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...premiere of Nizar Hassan's documentary film, Egteyah (Invasion), the emcee welcomed not one theater audience but two - in separate cities and separate nations - and apologized to those inside "Palestine" as they listened from their theater seats in Nazareth, the Arab town in northern Israel: "We used to think about you with prejudiced feelings," he said, "but we discovered through Nizar that shouldn't be the case." It was a moment of great symbolism for Hassan, a Palestinian director who carries an Israeli passport, because it brought together communities long divided by mutual suspicion. But the two audiences watching...
...brother, You don't know how long you've been underground," screamed an elderly woman. After nearly three years, the family of Hassan Saber Al Atabi had given up hope of finding him. On May 17, 2000, after returning from a prayer session, Atabi was arrested. His family went to the prison to seeking information about Hassan, 25, a laborer who had a wife and children. Officials warned them not to tell anyone about Hassan's disappearance. "He was guilty of nothing," said father-in-law Kasim Bin Wan. "Saddam kidnapped a man from his wife...
...opened a bank in Jordan that grew into the country's second largest, then was expropriated by the Jordanian government in the late '80s amid charges of fraud. Chalabi was convicted in absentia by a Jordanian military court after friends, said to include Jordan's then Crown Prince Hassan, sped him out of the country. Chalabi has always maintained his innocence. Many State Department officials say Chalabi has been good at lobbying Congress for money but poor at accounting for his spending. These officials also argue that he has no political constituency in Iraq. When Chalabi made public appearances around...
...special-forces soldier replied, "Some of them probably were, but they have had a conversion." Outside the group's headquarters in a local factory were parked seven late-model Nissans and a very new-looking Mercedes. To charges that the men had been looting the town, second in command Hassan Mussawi insisted, "We are self-financing; the people give us what we need." In a city of hungry people, none of these new gendarmes looked as if he had missed a meal in a long time...
...magazine, ( “Opening the Doors of Opus Dei” ). In it, the suggestion is made that Opus Dei members may subconsciously lose their freedom. Illustrating how “destructive cults are often characterized by a false pretense of freedom,” cult expert Steve Hassan is quoted as saying “[a] lot of members of cults say, ‘I’m free to leave whenever I want; I just choose not to leave.’ And then you ask, ‘Is it possible for someone to leave...