Greetings Haytham!
Neal suggested I send you a quick note. I'm doing some linguistic consulting as part of a team working on a long-term DARPA project. I'll be contributing sociological research over the long run, but in the short run the programmers would like some scenarios, so I'm collecting a few narratives from folks who perhaps have interesting stories regarding inter-cultural communication that was very successful, or very unsuccessful. Anything from Iraq/Afghanistan/Middle East is particularly interesting to them, but stories from any inter-cultural interaction would be appropriate. My phone number is 719-201-8922, or I could phone you at your convenience if you don't mind passing along a phone number.
Many thanks!
Edie
Edith A. Disler, PhD