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The Plight of the Ahwazis (1144 words) |
 | The DSPA is campaigning for self-determination for the Iranian province of Khuzistan, which is the homeland of five million indigenous Arabs known as the Ahwazi. |
| The Shah's attempts to impose Persian identity on Khuzistan, including banning the use of the Arabic language in schools and government, confiscating Arab land and creating Persian settlements, were resisted by the Arabs. |
| Khuzistan is richer in oil than the Niger Delta, but 50 per cent of the indigenous Ahwazi live in absolute poverty and 80 per cent of Ahwazi children are malnourished. |
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