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.. .. ":::'"In Al-Shalawi and his family moved to East Lansing,'. ''::~chi9~:h:;::.where he enrolled the Linguistics M.A. program. oi>~ichigah>$tate University, his degree in 1997.Arizona State (ASU)-...in Temp~. at ASU for 4 until receiving

\.,hi S Ph:D) ..,in Rhetorlc:::~nd Linguistics in the spring ofw h i : l ' f ; ! ASU, he:~,or the s umme r -. :o t . ..In re~ponse to'a::'~stion about ~~::;'~l.l;;o countries otherthan th~ KSAduring".:fii~ at ASU, Ai'~S~a).awi that.......e took \pnly a trip t'Q.'\IQrdan to pursue on:~.,.""" I1 I \~ho bounced: ':a::,check paying for a larg~quantity c i - ~ baby formula>' ...A . .~cording to Al-Shalawi~"I"---'"fdX: formula,

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