Word: jaber
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...Starting Over in Phoenix I was sorry to read about the death of Faeza Jaber's husband and her difficulty in transitioning to a new country and culture [Feb.4]. It is certainly not easy, as I have heard many times from members of the almost 500 families I have met and helped thus far. I know the employees of the four resettlement agencies in Phoenix very well, and I can tell you many, many heartwarming stories of case managers, staff and ordinary people in Phoenix who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to help the new arrivals...
There are moments when Faeza Jaber wants to pick up Khattab, her 7-year-old son, and flee back to Baghdad. Life in Phoenix is proving harder than she had expected. She needs a job that will pay her rent--not easy for a 48 year-old single mother with basic English and little local experience. Then there are a number of smaller challenges that, taken together, can seem insurmountable for a woman who has never previously lived away from her homeland--where to find day care for Khattab, how to decipher utility bills, what to do about...
...remain a world energy center in the event that concerns over climate change cut into the demand for fossil fuels. "We have a long tradition as a global energy leader and we have the financial resources to develop new fields of energy," said Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Masdar's CEO. "Leadership entails responsibility...
...Oren said.Oren’s account of the Gaza disengagement prompted questions and criticisms from Arab students in the audience. “I wish I could hear him say more about the Palestinian side,” said Divinity School student Hayfa M. Abdul Jaber, a Palestinian who was born and raised in Kuwait and who is now enrolled in one of Oren’s courses.Huda Abuarquob, a resident of the West Bank city of Hebron and a master’s student at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia, said she recognized that the disengagement...
...pragmatic Prime Minister of Kuwait; as emir of the oil-rich Persian Gulf state; in Kuwait City. His appointment came after Kuwait's parliament ousted his ailing cousin Sheik Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah, who had ascended to the throne following the death of the previous emir, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, two weeks...