This is a bit of a tangent from Sherief's original post. But there definitely is a bit of a rivalry between the Persians and Arabs in the US.
Being in DC I always see the Persians rolling in their BMW's, and the Arabs rolling in their Mercedes'
Its funny, cause my best friend is Persian, and everytime we go out together people are always like "are you two brothers?" and we go "NO! FUCK" He goes "HE'S ARAB!" and I go "HE'S PERSIAN!"
You'd think that the Middle Easterners would get along more being in the US, buts its not the case!
Anyways back to the original post. Good for Sherief for making the improvements, keep trucking man!!!