Word: dhabi
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...write from Abu Dhabi, where last week the nation was overwhelmed with grief at the death of their leader Sheikh Zayed. I moved here over a year ago to take up a position at Zayed University, a women’s college founded by the Sheikh and named after him. It has been an extraordinary experience teaching young women who will be the future leaders in this nation, a nation that has developed more rapidly and with more social responsibility than perhaps any other in the world. It has also been a unique experience to live in a society...
...Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
...wall. He is studious, thorough and engaged when making policy decisions. He is independent to the point of being something of a loner. He takes on tough issues with little political upside--investigating drug running by Nicaraguan contras using CIA planes, investigating money laundering at the corrupt, Abu Dhabi--owned Bank of Credit and Commerce International, doing the scut work necessary to prove that no American prisoners of war were still being held by the Vietnamese...
...donation first came under public scrutiny in spring 2003 when students raised concerns about Zayed’s links to the center, which is based in Abu Dhabi, the capital...
MEANWHILE IN ABU DHABI... Back With a Whimper Fans of Comical Ali - former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, whose reality-defying comments on the Iraq war earned him a cult following around the world - were delighted to hear that he was back on the air. Sadly, in his first appearance as a pundit for Abu Dhabi TV, al-Sahhaf limited himself to quite plausible comments on Saddam Hussein's arrest, which he didn't even bother to deny. It's not clear, however, whether he has conceded that there are in fact U.S. troops on the streets...