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Debbie Almontaser was forced out as the founding principal of New York city’s first public Arabic-language school last fall, as a direct consequence of anti-Muslim attacks in the press, which misquoted her and mischaracterized both the school and Almontaser. The story was first covered extensively by Democracy Now in an August 2007 broadcast, and more recently by an article in the April 28 New York Times. The following text is an exclusive Democracy Nowinterview with Debbie Almontaser, broadcast April 29. MORE »