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YOUR RECENT SITCOM FEATURED A MIDDLE-EASTERN CHARACTER--A FIRST FOR PRIME-TIME COMEDY. HOW DID THE ARAB-AMERICAN COMMUNITY REACT...
...People familiar with Arafat's finances say the Palestinian leader sent Suha $200,000 a month out of the Palestinian Authority's budget for the Office of the President. French authorities are investigating transfers of $11.5 million from Swiss banks to Paris accounts in Suha's name at the Arab Bank and at BNP Paribas Bank, a French bank...
...August 2002, international donors forced Arafat to sign over his investments to the Palestine Investment Fund, which was audited by U.S. accountants and managed by Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayyad, a former International Monetary Fund official. After scouring corporations throughout the Arab world and bank accounts in the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg, the auditors identified $800 million, which has been made a part of the Palestinian Authority's official budget. "It's the most successful financial reform in the Arab world," says Jim Prince, president of the Los Angeles--based Democracy Council and head of the audit team...
Viewers adored him. He put a face on an idea. I'm sure Arab Americans would have liked him to be less of a caricature, but he didn't exist on any other show. We felt we might have a longer time to develop his character, but the network yanked...
...peace" and offered hints that his second term might usher in a reinvigorated American role. Although Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could not bring himself to mention the name of his old nemesis, he said that "recent events are likely to constitute a turning point in Middle Eastern history." Arab rulers saw reason for encouragement in the moderate cast of emerging Palestinian leaders and said Muslims were ready. As a senior Arab official put it, "If we all step up to the plate, we are in business again...