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...fingers and remove some of the more obviously absurd obstacles to equality? For all the publicity about the new female members of the Shura Council, for instance, they still don't have the voting rights of their male colleagues. "This is tokenism, it's insulting," says Hatoon Ajwad al-Fassi, a columnist and assistant professor of women's history at King Saud University. "We are asking for full participation. All the doors that are closed for women should be open." Given government restrictions on the right to assemble and discuss political issues even in private homes, al-Fassi says...
...time a Spanish monarch had visited since 1927. Last Friday, Morocco's King Mohammed VI protested the royal visit by withdrawing his country's ambassador to Spain and on Monday, as thousands of flag-waving Ceutís turned out to cheer their monarchs, Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas el Fassi indignantly characterized the trip as a "provocation...
...know. I'm actually not exactly sure if that was the reason. I suppose it could be. I remember my coach, Carlo Fassi, always saying to people, 'Oh, Dorothy's mother makes her nervous and Dorothy never skates well when her mother is in the arena.' It's true. I could just sense when my mother was at a practice session. I could just feel her eyes boring holes through me. I could look up and just tell from the way she was sitting that she was either upset with me or not happy or I wasn't doing something...
...camels), but you'll want to curl up on a divan on the rooftop. Expect rap music as you sit under African carvings, wrought-iron balconies and a chandelier that drops three floors through the atrium. And the Moroccan and French food is delicate and tasty. 55 Souk Hal Fassi, Kat Bennahïd, Medina; tel: (212) 24 38 81 90; www.foundouk.com
...turned out in South Boston, Va., starting next year, and the first batch will be marketed in the Middle East, where the Muslim convert's name is one to reckon--and advertise--with. The major backer of the more-than-$10 million project is Saudi Billionaire Sheik Mohammad Al Fassi (he of the former pea-green Beverly Hills mansion with the garishly painted nude statues). So in the Arab world, the car will be known as the Fassi Ali. Whatever its name, Ali knows the game. "This car is going to be the greatest," he says...