Word: abu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Aida Abu-Hakima of McGill University will present four illustrated lectures on Arabic Epigraphy and Paleography on July 25, August 1, 8, and 15 at the Fogg Christian Room, Fogg Museum, 2nd floor, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Lectures are open to the public...
Reflecting the deep distrust that Arabs once felt for banks, the Sheik of Abu Dhabi ten years ago stashed his oil money in the dungeon of his palace, where he could keep an eye on it-even though rats kept nibbling away at his profits. Now the rich gush of oil cash into Abu Dhabi and such other Arab states as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Libya has forced a change of attitude...
...Union des Banques Arabes et Françaises (or UBAF), formed in Paris in 1970 with more than $700 million in assets. UBAF is 40% owned by Crédit Lyonnais but controlled by 23 Arab banks. The president is U.S.-educated Mohamed Mahmoud Abu Shadi, former chairman of the National Bank of Egypt. UBAF has subsidiaries in London, Rome, Frankfurt, Luxembourg and Tokyo. Partners of these subsidiaries include several big European banks and The Bank of Tokyo...
...Sufism, Islam has preserved the way of knowing God in life. Attracted by the Persian example of linking spiritual and material progress, many Americans like myself have become dervishes and have discovered the miracle described by the 11th century Persian Sufi, Abu Sa'id, who said: "It is no miracle to walk on water or the air, for frogs and birds do that; the miracle is to go about your business and never for a moment forget...
Last week Abu Yusuf himself was killed, the highest-ranking victim of the Israeli raids against Palestinians in Lebanon. A founder of Al-Fatah, the most important of the five major groups within the Palestine Liberation Organization, Abu Yusuf was the top deputy of Fatah Chief Yasser Arafat and was the only Fatah member on the P.L.O.'s executive committee. A onetime lawyer, Abu Yusuf acted as a kind of Foreign Minister for the P.L.O., representing it skillfully in negotiations with Arab governments. The Israelis regarded him as also a leader of the shadowy Palestinian terrorist group, Black September...