Word: abdelal
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...adviser to the Minister of Culture, he spends most of his time in cafés, drinking coffee and exchanging gossip. HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST JOKE TELLERS IN CAIRO, no small compliment in a land noted for its wit ... He supported Gamal Abdel Nasser's 1952 coup d'état but gradually grew disillusioned with the colonel's policies. 'It is true that the revolution liberated the Egyptian people and pushed them into modern life,' says Mahfouz, 'but it led to many wars that tired us out.' Mahfouz found himself at the center of controversy...
...hours, non-stop, overnight,” de Waal recalls. The next day, Minni Minawi, one of the three rebel leaders, agreed to sign. The negotiators, who decided that his consent was sufficient, scheduled a signing ceremony for that afternoon. But de Waal insisted that a second leader, Abdel Wahid al Nur, sign the agreement as well since his was the most politically powerful rebel group. At de Waal’s request, Nur came to the signing ceremony. Noticing Nur’s “rejectionist” demeanor, de Waal says he intercepted the rebel leader...
...brought before the judge by force. Guards used force during the Dujail case in February to bring Saddam and three other defendants, disheveled and in their pyjamas, to hear testimony. Saddam then claimed he was on a hunger strike to protest his rough treatment by then chief judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman...
...collect his Nobel Prize. He wrote about growing up in Cairo, about movie stars, madmen, beggars, pashas, gods and religion. His bravest book is Children of the Alley, with its parable of Islam--banned in most Arab countries. Condemned to death in a fatwa issued by Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, he continued defiantly walking the streets of Cairo until one day in 1994 he was stabbed by a fanatic...
...fighters, died in the town, but within a day of the cease-fire with Israel, the militants turned into recovery workers, bringing in bulldozers and earth-moving equipment to dig through the debris. Residents say Hizballah is the only group they trust to help. "It's our government," says Abdel-illah Haidar, 24, an electrician...