Wafa Sultan was nominated honorary guide on March 20, 2006, for taking a strong stand on the drawbacks of Muslim fundamentalism. Arab-American psychologist Wafa Sultan of Los Angeles. In an interview aired on Al-Jazeera TV on Feb. 21, 2006, she said today’s primary conflict is not a clash of civilizations, but a clash between the mentality of the Middle Ages and that of the 21st century.