics, Poll, President Obama | URL: http://wp.me/p1bJgh-29Z

Editor's Note: The following text comes from the Arab American Institute, which just released a poll on Middle East attitudes toward the United States.

With the 2008 election of Barack Obama, favorable attitudes toward the U.S. more than doubled in many Arab countries. But in the two years since his famous "Cairo speech," ratings for both the U.S. and the President have spiraled downwards. The President is seen overwhelmingly as failing to meet the expectations set during his speech, and the vast majority of those surveyed disagree with U.S policies.

In five out of the six countries surveyed, the U.S. was viewed less favorably than Turkey, China, France -- or Iran. Far from seeing the U.S. as a leader in the post-Arab Spring environment, the countries surveyed viewed "U.S. interference in the Arab world" as the greatest obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East, second only to the continued Palestinian occupation. Read more of this post

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