Word: arabian
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...Arabian Night," by Betty Shamieh '96, is both bold and honorable in trying to address the ways in which Arab-American women must negotiate their sexuality within American and Arab-American society. While this difficult and upsetting story is ambitious, the production in the Adams Pool Theater this past weekend faltered because of flat acting, technical problems and heavy-handedness...
...bomb-laden van exploded in front of an American-run military-training center in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, killing six people, including five Americans, and wounding 60 more. Three separate groups claimed responsibility for the attack...
...political circumstances surrounding Rabin's death are extremely different from the early 1980's when Sadat was assassinated: Sadat's historical visit to Jerusalem followed by the Camp David Accords in 1979 visibly shocked the Arab peoples who still desperately wanted to believe in Nasserist slogans calling for Pan-Arabian and the destruction of the Jewish state. Admittedly, Sadat's peace initiative had tremendous historical as well as symbolic value, but it was never intended to transcend the realm of symbolism. Sadat was celebrated as a hero in the West but remained largely unpopular at home and was labeled...
...explosions tore through the Saudi Arabian National Guard building early this morning in Riyadh, killing six people, five of them American workers. U.S. Ambassador Ray Mabus confirmed that an explosive device had been found. The blast wounded at least 60 people, including 34 Americans. The attack targeted a building where retired and active U.S. military personnel advise and train the Saudi National Guard, an organization whose chief purposes are to protect the Saudi monarchy and maintain domestic order. Two groups have claimed responsibility. One, a previously unknown organization calling itself the Tigers of the Gulf, said it wants to drive...
...never seen anybody who has the same enthusiasm for developing resources for Harvard," Clakins says. "He would hear about an Arabian sheik who had some remote connection to Harvard, and he would hop on the next plane there...