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I was in scholarly heaven accessing the United Nations to work with
Darko daily. This enabled my meeting many of the most ...fascinating
people in the world. I vividly remember Senator Bill Richardson at the
time giving nightly press interviews on television about meeting with OPEC members
states, “setting them straight about lowering oil prices in 2000.” Yet
when I’d chit-chat with the Iranian ambassador in the city before class
asking him about it he would say to me something to the
effect as,” We at OPEC are so angry about former colonialism by
England and America, OPEC will continually attempt bringing both the
United States and England to their financial knees on energy
issues…And by the way Jill, Russia does not in any manner intend to
halt weapon sales to Iran.”

In fact Amir and I, notwithstanding our
theological differences, got alone well. We’d often sit together before
class acceding on a great many matters. In particular I remember us
sitting one night and looking me square in the eye stating, “You know
Jill, I will never believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” I
replied, “And I Amir will never convert to Islam.” Now that we got that
out of the way, we
both smiled at one another getting down to discussing real issues.

In fact, Amir, was very nice to me (an American student) because after
the New School for Social Research dismissed me for my political and
theological views, Amir, who happened to reside in Hackensack, NJ at
that time gave me a personal recommendation for me to attend graduate
classes at FDU (Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.) in Hackensack NJ.