Word: ammar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Alwaleed dispatched his media consultant Tarak Ben Ammar, a film producer, to explore ways of shoring up Jackson's career. Jackson soon hired Ben Ammar to manage his business affairs, including his just ended 1997 European tour. "The prince's advice and guidance have been extremely helpful to me in all facets of my life and career," Jackson told TIME. "With the prince's business skills and my help on the creative side, I truly believe we can grow into a global company...
...part, Ben Ammar complains that no matter what Jackson does, it tends to come out negative in the press. For example, Ben Ammar says, Jackson's recent tour--42 gigs in Europe and South Africa--was a commercial smash, yet it received mainly sniping coverage. According to Ben Ammar, the tour matched the $100 million gross brought in by Jackson's 1996 swing through Asia, and was even more profitable, because operational costs were slashed 50%. Ben Ammar says Jackson netted $15 million instead of going in the red. That is music to the ears, even in Saudi Arabia...
...prosperity. Yeltsin has failed, and the West must pay the price for backing someone who did not share the pains and frustrations of his people. Democracy in Russia has produced only chaos and confusion. The people of Russia are willing to trade their democracy for a loaf of bread. AMMAR ZEYAD SALAH North York, Ontario Via E-mail...
...clear from the start how Ammar Shawa, 12, died. His family was posing for photographs with newly arrived Palestinian soldiers in Jericho when one of them allowed Ammar's 13-year-old brother to handle a loaded AK-47 rifle. It went off, accidentally, and the bullet shattered the younger boy's head. Immediately, local activists of the Palestine Liberation Organization put out a story to townsfolk that withdrawing Israeli soldiers had deliberately left the rifle behind to cause an accident. Later they said that an Arab collaborating with Israel had given the boy the gun, and then that ammunition...