I came to see those from other countries not as ‘ foreigners, ’ but as fellow citizens of the planet. I began to view the word ‘ foreign ’ as pejorative and created a rule within CNN that the word could not be used either on air or in conversation around the office.
وَإِذْ صِرْتُ أَجِدُ أَنَّ كَلِمَةَ ‹ غَرِيبٍ › هِيَ كَلِمَةٌ ٱزْدِرَائِيَّةٌ ،‏ وَضَعْتُ قَانُونًا مَنَعْتُ بِمُوجَبِهِ مُوَظَّفِي ٱلسِّي إِنْ إِنْ مِنِ ٱسْتِخْدَامِهَا سَوَاءٌ فِي أَحَادِيثِهِمِ ٱلْيَوْمِيَّةِ أَوْ فِي ٱلْبَرَامِجِ ٱلَّتِي يُذِيعُونَهَا » .‏