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Question 1 of 6What is the commentary's central question about the Arab League? Question 2 of 6Why, according to the commentator, are the League's statements so weak? Question 3 of 6What does the café joke about the group photo imply? Question 4 of 6What does "a house without load-bearing walls" suggest about the League? Question 5 of 6Why does the commentator mention Arabs going to "distant capitals" for mediation? Question 6 of 6What does the emigrant's key to his grandfather's house represent? Vocabularyبَيَانَات خِتَامِيَّةclosing statements
لَا تَخْلُو مِنْnot free of
مَرَارَةbitterness
مُنْتَدَىforum
السِّيَادَةsovereignty
الْهَوَسobsession
إِجْمَاعconsensus
أَدْنَى قَاسِم مُشْتَرَكlowest common denominator
جُدْرَان حَامِلَةload-bearing walls
شَاهِد لَا فَاعِلa witness, not an actor
لِلذِّكْرَىas a keepsake