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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ASHA ABDALLA, a member of Somalia's parliament, on how long the country's government would last if the 5,000 African Union troops deployed in Mogadishu, the capital, were withdrawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...come the NBA is not targeting African countries like Sudan for prospective players? -Tarig Abdalla, Khartoum, SudanActually, we have players from Africa. We've conducted our Basketball Without Borders program there - this will be our fourth year in South Africa. We have players from the Sudan, we have players from Senegal, we've had players from Nigeria. We actually have more games available in Africa over the air, both terrestrially and by satellite, than we do in India. We just made a deal with a telephone company so that folks in Africa can see the NBA on their cell phones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for David Stern | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...beautiful object they had downed. The servant boy, Hassan (Ahmed Khan Mahmidzada), had no superior in this activity, and it is while pursuing a downed kite that he is raped by bullies, a crime Amir (played as a child by Zalenia Ebrahimi, as a grown-up by Khaled Abdalla) secretly witnesses without attempting to intervene. A terrible shame quickly follows for both boys and their relationship sunders. Amir and his father (stern yet yielding and well played by Homayoun Ershadi) escape to America, to avoid the Soviets, but never again see Hassan, who is lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kite Runner Flies | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

Starring Khalid Abdalla, Zekiria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada. Directed by Marc Forster. Opens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Movie Roundup | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...father's servant. One day Hassan is raped by a bully and his gang, and Amir, who sees the assault, does nothing to stop it. Indeed, he becomes vindictive toward Hassan, leading to many betrayals and reversals that will be resolved only when the older Amir (Abdalla), now living in the U.S., returns to a homeland ravaged by the Taliban...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Movie Roundup | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

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