Word: kuwaiti
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...remains a celebrated equestrian who engages in arduous endurance races across hundreds of miles of terrain. Doubtless it takes a politician of supreme self-confidence not only to write Arabic poetry but to post it in volumes on his website. In an interview with a Kuwaiti newspaper in 2003, the sheik explained what linked all his endeavors: "I love success. I despise failure...
...that Arab opinionmakers deemed the Nobel award premature. "This is too early. He is still living off slogans," says Dawoud Ibrahim, the producer of Al Hadath, a political news show on the Lebanese Broadcasting Channel. "People spend years working for peace," says Layal Abou Rahal, an editor at the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida. "What did he do? Let's imagine he will in fact help in the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. What will they give him as a reward then...
...pages and the flurry of Koranic verses text-messaged between students. It is reflected in Bosnian streets honoring Muslim heroes and central Asian girls named after the holy city of Medina. Its role models are portrayed by action figures, each with one of the 99 attributes of God, in Kuwaiti comic books. It has even changed slang. Young Egyptians often now answer the telephone by saying "Salaam alaikum"--"Peace be upon you"--instead of "Hello." Many add the tagline "bi izn Allah"--"if God permits"--when discussing everything from the weather to politics. "They think they're getting a bonus...
...Brinkema's focus is the plea deal al-Arian signed in 2006 to avoid a retrial on the deadlocked terrorism charges. Under its terms, al-Arian, 51, a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian who since 1986 had been an instructor at the University of South Florida in Tampa, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and was, after taking time already served into account, to be deported nearly immediately. But a federal prosecutor in Virginia evidently had no intention of allowing al-Arian to leave the country. Unbeknownst to defense lawyers at the time, Assistant U.S. Attorney Gordon Kromberg was preparing...
...distinct vibe emanates from behind the 15-ft.-high chain fences reinforced with rebar and rimmed by razor wire that encircle the so-called "Waterfront" compound at Camp Bucca. It's different from the other compounds in this sprawling 100-acre, open-air U.S detention center close to the Kuwaiti border, the largest in Iraq, which houses a little over 10,000 of the 13,832 detainees currently in U.S custody. In other compounds hundreds of detainees mingle in expansive recreation yards, enjoy access to books, television and chess sets, and aren't locked in at night. There is noise...